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3M Release Rapid Detection Test
October 27, 2009 12:52 PM by Amanda Koehler

3M, St. Paul, MN announced today the introduction of the 3M Rapid Detection RSV Test. R espiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infects the lungs and breathing passages and is a common cause of bronchitis and pneumonia in children under 1 year. The Rapid Detection Read More...

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Rapid Tests for H1N1
August 6, 2009 8:47 AM by Amanda Koehler

Here's a great article from The New York Times featuring the lab and H1N1 testing. The story says rapid tests for H1N1 fail to properly detect infections more than half the time. Have you been finding this is true for your laboratory? Read More...

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New Accreditation Program for Labs in Africa
July 27, 2009 3:52 PM by Caitlin Maloney

The first push for accreditation of Africa's medical laboratories was recently launched by government health officials from 13 African countries, starting a process the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. government believe will strengthen health Read More...

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New Lab Test Helps Predict Kidney Damage
July 27, 2009 3:22 PM by Caitlin Maloney

A new laboratory test, urine neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL), will help predict if patients will develop acute kidney injury (AKI), a study in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN) reported. Another study in JASN also Read More...

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MRSA MRSA Me
July 23, 2009 8:53 PM by Amanda Koehler

In his ASCLS session,“MRSA MRSA Me—Things Ain’t What They Used to Be!,” Richard B. (Tom) Thomson, Jr. PhD, D(ABMM), Evanston Hospital-Northshore University Health System, Chicago, encouraged attendees to define the MRSA problem in their facility. "In Read More...

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PERFAR and BD Make Progress in Africa
July 20, 2009 12:34 PM by Caitlin Maloney

The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PERFAR) and Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) have made progress in improving laboratory conditions and skills of lab personnel battling against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in sub-Saharan Africa. 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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