Consistent accuracy.(DOA Industry spotlight)
The Triage Drugs of Abuse Panel is a highly accurate screen for up
to nine classes of abused drugs, and contains two cost-efficient,
built-in reactive controls; one positive, one negative. Panels . . .
Results in five.(DOA Industry spotlight)
One-step urine tests for drugs of abuse (DOAs) are easy with the
AccuSign DOA Series. Results in five minutes. Simultaneous testing
capability of multidrugs with individual tests or with the DOA . . .
POCT glucose replicate limits.(Answering your questions)
Q What is considered acceptable for replicate testing of high
glucose values using a glucometer?
I am getting a range of up to 80 mg/dL at a 400 mg/dL level. I
believe that is too broad.
A . . .
Further IFE testing on bone marrow.(Answering your
questions)
Q A pathologist is requested to perform a bone marrow on an
outpatient. On interpreting the bone marrow, the pathologist would like
to perform an immunoelectrophoresis, or IFE. No order was . . .
Dipstick on spun urine.(Answering your questions)
Q Can you tell me if it is acceptable to do a urinalysis on
spunurine? Are there any components of the strip where this does not
work? Our manufacturer, Roche, says to mix urine well. Is this . . .
Addressing management issues.(Management Q&A)
Ease chaos: laboratorians vs. nurses
Q After 10 years of working in this lab, I became lab manager seven
months ago. On a regular basis, laboratorians put up with derogatory,
accusatory, and . . .
Can AWAs meet the lab's needs?(Liability and the
lab)
Q With increasing gas prices, technologists with long commutes have
begun to ask for alternate work arrangements (AWAs): four 10-hour
shifts, for example, or when data analysis and committee prep . . .
Schwartz tips his CAP.(Executive snapshot)
Promoting the future of pathology. I am fortunate to have found
what I love: medicine and, more specifically, the specialty of
pathology. I truly enjoy learning about new technologic and . . .
Is your lab rep selling a commodity?(LAB SALES)
The "buzz" at national industry meetings (i.e., The
Executive War College and Washington G-2) has been about labs perceived
as a commodity. Many healthcare providers and allied health
professionals . . .
Configure with HL7-compliant systems.(LIS Industry
spotlight)
IntelliLab LIS provides order management, bar-code label
production, instrument interfaces, and QC and reporting tools to ensure
capture of maximum revenue while providing reporting capabilities . . .
Ease of installation.(LIS Industry spotlight)
LabDAQ offers flexibility, communication, security, and value.
Configured to meet specific lab needs, expands with the lab.
Communicates seamlessly with physicians and other facility . . .
Modules include transfusion, AP.(LIS Industry spotlight)
LabWeb is a full-featured LIS, including rules-based analysis, a
lean, powerful database for in-depth analysis, and QA and QC
capabilities. With modules that include SBB blood-bank . . .
Upload to EMRs.(LIS Industry spotlight)
LabNet LIS is a Windows NT client server system that combines ease
of use with versatility, power, and high-speed volume to meet a
demanding lab's needs. Generate and distribute lab results . . .
Marketability for any size lab.(LIS Industry spotlight)
Fflex eSuite LIS has optional modules to improve efficiency and
increase the lab's marketability with access and reporting options
to satisfy demanding customers. Fast turnaround with fully . . .
Blurred lines of surgical, cytology, and molecular pathology
reporting.(LAB MANAGEMENT)
The laboratory's product is information and how that
information is presented on the report. The report--your product--can
set your laboratory apart from others. Today's technical advances
provide . . .
The impact of QC frequency on patient results (1), (2).(CLINICAL
ISSUES)
Automation. Would it not be great to have the laboratory's
quality-control tasks completely automated? No more puzzling about
whether to re-run a control specimen or how to evaluate the results. . . .
Blood: banking, collection, instruments; and donor
systems.(Product)
Automated PFH
An in vitro diagnostic DiscretPak Plasma-free Hemoglobin (PFH)
reagent test kit for automated analyzers is available. Made specifically
for widely used discrete chemistry analyzers, . . .
POL sets precedent when lab opens transfusion services.(COVER
STORY)(Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates)(Cover story)
MIMA (formerly known as Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates) is
a multispecialty physicians' group located in Florida's
Brevard County. In the course of providing necessary treatment . . .
The blood bank: whole lotta shakin' goin' on blood-bank
support in U.S. military operations.(COVER STORY)(Cover story)
In World War II, a soldier, severely injured in battle, had about a
22% chance of dying. Nearly a generation later, a wounded soldier faces
significantly better odds with a less than 9% chance of . . .
CLMA ThinkLab '09 calls for presentations.(News)
CLMA ThinkLab '09 calls for presentations. CLMA announced on
July 30 that its ThinkLab '09, sponsored by Orchard Software,
launched its "Call for Presentations" . . .
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