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Health: as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." This definition has been subject to controversy, as it may have limited value for implementation. Health may be defined as the ability to adapt and manage physical, mental and social challenges throughout life.
DEC 03, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Antibody tests are important tools to assess the efficacy of vaccine candidates and to derive suitable vaccination modalities. High specificity and sensitivity are of great importance for th...
DEC 03, 2020 | 12:00 AM
SARS-CoV-2 had spread with speed unknown in recent history across the globe, sickening >50M people and killing over 1M. By far the most of the severe cases and deaths were registered amon...
NOV 20, 2020 | 12:00 PM
Date: September 30, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Learning Objectives Why is Stewardship important? What are the core elements of stewardship and microbiology's role Importance...
NOV 19, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) 98% of in-patients will undergo a diagnostic test during a hospital stay.[1] With the increased focus on the accuracy of diagnostic...
NOV 19, 2020 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 19, 2020 TIME: 7am PST Congenital CMV is the most frequent infectious cause of neonatal malformation in developed nations. Yet, this disease is largely under-recognized by hea...
NOV 19, 2020 | 3:00 PM
Two aspects of the Cost of Quality are important in the medical laboratory—the theory behind the quality cost types and the application of those cost types to laboratory activities. Th...
NOV 18, 2020 | 8:00 AM
DATE: November 18, 2020 TIME: 08:00am PDT We develop and implement technologies to solve some of the major bottlenecks in biomedical research. In particular, we establish new imaging approac...
NOV 18, 2020 | 7:00 AM
DATE: November 18, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am PST, 4:00pm CEST The assessment of cell health and cellular responses after experimental manipulation continue to be a very important......
NOV 16, 2020 | 5:00 AM
DATE: November 16, 2020 TIME: 05:00am PST, 2:00pm CET It may be impossible to stop the inexorable move towards pandemic levels of diabetes, but we can improve the glycaemic control in our pa...
NOV 13, 2020 | 10:00 AM
Date: November 13, 2020 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is currently a global pandemic, but human immune responses to the virus remain poorly understood....
NOV 12, 2020 | 1:30 PM
Today's presentation will cover the following topics from the perspective of a NYC based Laboratory: What have we learned year to date about CoV-2 and specifically how diagnostic testing...
NOV 12, 2020 | 9:00 AM
Testing volumes need to increase by orders of magnitude in order to restore communities back to normality. This workshop focuses on solutions that equip laboratories to participate in expand...
NOV 12, 2020 | 7:30 AM
In 2012, the Choosing Wisely initiative was commenced by the ABIM with numerous societies putting forward lists of overused tests or procedures. The Choosing Wisely movement has spread to nu...
NOV 12, 2020 | 12:00 AM
Cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been steadily rising over the past decade with most common causes of injury observed among participants in contact sports, combat military personne...
