This article is the third in Microbiologics’ series on Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory. Previously, in this series we highlighted the importance of external and third-party quality control ...

The clinical laboratory is the heart of any hospital or healthcare system. It is responsible for greater than 70% of medical diagnoses and decisions made by physicians each year. Lab testing allows ...

The Clinical Chemistry section serves the University of Alabama 1190-bed tertiary care major medical center and the satellite clinics, mainly including the Core Clinical Chemistry lab in the ...

Labcorp, currently in the midst of a corporate shakeup aimed at turning its focus to the offerings that make it one of the largest providers of laboratory and diagnostics services in the life sciences ...

Have you ever wondered what happens to a vial of blood after it is drawn from your arm at the hospital? Clinical Lab Technicians are responsible for collecting biological samples such as these that ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories (the Bureau) recently issued a host of new guidance and forms related to licensure and operation of clinical laboratories located in ...

New Jersey’s Quest Diagnostics said Tuesday that it will acquire a clinical testing lab service owned by a Hartford Healthcare subsidiary. Quest Diagnostics will acquire the outreach laboratory ...

Hospitals and health systems face growing pressure to outsource their clinical laboratories amid an increasing number of healthcare mergers and acquisitions. As healthcare leaders weigh the perceived ...

The UC Santa Cruz Colligan Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory (CCDL) has received its CLIA certificate of registration from the California Department of Public Health, which clears the way for it to begin ...