Vitamin D is a common deficiency test performed in a clinical lab setting due to its importance to bone and mineral metabolism and the belief that vitamin D is effective in the...
Group B streptococcus (GBS), a bacterium passed from mother to child during labor and childbirth, remains a considerable public health concern both in the United States and abroad...
In the late 1940s, Mandel and Metais described the presence of circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the blood stream.1 The discovery that a fraction of that cfDNA can originate...
Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) have enabled many advances within the laboratory environment for the support of patient care. In the field of pathology/cytology, a comprehensive...
Diabetes mellitus affects over 30 million Americans, and 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year. In addition to monitoring whole blood glucose, it is recommended...
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes) is a disease characterized by dysregulated glucose metabolism resulting in high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). Diabetes is a growing problem worldwide...
Patients in hospitalized settings that experience large amounts of bleeding may warrant use of a Massive Transfusion Protocol (MTP). The traditional massive transfusion (MT) definition...
Cytocentrifugation system ELITechGroup’s Cytopro Rotor is a cytocentrifuge rotor with a patented flow control ring that enables five- to nine-fold increase in the number of cells...
