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CLSI Blog Articles

Read the latest articles about CLSI and laboratory standards in the official CLSI Blog. Browse our most recent blog articles below.

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September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month

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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CLSI Expert Speaker Highlights from ADLM (AACC) 2023

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.

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AST News Update June 2023: Aminoglycoside Case Study

A 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.

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