Insights

CLSI welcomes Victor Waddell, PhD, as their new President. Dr. Waddell is the current Director of the Arizona State Public Health Laboratory and Executive Director for the Arizona Biomedical...

There has been an enormous increase in the frequency and severity of fungal infections in recent years. Culture from a clinical sample is the gold standard for diagnosis of fungal infection as it has the advantage of yielding the specific etiological agent if positive. Moreover, culture allows for susceptibility testing.

Medical laboratory tests are essential to the clinical management of patients. It is important to express numerical results with additional properties, such as linearity.

Implementing a laboratory quality management system can seem a daunting project. Learn how you can deliver consistent, high-quality, and cost-effective laboratory services by participating CLSI’s updated Laboratory Quality Management System (LQMS) Certificate Program.

Most laboratories use methods such as QC, equipment calibration measurement, QA measurements of process performance, and more recently, implementation of a quality management system, to determine the quality of examination results and laboratory services.

Implementing a quality management system (QMS) can help a laboratory run more efficiently by reducing costs and nonconformances. Most importantly, in the US, a QMS is a requirement under CLIA regulations for passing and maintaining accreditation.

September is Newborn Screening Awareness Month. 2020’s theme is “Expect newborn screening.” Newborn screening is a state public health service that reaches each of the nearly 4 million babies born in the United States each year. It ensures that all babies are screened for certain serious conditions at birth and for those babies with those conditions, it allows doctors to start treatment before some of the harmful effects happen.