Medical Laboratory Observer

Introduction The probability of acquiring an infection in a healthcare setting is relatively high, and the risk of...

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA '88), enforced by the Department of Health and Human Services...

* Drugs may delay breast cancer progression. In a study published online by the New England Journal of...

* "An Update on Clinical Applications for Vitamin D Assays" is the title of a webinar to be...

* MP Biomedicals initiates U.S. clinical trials for HTLV Blot 2.4 confirmatory test. MP Biomedicals, LLC announced November...

* Many false positives found in available tuberculosis diagnostic tests. In populations with a low prevalence of tuberculosis...

* New Randox molecular diagnostic test enables selection of CRC patients for anti-EGFR therapy. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is...

Blood banking is about people. Laboratorians who work in the blood bank rarely see the donors who supply...

A common challenge faced by many healthcare organizations is the lack of access and availability of transfusion medicine...

The demand for providing safe, compatible blood at an ever-increasing pace is growing in hospitals and other healthcare...

The mapping of the human genome is helping to usher in a more personalized approach to medical intervention....

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains a leading cause of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) (1) and is associated with higher...

The automobile industry is credited with introducing Lean Process Management to U. S. manufacturing years ago, after which...

Introduction Our approach to the classification and treatment of breast cancer patients has fundamentally changed over the last...

Differentiation of cancer precursors from benign disease presents sev-eral diagnostic challenges which result from the highly subjective diagnostic...

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) encompasses multiple risk determinants including obesity, hypertension, lipid abnormalities, and insulin resistance. (1) Currently, there...

The Saveris[TM] System automatically monitors critical temperature, humidity, and ambient pressure conditions in healthcare and laboratory facilities via...

The TCR standalone temperature chart recorder provides accurate and reliable temperature recording within a specified range. It is...

The Revco[R] UxF Series of Ultra-Low Temperature (ULT) freezers maximize sample storage capacity while minimizing energy usage. The...

SoftTech Health helps clients meet today's challenges. Fundamentally, it's a case of ever-increasing expectations against decreasing resources. Government,...