In the International Classification of Diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies burnout as “a syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress...
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More than one thinks. Hematology is moving into a digital age where data is a goldmine of innovations and insights. While moving into a digital age is exciting and comes with ...
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Medical Laboratory Observer’s 2022 Lab of the Year is Mary Greeley Medical Center Laboratory in Ames, IA. The lab stood out for the depth and variety of initiatives its managers...
Price transparency has been a contentious issue for our country’s healthcare system for many years. The No Surprises Act (NSA)1 finally went into effect on January 1, 2022, after...
What makes a patient “critically ill”? The term gets used often, but it can be difficult to define. Certainly, being in an intensive care unit (ICU) should satisfy this, but, ...
Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital (PSHMC) offers something relatively rare: a hospital-based training program in medical laboratory science (MLS)....
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How did you become interested in a career in the clinical laboratory? I have always loved chemistry and math. When I was in high school, there was an extracurricular program that...
![Figure 1: Insulin Dose Error Assessment Grid showing minimal deviation between the BGMS and central laboratory analyzer. Red represents over-administration of insulin, blue represents under-administration, based on the BGMS result[26].](https://img.mlo-online.com/files/base/ebm/mlo/image/2022/03/Picture1.62347c3c6f922.png?auto=format,compress&fit=&q=45&h=139&height=139&w=250&width=250 "Figure 1: Insulin Dose Error Assessment Grid showing minimal deviation between the BGMS and central laboratory analyzer. Red represents over-administration of insulin, blue represents under-administration, based on the BGMS result[26].")
