Preanalytical variables of errors are major downtime for both laboratory and nursing snd negatvieky impact patient care Collaboration is critical to enlighten non medical laboratory professionals on QNS Clotted Mislabeled and the real dreaded Hemolyzed ...

Hello, As part of advancements in laboratory data interoperability and usability of laboratory data, we've been able to get more laboratory data elements as part of USCDI. You'll notice there's even a Laboratory category of elements: United States ...

The Ce nters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to share information and notify clinicians, public health authorities, and the public about the risk of severe arboviral neuroinvasive disease ...

Cassidy, this is great! At Eastern Michigan University I have taught venipuncture to nursing students, which includes content on hemolysis, short draws, additives in the vacutainer tubes and why they are used, clotting, and labeling specimens! I think ...

Hi Jason, I worked in flow cytometry when I was last on the bench. My favorite misuderstanding is actually within the department. We get so used to thinking about the volume of the sample, that we don't often consider if there are enough cells in it. ...