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  • August 2024

    • August 2024

    Careers

    Tackling lab challenges

    Christina Wichmann
    July 22, 2024
    BYG4lab is a European company new to the United States. Could you share the company’s history and your vision for the company in the United States? BGY4lab is a European...
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    Disease

    State of the Industry: Disease Management

    Kara Nadeau
    July 22, 2024
    The 2024 Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) State of the Industry (SOI) survey on Disease Management focused on diabetes (type 1 and type 2) and sexually transmitted infection ...
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    Precision Medicine

    Mass spectrometry’s place in the clinical lab: How it’s used and why

    Darren Weber
    July 22, 2024
    A critical technique in clinical laboratory testing, mass spectrometry (MS) involves, at its core, examining a mass of molecules. Think of mass spectrometry as a tiny scale for...

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    Hematology

    Safety and phlebotomy: Considerations for a common invasive procedure

    Tammy Oppy, BS, MLS(ASCP)
    July 22, 2024
    Phlebotomy — collecting a blood specimen directly from the circulatory system via puncture for analysis and diagnosis — is one of the most common invasive procedures...
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    Management

    Critical lab values — A 50-year perspective honoring the MLO anniversary of publishing the laboratory panic values paper

    George D. Lundberg MS, MD, ScD
    July 22, 2024
    This month, MLO is republishing the original panic–critical value article1 in its annual Clinical Laboratory Reference supplement. A critical laboratory value represents...
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    Continuing Education

    Point-of-care testing — Managing change when you are not in charge

    Robert F Moran, PhD, FCCM, FIUPAC
    July 22, 2024
    To take the test online go HERE. For more information, visit the Continuing Education tab. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this article, the reader will be able to: 1. ...
    Management

    Lots of blood tests

    Christina Wichmann
    July 22, 2024
    In this issue, I noticed a prominent theme of blood testing/specimen collection in the articles — our State of the Industry covers diabetes and sexually transmitted infection...