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Do We Need Proficiency Testing for Institutional, Grant, and Editorial Review Boards?

7/18/2012 5:35 PM | Comments (0) Recommend (466)

By Doug Dix, PhD, DABCC, FACB
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No professionals care more about quality than clinical chemists. We monitor the precision of every assay, the relevance of every test, and the accuracy of every laboratory. But we let institutional, grant, and editorial review boards operate behind the scenes and without oversight (1). No one has e...(Read More)
Posted at 7/18/2012 5:35 PM | Tags: Government Affairs/Patient Safety
Critical Results: Is Your Lab’s Definition Crisp or Muddled?

2/7/2012 8:51 AM | Comments (1) Recommend (902)

By Gregory J. Buffone, PhD
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​Since the introduction of critical results reporting by Lundberg over 30 years ago certain issues have remained controversial to this day, at least at our institution, e.g., is it critical or is it simply medically important information?  And, if it’s medically important is the laboratory obligate...(Read More)
Posted at 2/7/2012 8:51 AM | Tags: Management/Medical Informatics | Government Affairs/Patient Safety
Occupy the Laboratory?

11/29/2011 8:42 AM | Comments (0) Recommend (695)

By James Faix, MD
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There have been many salutes to Rich Flaherty this year, marking his retirement after serving as AACC’s Executive Vice President for two decades. But it is unlikely that any will match the warm remembrance he himself offered at the recent fall meeting of the Southeast Local Section. On a particular...(Read More)
Posted at 11/29/2011 8:42 AM | Tags: Government Affairs/Patient Safety
Laboratory Developed Tests:  How Will FDA Regulation Affect Us?

10/25/2011 8:15 AM | Comments (1) Recommend (787)

By Patricia M. Jones, PhD, DABCC, FACB
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Laboratory developed tests (LDTs) used to be referred to as home-brew tests or in-house tests. These are assays that are developed in one’s own laboratory, and they include a wide range of tests. LDTs can be as simple as colorimetric tests like the old Apt-Downey test for fetal hemoglobin, all the ...(Read More)
Posted at 10/25/2011 8:15 AM | Tags: Government Affairs/Patient Safety
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