DANVILLE, PA. – Geisinger Medical Center's microbiology lab is the first in the U.S. to use a new automatic instrument that improves the quality and efficiency of specimen planting and streaking and ...

The CCTS offers specialized support for the entire continuum of research specimen-associated needs. Working closely with the CRU, phase I clinic and other UAB Health System clinics, research specimens ...

(RTTNews) - Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) introduced a new, robotic track system for the BD Kiestra microbiology laboratory solution that automates lab specimen processing. The company said its ...

Continuing the scrutiny of laboratory arrangements with referring physician practices, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced the settlement of False Claims Act allegations ...

Diagnostics, particularly blood cultures, play a key role in sepsis diagnosis. Best practices are well-known for collection, transport, and processing of blood cultures, but historically relatively ...

Health First welcomed students from Eastern Florida State College’s (EFSC) Associate Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology program.

On April 28, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published Advisory Opinion 22-09, declining to approve a laboratory company’s proposal to pay ...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Tuesday castigated Veterans Administration health officials for ordering the destruction of biomedical specimens on Legionnaires’ disease and other infectious diseases that ...

Blood samples are accepted from 7 am Monday through 11 am Friday. For pediatric patients, draw requirements are as follows. They are the minimum sample volumes required. These are guidelines for ...

A Texas laboratory worker processing specimens from last fall's anthrax attacks under a federal contract has become ill with the skin form of anthrax, the first domestic case of the disease since ...