As a rural laboratory, what kind of staffing challenges does the Winkler County Hospital District Laboratory have and what ways do you try to overcome them? As the Laboratory ...
Rapid identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing The BD Phoenix Automated Microbiology System is intended for the rapid identification (ID) and antimicrobial susceptibility...
Every day, laboratory professionals work in environments where the smallest error can have outsized consequences. Whether handling infectious agents, hazardous chemicals, or complex...
The 2025 Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) State of the Industry (SOI) survey on Disease Management focused on Alzheimer’s/dementia and respiratory testing. With regards...
For patients with diabetes, matters of the heart often carry a double meaning. While diabetes is associated with blood sugar, it is heart failure (HF) that increasingly threatens...
The first ‘laboratory test’ was point-of-care! Physicians in ancient Egypt, Greece, and even in neolithic cultures of Amazonia, looked at a patient’s presentation...
The UNIVANTS of Healthcare Excellence program is a prestigious global award program that recognizes integrated clinical care teams who have strategically mobilized insights from...
To take the test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Define laboratory diagnostic stewardship. 2. Describe outcomes...
Form CMS-2567: Statement of Deficiencies and Plan of Correction On June 18, 2025, CMS published an update to its practices on the release of CMS-2567 in QSO-25-19-All. This form...