Testing for Opioids: The Importance of Adding a Fentanyl Assay
Did you know that North America has the highest drug-related mortality rate in the world, accounting for one in four drug-related deaths globally? In 2017, more than 28,000 deaths [...]
Drugs-of-abuse Testing: Qualitative vs. Semi-Quantitative
In the public mind, drug tests are frequently and immediately linked to substance abuse. While that association is valid, there are many reasons why a drugs-of-abuse test may be [...]
Using HbA1c to Diagnose Patients with Diabetes
Nearly everyone is aware of diabetes to some degree, and many of us likely know someone afflicted with the disease-- in 2017, the International Diabetes Federation estimated that globally [...]
Revealing the Hidden Profession That Saves Lives
By Rodney E. Rohde, PhD Two years ago, I wrote an article for Elsevier Connect titled “ The hidden profession that saves lives.” The article details my journey as [...]
Opioid Testing: A Look at the Epidemic
Every day, more than 115 people in the United States die after an opioid overdose. It’s easy to ignore the words “crisis” and “epidemic,” especially in our cable-news infused existence, but [...]
Direct LDL Testing- Why should clinicians routinely request measured clinical laboratory values of LDL cholesterol?
This year on World Heart Day (September 29th), the World Heart Federation is asking for a simple promise: Eat more healthily, get more active, and [...]
AACC 2018 Preview: Three Things You Need to Know
The Can’t-Miss Show in the Clinical Laboratory Community The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) is holding its 70th Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab [...]
Automating RPR Syphilis Testing: Workflow and Patient Care Benefits
Syphilis: From Near-Eradication to Resurgence When it comes to syphilis, most everyone has the same first thought: Wait, didn’t we solve that a while ago? [...]
Rheumatoid Arthritis & Vitamin D Deficiency: An Overview
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that occurs when the body’s immune system attacks the body’s tissues. It [...]
From CLIA-Waived to Moderately Complex Testing: A POL Review
In a post on Using Point-of-Care Testing in the Physician’s Office, we discussed the advantages of performing routine lab testing in a Physician Office Lab [...]
Open Channel Clinical Chemistry Analyzers- Unleashing the Potential
Did you know you have the ability to unlock your instruments potential and add assays that are not offered by your instrument manufacturer? This open [...]
Clinical Chemistry: Why Pour Over?
In the field of clinical chemistry, most manufacture instruments are intended for use with the manufacturer’s specific packaged and barcoded reagents. This is often referred [...]
Helping Save Patient’s Lives: Diagnosing Sepsis
Sepsis was identified as the most expensive in-patient cost in U.S. hospitals in 2014, costing nearly $24 billion annually. Each year, over 26 million people [...]
Prostate Cancer Screening: Early Diagnosis Delivers Best Outcomes
Prostate cancer represents about 27% of all cancers in men, and is the second deadliest form of cancer. Last year, an estimated 26,000 men died [...]
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