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  • March 2024

    • March 2024

    Diagnostics

    Product Focus - Vitamin D

    MLO Staff
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Independent quality control for specialty IA testing Bio-Rad’s Lyphochek Specialty Immunoassay Control is an independent, human serum based, multi-analyte control that helps...
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    Analytics

    Medical labs increase use of performance analytics; Target strategic IT investments

    Kara Nadeau
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Digital transformation of processes and the resulting data and analytics generated are growing in importance across the healthcare industry, including medical laboratories. ...
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    Cancer

    The importance of prognostic testing for patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Mark Kruzel, MD, MBA
    Feb. 26, 2024
    There are many misconceptions associated with leukemia; while people generally understand that it is a cancer of the blood, most remain unaware of exactly how the disease works...
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    Diabetes

    Diabetes and heart failure: Understanding the role of cardiac biomarker testing

    Dagmar Schumacher, PhD
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Laboratories may begin to see an influx of cardiac biomarker tests accompanying HbA1c testing based on updated American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines concerning heart ...
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    Continuing Education

    Artificial intelligence in healthcare…Friend or foe?

    Anthony Kurec, MS, MASCP, H(ASCP)DLM
    Feb. 26, 2024
    To take the March CE test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able...

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    Cancer

    Closing clinical gaps in cervical cancer

    Allison McMullen, PhD D (ABMM)
    Feb. 26, 2024
    The last few decades may very well be considered the decades of innovation for improvement in women’s sexual health. Since the Pap’s efficacy in detecting cervical...
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    Lab Safety

    A new international standard for healthcare organization management

    Dr. Donna M. Gillespie
    Feb. 26, 2024
    During World War II, to promote cooperation and standardize production among wartime allies, the United States, Canada, and Great Britain formed the United Nations Standards Coordinatin...
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    Assays

    Complications and diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

    Jason Armstrong
    Feb. 26, 2024
    The placenta is an ephemeral organ that provides us with the nutrients necessary for development and our initial immunity, removes malevolent agents, and much more before being...
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    Cancer

    Liquid biopsy — The rapidly evolving technique in oncology

    Rajasri Chandra, MS, MBA
    Feb. 26, 2024
    Biopsy, generally referred to tissue biopsy, is a procedure where a tissue or a cell is taken from the body and tested for cancer. It uses a morphology-based technique to examine...
    Careers

    Innovation is a constant

    Christina Wichmann
    Feb. 26, 2024
    You have led Quest Diagnostics Health Trends since its inception. How do you choose the topics to highlight in these reports? Quest Diagnostics Health Trends topics are selected...
    Management

    Cybersecurity goals

    Christina Wichmann
    Feb. 26, 2024
    This month, we published the results of our third annual State of the Industry survey on laboratory data analytics. Thank you to all who responded to this survey. As Stacia Sump...