April 2023

Quality control (QC) remains one of the most important tasks of the medical laboratory to ensure the reliability and accuracy of reported patient results. Whenever results are...

A comprehensive general laboratory safety program encompasses all aspects of daily laboratory operations, including engineering controls, personal protective equipment, work practice...

Blood glucose monitoring looks at patterns in the fluctuation of blood glucose (sugar) levels that occur in response to diet, exercise, medications, and or pathological processes...

With the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency finally set to expire May 11, it is safe to say the decline in the volume and frequency of COVID testing that labs have experienced over...

The COVID-19 pandemic was caused by the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in December 2019. While mild cases of COVID-19 may involve cold...

Proper platelet function is an important component of many hemostatic disorders and a critical therapeutic target for cardiac and stroke prevention. Thus, a key objective of laboratory...

What is the standard laboratory workup for pharyngeal STI detection? CT-NG from a throat cx? Should this include VCM, aerobic, and/or anaerobic swabs? Sexually transmitted infections...

April has always been a special issue for MLO. This is the month that Medical Laboratory Professionals Week is celebrated (April 23–29, 2023), which highlights the vital role ...