Cover Story

Making transfusion medicine information accessible for all
By April Hord, BB(ASCP), MEd, Steven M. Armstrong, MT(AMT) BB(ASCP)SBB, MSHA, and Susan D. Roseff, MD

PLUS  Stewardship of the bloodline: driving safety and efficiency along the transfusion continuum
By John Meckles, MT(ASCP)

Features

Clinical Issues

Meeting the technical challenges of personalized medicine and companion diagnostics
By Richard A. Montagna, PhD

Education and Training

The impact of incorrect MRSA diagnoses
By David DeBonville

PLUS  MRSA surveillance: how to get the most value out of your program
By John McCune, MT(ASCP), MS HRP

Lab Management

How to make your laboratory inspection-ready
By M. Ann Bachman, MT(ASCP), CLC (AMT)

Special Feature

Targeted therapies in breast cancer
By David G. Hicks, MD

PLUS  Solving diagnostic dilemmas with Multiplex IHC: early changes and prognosis in breast cancer
By Mark D. Cross

Future Buzz

Pancreatic β-Cell research associated with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes
By Leon F. Hebert Jr., PhD

Executive Snapshot

SoftTech Health mixes expertise and social responsibility
By Alan Lenhoff, Editor

Departments

From the Editor

Stewardship and the blood bank
By Alan Lenhoff

The Observatory

News/Trends/Analysis

Columns

Tips from the Clinical Experts

Putting Lean principles to work in the anatomic pathology lab
By Rick Callahan

Product Focus

Temperature Control & Cold Storage