Medical Technology: the application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures and systems developed to solve a health challenge and improve overall quality of life
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...
Two aspects of the Cost of Quality are important in the medical laboratory—the theory behind the quality cost types and the application of those cost types to laboratory activities. Th...
Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 12:00am (PDT), 9:00am (CET), 4:00pm (SGT) We present split-FISH, a multiplexed fluorescence in situ hybridization method that leverages a split-probe design to...
DATE: November 18, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am PST, 4:00pm CEST The assessment of cell health and cellular responses after experimental manipulation continue to be a very important......
November 13, 2020 1:00 PM PST | November 14, 2020 5:00 AM SGT
The development of many different chromogens for light microscopy gives us the opportunity to explore different usage of multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC) for clinical diagnostic purposes...
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...
Date: November 12, 2020 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Vaccine development, disease diagnosis and early medical intervention are all supported by Raman spectroscopy. This tool provides ri...
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...
The development of many different chromogens for light microscopy gives us the opportunity to explore different usage of multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC) for clinical diagnostic purposes...
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...
Patient laboratory test results are significantly over-represented in electronic medical records, but significantly under-utilized in research. An important application of laboratory data is...
Cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been steadily rising over the past decade with most common causes of injury observed among participants in contact sports, combat military personne...
Date: November 9th, 2020 Time: 10:00am PDT SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread rapidly with critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), where the mortality rate is reported...
The opioid crisis is a uniquely American challenge. Many factors catalyzed this national nightmare and others continue to fuel it. This presentation delves into some of the major contributor...
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...
Two aspects of the Cost of Quality are important in the medical laboratory—the theory behind the quality cost types and the application of those cost types to laboratory activities. Th...
Date: November 19, 2020 Time: 12:00am (PDT), 9:00am (CET), 4:00pm (SGT) We present split-FISH, a multiplexed fluorescence in situ hybridization method that leverages a split-probe design to...
DATE: November 18, 2020 TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00am PST, 4:00pm CEST The assessment of cell health and cellular responses after experimental manipulation continue to be a very important......
November 13, 2020 1:00 PM PST | November 14, 2020 5:00 AM SGT
The development of many different chromogens for light microscopy gives us the opportunity to explore different usage of multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC) for clinical diagnostic purposes...
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...
Date: November 12, 2020 Time: 8:00am (PST), 11:00am (EST) Vaccine development, disease diagnosis and early medical intervention are all supported by Raman spectroscopy. This tool provides ri...
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...
The development of many different chromogens for light microscopy gives us the opportunity to explore different usage of multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC) for clinical diagnostic purposes...
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...
Patient laboratory test results are significantly over-represented in electronic medical records, but significantly under-utilized in research. An important application of laboratory data is...
Cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) have been steadily rising over the past decade with most common causes of injury observed among participants in contact sports, combat military personne...
Date: November 9th, 2020 Time: 10:00am PDT SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread rapidly with critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), where the mortality rate is reported...
The opioid crisis is a uniquely American challenge. Many factors catalyzed this national nightmare and others continue to fuel it. This presentation delves into some of the major contributor...