International panel calls for a conservative approach on using genetic testing to evaluate, diagnose mental health conditions. While it struggled to reach consensus on key issues, an expert panel that revised guidelines on psychiatry-related genetic tests recommended pharmacogenetic testing as a ...
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While a relatively small number of clinical laboratories have achieved ISO 15189 accreditation, industry experts predict this number will continue to increase as healthcare executives understand not only the competitive advantage the accreditation confers but also the potential cost savings that ...
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WHAT IS ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE? Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most serious global public health concerns today. Approximately 1.7 million patients in the United States acquire an infection in the hospital each year, about 99,000 of whom will die as a result. Seventy percent of the ...
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While a relatively small number of clinical laboratories have achieved ISO 15189 accreditation, industry experts predict this number will continue to increase as healthcare executives understand not only the competitive advantage the accreditation confers but also the potential cost savings that ...
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With so many priorities competing for their time, clinical laboratorians often must make deliberate, painful choices about which quality improvement (QI) projects offer the best return on scarce resources. Other times patient safety problems appear so quickly that they thwart careful plans for QI ...
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Laboratories must consider several key factors before deciding which method is best for their patients and staff Imagine your lab has decided to take the plunge and implement antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing in house, taking it off the send-out menu. You might first ask, What is the best method ...
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