June 2009 - Posts

Merger Alert
June 30, 2009 12:55 PM by Kerri Penno

ViraCor Laboratories, which specializes in molecular diagnostic testing for infectious diseases; and IBT Laboratories, a clinical-diagnostics and biomedical-research laboratory specializing in immunology and allergy assays, today announced the companies Read More...

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AMT Awards
June 25, 2009 8:22 AM by Amanda Koehler

Tonight at the AMT Award Convocation, AMT members will win awards for their talent, skills and service. Congrats to all winners! Order of the Golden Microscope --Charlie Baker, MT, South Carolina Medallion of Merit --Patricia Poitier-Sands, RMA, Florida Read More...

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Resisting Change
June 24, 2009 8:58 AM by Amanda Koehler

Yesterday at the AMT National Meeting, Jim Hernandez, MD, MS, assistant professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine; medical director of Laboratories and Chair of Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic-Arizona, spoke to attendees Read More...

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Lessons From the Hudson
June 23, 2009 11:24 AM by Amanda Koehler

"I was shaking. My heart was beating fast. I was scared ... and that was only when I was being interviewed by 60 Minutes !" US Airways First Officer Jeff Skiles told this joke when he opened up the keynote address at the 71st AMT National Meeting, held Read More...

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St. Jude Reveals New Display at Memphis Airport
June 22, 2009 9:24 PM by Matthew T. Patton

Highlighting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a new display was unveiled recently at the Memphis International Airport in the Danny Thomas Terminal. Inspired by the airport terminal's architecture, the permanent display illustrates in words and Read More...

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Fighting TB
June 17, 2009 11:02 AM by Kerri Penno

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), Franklin Lakes, NJ; and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), a Swiss foundation developing, evaluating and accelerating implementation of new diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases, today announced Read More...

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Legends and Legacies
June 17, 2009 11:00 AM by Amanda Koehler

As a person who has lost a loved one to cancer, I am always interested to find out more about the advances being made to fight this horrible disease. Sometimes I forget that there are so many people behind these advances and discoveries, working tirelessly Read More...

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Good Eyes
June 12, 2009 2:23 PM by Kerri Penno

Jessica Terry, 18, discovered a granuloma while looking at her own intestinal tissue slides in an Advanced Placement science class in her high school, ending the mystery about her previously un-diagnosed illness. CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Read More...

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It's Official
June 11, 2009 1:45 PM by Kerri Penno

"The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic." With these words, Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), raised the influenza pandemic alert to phase 6, the highest level. With almost 30,000 confirmed Read More...

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Data Presented on VITROS Systems
June 11, 2009 1:41 PM by Kerri Penno

At the 18th IFCC-EFCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, data will be presented on Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' two in vitro diagnostic systems recently introduced to the market. The award winning VITROS 5600 Integrated System Read More...

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A Diverse Workforce
June 10, 2009 7:41 AM by Amanda Koehler

Having diversity in the workplace is an important matter. In her book Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce , Natalie Holder-Winfield explains why this is key to any organization and how to bring diversity into your workplace. ADVANCE asked Holder-Winfield Read More...

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BD Supports Researchers
June 5, 2009 11:19 AM by Kerri Penno

BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), has expanded its research grants to support life sciences research during the current economic downturn. "We have expanded the BD Biosciences Research Grant Program to provide a greater Read More...

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Phlebotomy Book Gets Nominated
June 3, 2009 10:49 AM by Amanda Koehler

The Center for Phlebotomy's latest book has been selected as a finalist in the Independent Book Publisher's Association's annual Ben Franklin Awards. Blood Specimen Collection FAQs was published last fall by the Center and nominated for outstanding interior Read More...

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