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According to the March of Dimes, preterm birth occurs in approximately 10% of U.S. pregnancies. Until recently, cervicovaginal fetal fibronectin (fFN) was the only FDA-approved test for predicting preterm...

“All health professionals should be educated to deliver patient-centered care as members of an interdisciplinary team, emphasizing evidence-based practice, quality improvement approaches, and informatics.”...

Candida auris is an emerging fungus which CDC has indicated presents a potential global threat.  Candida auris was originally identified in Japan in 2009 and in the ensuing 8 years has been identified in...

Laboratories are constantly seeking to improve their services for the benefit of their patients, but are usually under significant budgetary constraints. Sometimes all that is required to improve patient...

The article below was written by, Todd and Gabby Stigall and Rodney E. Rohde. Ph.D for InfectionControl.tips and has been re-published here with permission. Abstract April 22-28, 2018 is Medical...

In this presentation Dr. John Daly, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for COLA,focuses on the use of the laboratory analysis of BNP and N-Terminal Pro-BNP in the work-up of cardiac failure and its distinction from...

The clinical laboratory plays a significant role in the effective diagnosis and treatment of patients.  Recent recommendations from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) suggest that patient safety can be improved...

In this presentation, Dr. Daly discusses the recent FDA alert regarding biotin supplements interfering with immunoassay testing.  This can cause discrepancies particularly in endocrine testing.  In the face...

Properly identifying a patient for every interaction and planned procedure a is an extremely important first step in any type of medical procedure.   Patients must  be properly identified at every level of...

All laboratories have to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), however there are common areas of HIPAA violations that do still happen. In the latest installment...