January 2025

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Implementing risk analysis into lab operations

Christina Wichmann

Dec. 23, 2024

Congratulations on being the first clinical laboratory in the United States accredited to the new version of ISO 15189. For those unfamiliar with ISO 15189, would you explain ...

Assays

Product Focus- Assays/Controls

MLO Staff

Dec. 23, 2024

Extend the power of HPV testing BD Onclarity HPV Assay offers extended genotyping to identify high-risk HPV types beyond 16, 18, and 45 and is approved for self-collection in ...

Immunodiagnostics

Optimizing Clostridioides difficile diagnosis: Reducing overdiagnosis and enhancing antimicrobial stewardship through a two-step testing approach

Jimmy Lowery MBA, MLS(ASCP)SBBCM

Dec. 23, 2024

Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a Gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria, is the most common cause of hospital-acquired infection in the United States, responsible for an estimated...

Infectious Disease

Cases of respiratory illnesses like walking pneumonia and whooping cough are surging. Why?

Meghan W. Starolis, MS, PhD, HCLD(ABB)

Dec. 23, 2024

Since last spring, the number of infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, a bacterial cause of ‘walking pneumonia,’ has been increasing. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

Artificial Intelligence

Precision partners: AI in diagnostic labs for clinical decision support

Ankit Gupta

Dec. 23, 2024

Clinical decision support (CDS) systems can streamline the diagnostic process by assessing the appropriateness of ordered tests, identifying critical values, and minimizing treatment...

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Careers

Tough-minded optimism: Strategies to thrive, not just survive

Patty J. Eschliman, MHA, MLS(ASCP), DLM, CPC

Dec. 23, 2024

Dale Carnegie, writer and author of such famous books as How to Win Friends and Influence People, said, “One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that ...

Finance

Reimbursement for laboratory services – Are you leaving money on the table?

Anthony Kurec, MS, MASCP, H(ASCP)DLM

Dec. 23, 2024

The traditional view of the total testing process (TTP) consists of pre-analytic, analytic, and post-analytic phases. However, one must also consider a post-post-analytic phase...

Hematology

Importance of awareness of elevated fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in HbA1c testing

Priya Sivaraman, PhD

Dec. 23, 2024

Elevated fetal hemoglobin (HbF) in adults, though well-documented, remains a point of interest in clinical diagnostics, particularly in HbA1c testing. HbF is a type of hemoglobin...

Continuing Education

Have you heard about the (other) major regulatory change this year?

Sten Westgard

Dec. 23, 2024

CLIA changed its proficiency testing criteria — and almost no one is talking about it

Management

Happy new year

Christina Wichmann

Dec. 23, 2024

I think we have a great issue to start your new year off! Our Continuing Education article on page 6 was written by Sten Westgard, Director of Client Services and Technology at...