A medical laboratory (also known as clinical laboratory) is a laboratory where tests are done on clinical specimens with the purpose of getting information about a patients health in order to treat, diagnose and/or prevent disease. Medical laboratories often staff the following: Phlebotomists, Pathologists, Pathologists's assistants, Medical laboratory scientists, Medical laboratory assistants, Medical laboratory technicians, and Clinical biochemists, just to name a few.
-
DATE: April 30, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDTAre you still handwashing all of your glassware? Are you considering buying an automated lab glassware washer? Does saving money get your attention...
APR 26, 2019 | 12:00 AM
C.E. CREDITS
Review evidence on D-dimer for VTE diagnosis, its role in reducing imaging, and 2018 ASH guideline updates in our educational session....
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is diagnostic testing at the time and place of patient care in a physician’s office, an ambulance, a mobile clinic, at home or in hospital. Rapid POC testi...
Despite over 60+ years of research, the etiology of bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common vaginal infection, remains controversial. Epidemiological data strongly suggest that BV is acquir...
DATE: April 24, 2019TIME: 9:30am PDTTicks are currently considered to be second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human infectious diseases in the world. Each tick species has preferred...
DATE: April 23, 2019TIME: 11:00am PDT, 2:00pm EDT Cataract, a clouding of the ocular lens, is the leading cause of blindness worldwide. Currently the only means of treatment i...
DATE: April 23, 2019TIME: 9:00am PDT, 12:00pm EDT ABSTRACT: Learning Objectives: List benefits of liquid based collection and transport systems...
DATE: April 18, 2019 TIME: 9:00am PDT...
DATE: April 11, 2019TIME: 10:00 AM PSTWith the recent FDA approval of the CAR-T cell therapies Kymriah® from Novartis and Yescarta® from Kite Pharma there has been a renewed i...
The exponential advents of advances in techniques and types of molecular diagnostic testing, and modifying strategies for these tests, are encouraging; but these evolutions simultaneously con...
Integration of technology is influencing practice in the clinical laboratory and treatment of patients in the clinical practice arena. As laboratories begin to move from a volume to value mod...
Determining which patients would derive clinical benefit from immunotherapy is a compelling clinical question. Biomarkers have been shown to predict therapy outcome in various types of cancer...