The challenges arising from the sepsis crisis remain a primary concern throughout the global healthcare community. The economic and human tolls amassed by this frequently deadly...
Although manufacturers of branded clinical chemistry analyzers provide robust test menus, they cannot meet every clinical laboratorian’s needs and budget. Open channel reagent...
The MLO editors enthusiastically visited Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) for the second time this year to highlight our local clinical laboratory’s utilization of supplies. We...
Cost of Quality (COQ) programs are widely used across virtually all industries, having been first introduced in the 1950s by Joseph M. Juran (1904–2008), a Romanian-born American...
In Plato’s dialogue Phaedrus, the titular protagonist states, “Things are not always what they seem; the first appearance deceives many; the intelligence of a few perceives what...
We’ll start this month’s foray into topics molecular with a reminder of some basic DNA polymerase biology. That is, they work to create one nascent strand at a time, 5’ to 3’ ...
When American actor and producer Michael Douglas publicly announced in 2010 that his “throat” cancer was “probably” the result of having engaged in oral sex, his family and fans...
Small benchtop fluorescent immunoassay analyzerSofia 2 uses fluorescent technology to deliver automated, objective, and accurate test results in three to 15 minutes. Sofia 2 is...
What’s your educational background? I received my Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison....
