The number and complexity of available lab tests has increased rapidly in recent years, making it difficult for clinicians to stay on top of the best, most appropriate tests to order. This can lead to ...

Clinical laboratories rely on a blend of regulation, precision procedures, and safety protocols to produce trustworthy results. From CLIA standards to tailored quality control strategies, every step ...

Laboratories are just beginning to assess the magnitude of operational changes needed to comply with a new federal rule expanding regulatory oversight of lab developed tests (LDTs). In a major shift, ...

Quality control services are provided to the CAGT GMP facilities by a dedicated Quality Control Laboratory staffed by seven analysts. This 1,000-square-foot facility with dedicated en suite ...

Real-time quality control (QC) in laboratory medicine represents a transformative approach, harnessing patient data and advanced statistical techniques to continuously monitor analytical performance.

In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state's public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected ...

The Molecular Pathology team developed COVID-19 testing on the Roche Diagnostics cobas 6800 System in just 19 days. (Wayne Tilcock/UC Davis) In January 2020, Nam Tran and his colleagues in the UC ...

Medical laboratory scientists collect samples and perform lab tests, calibrate and maintain equipment, and perform statistical analysis. Their work is crucial for clinicians to diagnose diseases.

With CDSCO restricting vaccine and biologic testing to government labs, experts weigh the benefits of rigorous control against potential delays for a sector crucial to global healthcare supply.

Medical laboratory testing is the heartbeat of medicine. It provides critical data for physicians to diagnose and treat disease, dating back thousands of years. Unfortunately, laboratory medicine as a ...