Lab tests are medical procedures used to evaluate biological samples such as blood, urine, or tissue. Lab tests are used for diagnostics, to aid in treatment planning, to monitor the efficacy of a therapy, or evaluate how a disease changes over time.
DATE: December 8, 2020 TIME: 5am PST, 8am EST The Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is one of the earliest adopters of automation solutions worldwide. Already in 2008 the first track was installed an...
This drug development program is designed to create a family of broad-spectrum, pan-coronaviral drugs that respectively inhibit multiple key enzymes required for viral replication. By target...
The University of Louisville Infectious Diseases Laboratory (IDL) is a high-complexity, CLIA-certified laboratory in Louisville, KY. The IDL adopted the Luminex ARIES® platform in 2016 f...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a grip on worldwide health and global economics. Advancing molecular diagnostics is central to the diagnosis and prevention efforts surrounding the de...
To execute COVID-19 testing strategies effectively, labs need to procure reliable components of the workflow without interruption – from reagents to equipment and consumables at the sc...
Date: September 30, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Learning Objectives Why is Stewardship important? What are the core elements of stewardship and microbiology's role Importance...
Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) 98% of in-patients will undergo a diagnostic test during a hospital stay.[1] With the increased focus on the accuracy of diagnostic...
Date: November 16, 2020 Time: 7:00am PDT So far, it has been estimated that 2 billion individuals have been infected by hepatitis B virus (HBV). Among them, 250 million have developed a chro...
With QCI services your clinical lab can enable a seamless fastq to clinical report workflow. We provide services such as cloud based variant calling and automated upload of the data to the Q...
What if your lab could perform exome sequencing with the same sensitivity and efficiency of targeted sequencing? The new integrated QIAseq Human Exome TR Insights solution from QIAGEN delive...
Today's presentation will cover the following topics from the perspective of a NYC based Laboratory: What have we learned year to date about CoV-2 and specifically how diagnostic testing...
As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a key analyte for liquid biopsy samples. Due to extremely low concentration and high degree of fragmentation, the extraction of cfDNA is technically challenging. Her...
Testing volumes need to increase by orders of magnitude in order to restore communities back to normality. This workshop focuses on solutions that equip laboratories to participate in expand...
In 2012, the Choosing Wisely initiative was commenced by the ABIM with numerous societies putting forward lists of overused tests or procedures. The Choosing Wisely movement has spread to nu...
The nuclear proliferation biomarker Ki-67 has multiple potential roles in breast and other cancers, both as a prognostic but also predictive marker. However, several studies have shown that...
Biomarkers play a vital role in disease detection and treatment follow-up. It is important to note that the diseases in the early stage are typically treated with the greatest probability of...
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is destined to play a much greater role in chronic disease diagnosis and management. Advanced POCT systems are being developed to deliver less costly and more ac...
Clinical Laboratories have the opportunity to support value based health care by aligning with organizational strategies that focus on population health and creating meaningful insights usin...
The opioid crisis has put significant strain on the healthcare system and resources, including the clinical laboratory which has seen significant increases in requests for urine drug screeni...
Cancer cells can acquire immune resistance resulting in a loss of immunosurveillance. Tumor cells can upregulate PDL-1 which binds to PD-1. This complex inhibits CD8 Tumor Infiltrating cells...
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is used to determine spatial relationships where we can identify the localization of target proteins in specific regions and cells of a tissue. IHC has been the go...
Multiplexing IHC is a technique that is increasing in demand as more and more researchers and physicians are being tasked with doing more with less. With multiplexing, you have the advantage...
DATE: December 8, 2020 TIME: 5am PST, 8am EST The Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is one of the earliest adopters of automation solutions worldwide. Already in 2008 the first track was installed an...
This drug development program is designed to create a family of broad-spectrum, pan-coronaviral drugs that respectively inhibit multiple key enzymes required for viral replication. By target...
The University of Louisville Infectious Diseases Laboratory (IDL) is a high-complexity, CLIA-certified laboratory in Louisville, KY. The IDL adopted the Luminex ARIES® platform in 2016 f...
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a grip on worldwide health and global economics. Advancing molecular diagnostics is central to the diagnosis and prevention efforts surrounding the de...
To execute COVID-19 testing strategies effectively, labs need to procure reliable components of the workflow without interruption – from reagents to equipment and consumables at the sc...
Date: September 30, 2020 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT) Learning Objectives Why is Stewardship important? What are the core elements of stewardship and microbiology's role Importance...
Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST) 98% of in-patients will undergo a diagnostic test during a hospital stay.[1] With the increased focus on the accuracy of diagnostic...
Date: November 16, 2020 Time: 7:00am PDT So far, it has been estimated that 2 billion individuals have been infected by hepatitis B virus (HBV). Among them, 250 million have developed a chro...
With QCI services your clinical lab can enable a seamless fastq to clinical report workflow. We provide services such as cloud based variant calling and automated upload of the data to the Q...
What if your lab could perform exome sequencing with the same sensitivity and efficiency of targeted sequencing? The new integrated QIAseq Human Exome TR Insights solution from QIAGEN delive...
Today's presentation will cover the following topics from the perspective of a NYC based Laboratory: What have we learned year to date about CoV-2 and specifically how diagnostic testing...
As many parts of the northern hemisphere move into the colder months and indoors, SARS CoV-2 has begun a second infection wave that has exceeded the first surge of cases in many global regio...
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is a key analyte for liquid biopsy samples. Due to extremely low concentration and high degree of fragmentation, the extraction of cfDNA is technically challenging. Her...
Testing volumes need to increase by orders of magnitude in order to restore communities back to normality. This workshop focuses on solutions that equip laboratories to participate in expand...
In 2012, the Choosing Wisely initiative was commenced by the ABIM with numerous societies putting forward lists of overused tests or procedures. The Choosing Wisely movement has spread to nu...
The nuclear proliferation biomarker Ki-67 has multiple potential roles in breast and other cancers, both as a prognostic but also predictive marker. However, several studies have shown that...
Biomarkers play a vital role in disease detection and treatment follow-up. It is important to note that the diseases in the early stage are typically treated with the greatest probability of...
Point-of-care testing (POCT) is destined to play a much greater role in chronic disease diagnosis and management. Advanced POCT systems are being developed to deliver less costly and more ac...
Clinical Laboratories have the opportunity to support value based health care by aligning with organizational strategies that focus on population health and creating meaningful insights usin...
The opioid crisis has put significant strain on the healthcare system and resources, including the clinical laboratory which has seen significant increases in requests for urine drug screeni...
Cancer cells can acquire immune resistance resulting in a loss of immunosurveillance. Tumor cells can upregulate PDL-1 which binds to PD-1. This complex inhibits CD8 Tumor Infiltrating cells...
Immunohistochemistry (IHC) is used to determine spatial relationships where we can identify the localization of target proteins in specific regions and cells of a tissue. IHC has been the go...
Multiplexing IHC is a technique that is increasing in demand as more and more researchers and physicians are being tasked with doing more with less. With multiplexing, you have the advantage...
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