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We’re celebrating Public Health Laboratory Awareness this September. To find out more about why public health laboratories are so important to all our lives, we spoke with Victor Waddell, PhD, MS, CLSI’s Board President, and Bureau Chief of the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory.
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In 1963, as a result of a discovery by Dr. Robert Guthrie, newborns could finally be screened and receive treatment for a disease before symptoms appeared. Dr. Guthrie and his colleague published a paper outlining their discovery.
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Public Health Laboratory Appreciation Month is a celebration that recognizes public health laboratory staff, scientist, and technicians, and their essential role in protecting and improving global public health and ensuring the safety of our communities. This month serves as a reminder to honor all of the the hardworking public health professionals.
Read MoreWe were pleased to welcome representatives from CLSI Health System Members Geisinger and HealthPartners during CLSI’s latest member webinar, Expanding CLSI Access With Health System Membership. Our guest speakers discussed how CLSI Health System Membership has benefited their organizations.
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Our Vice President of Standards and Quality, Jen Adams, recently celebrated her 25th anniversary with CLSI. Jen’s unique experience in the world of standards, particularly medical laboratory standards, has made her an invaluable asset to CLSI throughout the years. We celebrate Jen’s contributions to CLSI and the global standards community.
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Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) was excited to participate in the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine (ADLM) 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo (formerly AACC). A celebration of ADLM’s 75th anniversary, the conference brought together over 70K participants from clinical chemistry, diagnostics, lab management, and other laboratory science areas.
Read MoreA 45-year-old patient with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) received induction chemotherapy 2 weeks ago and currently has an absolute neutrophil count of <100 cells/μL. The patient had been on levofloxacin prophylaxis for his neutropenia, but developed a fever a week ago, at which point meropenem was started. All cultures and imaging were negative.
Read MoreMajor changes to the aminoglycoside (gentamicin, tobramycin, and amikacin) breakpoints were published in CLSI M100-Ed33.
Read MoreA 60-year-old female with a history of colon cancer presented to the Emergency Department with acute onset of abdominal pain. She had a recent proctocolectomy (removal of rectum and part of colon). Her temperature was normal, blood pressure was 136/70, and heart rate was 149 beats per minute.
Read MoreIn the July 2020 issue of this News Update, cefiderocol (trade name Fetroja®, manufactured by Shionogi) was discussed to include its projected use, requirements for testing, and more. Since that time, several new developments have occurred for cefiderocol testing.
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