Specimen Collection

July 22, 2024

The future of blood collection The BD MiniDraw Capillary Blood Collection System’s innovative design collects a blood sample that produces lab-quality test results with ...

Specimen Collection

Urinary casts: Indicators of underlying clinical pathology

Paul R. Morris, MD, MA

Dec. 18, 2023

Specimen Collection

Urine-specific gravity: Specific clinical relevance

Hillary Threatt CPhT, MDT (AMT), MSc

Dec. 18, 2023

STIs/STDs

Optimizing STI testing with vaginal swab sampling

Kyle Bukowski, MD

Nov. 20, 2023

Specimen Collection

Addressing STI challenges: A diagnostic update on the current landscape and future strategies

Chibuzor M. Babalola, MD, MPH

Sept. 21, 2023

Specimen Collection

Product Focus - Specimen Collection

MLO Staff

July 13, 2023

Specimen Collection

Prioritizing safety in phlebotomy: An overview of best practices

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

July 13, 2023

Safety is an important concern for both patients and phlebotomists (and other healthcare providers who perform blood draws). Many avoidable errors that pose significant risks ...

Specimen Collection

Blood glucose monitoring

MLO Staff

March 27, 2023

Blood glucose monitoring looks at patterns in the fluctuation of blood glucose (sugar) levels that occur in response to diet, exercise, medications, and or pathological processes...

Specimen Collection

A decade lost to the drug crisis: Toxicology testing magnifies America’s misuse

Jeffrey Gudin, MD

Jan. 23, 2023

Ten years ago, drug overdoses claimed nearly 42,000 lives annually in the United States.1 By the end of 2021, that number climbed to nearly 108,000.2 Today, the drug crisis shows...

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Metagenomic surveillance for emerging diseases: An idea whose time has come?

John Brunstein, PhD

Dec. 21, 2022

At their root, human beings seem an eternally optimistic lot. While historians, epidemiologists, and to some extent the rest of us are at least vaguely aware of such things as...

Photo courtesy of Advanced Instruments, LLC

Specimen Collection

Shining renewed light on a tried-and-true test: The critical role of osmolality in improving health outcomes in patients with hyponatremia

Julie MacKenzie, MBA

Nov. 22, 2022

Hyponatremia, defined as a serum sodium concentration of ≤135 mEq/L, is the most common electrolyte disorder encountered in clinical practice, occurring in up to 30% of hospitalized...

Greiner Bio-One North America line of VACUETTE tubes

Specimen Collection

Specimen collection and handling best practices and pitfalls

Kara Nadeau

Sept. 21, 2022

More than seven billion clinical lab tests are performed in the United States each year, according to the American Clinical Laboratory Association.1 While most tests are effectively...

Specimen Collection

Product Focus - Specimen Collection

MLO Staff

April 20, 2022

Safety lancet for heelsticks MiniCollect PIXIE is a safety lancet designed for capillary blood collection by heelstick. There are three options available with varying incision...

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Thermo Fisher specimen collection device granted FDA EUA

LABline

Oct. 20, 2021

Thermo Fisher Scientific received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to run COVID-19 tests from saliva samples collected with a...

Specimen Collection

Labcorp earns FDA EUA for COVID-19/flu home collection kit

LABline

Oct. 4, 2021

Labcorp received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a combined home collection kit for a test that detects COVID-19 and influenza...

Blood Samples In Tubes Image By Ahmad Ardity From Pixabay

Specimen Collection

Home blood collection device works for COVID antibody test

LABline

Sept. 8, 2021

A device that could make it possible for patients to draw their own blood at home was successfully used to collect blood samples for measuring antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, researchers...