News: Professional problems
Are we aware how contaminated our mobile phones are with nosocomial pathogens?
06/11/2009
A turkish study determined the contamination rate of the healthcare workers' (HCWs') mobile phones and hands in operating room and ICU.
PREDICTING THE RISK OF MORTALITY: A new approch by old means
30/06/2009
Risk prediction is important in determining appropriate treatments and in providing patients with information to make decisions about their care. New research indicates that a model incorporating the basic metabolic panel along with patient age and sex has strong predictive ability for death at 30-days, 1-year, and 5-years.
A lot of money to settle a case of misbranding in IVD
30/04/2009
Medical lab operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. will pay $302 million and one of its business units will plead guilty to misleading labeling practices for a diagnostic test as part of a settlement with the federal government
Citizen Petition Urges FDA to Control Diagnostic Tests
23/04/2009
A citizen petition was filed with the US Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to take on greater control of diagnostic tests that are intended to guide therapeutic decisions and to regulate all laboratory-developed tests (LDT).
Medical Societies bound to update more stringent criteria against conflicts of interest
20/04/2009
An article published in the April 1 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association calls for stricter guidelines against real or perceived conflict of interest between Industry and Medical Scientific Societies
e-GFR reccomendations
03/12/2008
SIMeL, SIBioC and SIN spread the word for a better creatinine measurement
CLSI Call for Nominations
28/08/2008 10:59
The CLSI Area Committee on Point-of-Care Testing is inviting experts to participate on the subcommittee to revise the document C30-A2, Point-of-Care Blood Glucose Testing in Acute and Chronic Care Facilities; Approved Guideline—Second Edition
Outdated Lab Tests
11/02/2008 12:57
Which Tests Should Be Considered Obsolete?
An informal Survey by CLM
self management of laboratory tests
19/01/2008 14:07
Shy patients are increasingly using the internet to try to evaluate a self diagnosed condition over the internet rather than pay a visit to their lab or GP, a new study has found.
Autovalidation in Your Lab
17/01/2008 16:50
Five steps to help you plan successful implementation