March 2022

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Feb. 23, 2022
In February, the Joint Commission announced that its survey standards would now include compliance with federal rules requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID...
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Feb. 23, 2022
Study identifies how Epstein-Barr virus triggers multiple sclerosis Scientists have long suspected, but failed to prove, a link between certain viral infections and the development...
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Feb. 23, 2022
For a printable version of the February CE Story and test go HERE or to take test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVESUpon...
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Feb. 23, 2022
The results of Medical Laboratory Observer’s 2022 annual salary survey of laboratory professionals indicate a drop in the average salary across all positions; however, some specific...

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Document review, competency, proficiency testing, and correlation testing are among the standards cited most often during on-site surveys at clinical labs.
Feb. 23, 2022
Laboratories conducting diagnostic testing, classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as non-waived, are required to be compliant with the 1988 regulations of ...
Figure 2: Measuring individual transcript copies using smFISH: schematic (left) and fluorescent image (right). For smFISH, multiple probes adhere to a target transcript (pink) to amplify the fluorescent signal and make it possible to distinguish individual RNA molecules as a single point using a high-resolution microscope. Fluorescent points may be counted to be quantified. Massively multiplexed single-molecule imaging technology employs a similar strategy, but additional multiplexing tactics allow hundreds to thousands of genes to be measured simultaneously.
Feb. 23, 2022
Diseases often originate in highly specific regions or cell types within the body. Why? Because healthy cells are not uniform: there are hundreds of different cell types that ...
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Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction, which is caused by the dysregulated host response to infection.1 It is a spectrum that starts from bacteremia, the presence of ...
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Feb. 23, 2022
Many lab managers are using data analytics to measure and manage operational and clinical performance. “We are basically a service line that provides data. We are absolutely buried...
Figure 1. CDI and IBD are two unrelated diseases that are triggered by a dysbiotic intestinal microbiota. The use of a stool toxin test can help identify CDI in a patient with IBD, resulting in appropriate therapy for the infection.
Feb. 23, 2022
The intestinal microbiota in the human large intestine is a highly specialized ecosystem that has evolved over millions of years. Here reside trillions of anaerobic bacteria comprising...
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Feb. 23, 2022
Laboratory outreach, molecular diagnostics, and automation