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ADVANCE Outlook: Lab Professionals

New Guidelines
July 21, 2008 9:36 AM by Kerri Penno
In response to a disastrous mix-up wherein 400 breast cancer patients in Newfoundland were given inaccurate test results between 1997-2005, the Canadian Association of Pathologists has announced new guidelines for the country's laboratory services. CTV.ca Read More...
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Breaking News
July 17, 2008 8:39 AM by Kerri Penno
Competitive bidding has been repealed. Congress has voted to override President Bush's veto of H.R.6331, the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act. This effectively ends the San Diego competitive bidding demonstration and prevents all future Read More...
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A Reliable Source?
July 14, 2008 9:07 AM by Amanda Koehler
Today I read an article from The San Francisco Chronicle on researchers' attempt to create an online library of human genetics on Wikipedia . There have already been 7,500 Wikipedia entries on different genes. The researchers are hoping the popular online Read More...
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Immunity and the Avian Flu
July 9, 2008 5:55 PM by Kerri Penno
"Bring out your dead." That was the call heard through the streets during the 1918 flu pandemic, when the deaths surpassed modern resources and casket shortages forced families to surrender their loved ones to a wagon piled with bodies. Not a pretty image. Read More...
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Living the Truth
July 8, 2008 2:22 PM by Kerri Penno
The AMT 70th Annual Educational Program and National Meeting began with a flourish befitting the week following Independence Day, with a color guard presenting the flag and the singing of "The Star-Spangled Banner." Following a welcome from Christopher Read More...
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Familiar Surroundings
July 7, 2008 5:00 PM by Kerri Penno
I just arrived in Providence, RI, for the 2008 American Medical Technologists Annual Meeting. While usually a travel day to a conference is the perfect time to explore the area and find out where I am, I'm pretty familiar with Providence, as I grew up Read More...
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Too Much Control?
July 2, 2008 8:55 AM by Amanda Koehler
Recently, CNN ran an article about company wellness programs. It discusses the benefits of having health coaches at work, encouraging employees to go to a gym and to eat right, and offering weight-loss and smoking cessation programs. The article's author Read More...
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AAB/AMS Elect New Leaders
June 30, 2008 9:31 AM by Kerri Penno
Newly elected to the AMS Administrative Board include registrant class board members Joan Fulk, MT(AAB), Primrose OB/GYN, Springfield, MO and Nancy Henderson, MT(AAB), CLS-II medical technologist, Presbyterian Hospital of Winnsboro, TX. Henrietta Parram, Read More...
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Rudimentary Precautions
June 24, 2008 3:57 PM by Kerri Penno
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently reported some disturbing news about the CDC's infectious disease lab in Atlanta. Researches studying Q fever, a disease caused by Coxiella burnetii , were working in a room with a containment door sealed with Read More...
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Managing Your Friends
June 23, 2008 1:35 PM by Amanda Koehler
Last week I started writing a story for the Web site about moving up the lab career ladder. For the story, I interviewed Randall Hansen, PhD, founder and president, Quintessential Careers . I asked Dr. Hansen about some of the common obstacles laboratorians Read More...
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Joint Commission's 2009 Safety Goals
June 19, 2008 3:24 PM by Frank Fraser
The Joint Commission announced on June 17 the 2009 National Patient Safety Goals and related requirements for its accreditation programs and Disease-Specific Care Certification Program Of the Joint Commission's 16 total goals-three of which have been Read More...
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What Motivates You?
June 18, 2008 9:27 AM by Amanda Koehler
In his book Persuasion IQ , Kurt W. Mortensen discusses a working paper by Kenneth A. Kovack of George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Kovack researched the differences between what motivates employees and what managers think motivates employees. Here's Read More...
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Undercover Healthcare
June 16, 2008 1:54 PM by Amanda Koehler
USA Today recently ran a story on "undercover patients"-- people who get paid to fake physical illness so they can grade a medical facility's services. The American Medical Association is considering endorsing this practice during its 5-day meeting starting Read More...
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The Celebrity Effect
May 30, 2008 11:29 AM by Amanda Koehler
It seems if a celebrity or her loved one is diagnosed with an illness, it tends to get a lot of ink or television exposure. For example, actress and comedienne Jenny McCarthy has been talking about autism-her son Evan has the disorder. She's even written Read More...
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Conference Connections
May 29, 2008 10:28 AM by Kerri Penno
ADVANCE will be at the American Society for Microbiology and the Clinical Ligand Assay Society's annual meetings next week. Will you be attending either meeting? Let us know how they go for you. We'd love to hear your networking, learning and fun experiences Read More...
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