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Tilting at perfect timing for QC - A featured story on October's CAP TODAY. Article by Anne Paxton.
Having everything in the laboratory running like clockwork: That's a good thing, right? Not so fast. When it comes to quality control, "clockwork" might not be the best model. Read more >>
Laboratory Accreditation
- A position paper from EDMA (European Diagnostic Manufacturers Association).
Laboratory Accreditation (for instance under ISO 15189 and ISO 17025) is a welcome development in the clinical laboratory world, which will ultimately lead, if properly implemented, to better results and improved services for healthcare providers and patients. Read more >>
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| Primary Care: Making Aspirations Reality |
| The NHS Alliance warmly welcomes the emphasis on the central role of practice based commissioning (PBC), contained in the new Primary Care Strategy, to be announced today (3rd July 2008). The guarantee of improved information and management support is a vital component for transforming the aspira...
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| Study Examines Death Rates For People Newly Diagnosed With HIV |
| In the five years after their diagnosis, people living with HIV in developed countries and receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy are no more likely to die than HIV-negative people, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Reuters reports (...
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| Advanced Thyroid Cancer Investigational Drug Shows Promise |
| A study by an international team of researchers found that an experimental drug that stops blood vessels that feed tumors from forming was able, in a small number of patients, to slow down the progression of advanced thyroid cancer that has spread to other sites.
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| Program Seeks To Promote End-Of-Life Care Among Blacks |
| The Dallas Morning News recently examined a two-day program that aims to address the "discrimination, cultural and economic barriers, and lingering distrust of the health care system" that contributes to blacks' minimal use of end-of-life care. According to 2006 data from the National Hospice a...
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Thank you for participating in our hematology survey. Your contribution has helped us gain invaluable insight. Congratulations to our iPod winner from Columbus, Ohio.
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Westgard Advisor: Evolution of QC Planning Tools
by James O. Westgard, PhD
With Bio-Rad’s introduction of the “Westgard Advisor” program, there likely will be many questions about the origin of the program and the QC planning tools that are utilized to select optimal QC procedures. There are 4 different tools currently available – Sigma-metrics, normalized OPSpecs charts, Westgard QC’s EZRules3 computer program, and Bio-Rad’s Westgard Advisor program.
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2008 Webinars on Bio-Rad's New QC Software
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AACC Annual Meeting 2008
Washington, DC
July 27-31,2008
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2008 ASCLS Annual Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Expo
Washington, DC
July 29-August 2
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IFCC-WorldLab 2008
Fortaleza, Brazil
Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2008
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