Patient benefit is used to assess the efficacy and feasibility of medical treatments. To assess patient benefit, a clear understanding of the patient's health prior to and after a procedure, treatment, or intervention is compared. Treatments which generate a patient benefit, with minimal or acceptable risks, may be approved for further clinical use.
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Date: November 09, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PST), 1:00pm (EST), 7:00pm (CET) Over four billion prescriptions are issued each year in the US, many of which will cause adverse drug reactions and/or...
At the global level, mobility is above pre-COVID levels, and mask use is at the lowest level since mid-March 2020. The move away from social distancing combined with the spread of the BA.5 O...
The diagnosis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is challenging during pregnancy. Pregnant women often present with symptoms compatible with VTE. The use of conventional diagnostic algorithms is...
Date: September 29, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CET) The global burden of candidiasis remains relatively stable. However, the epidemiology of the last ten years shows a shi...
Date: September 28, 2022 Time: 8:00am (PDT), 11:00pm (EDT), 5:00pm (CEST) For infectious disease pathogen detection, real-time PCR enables reliable, sensitive, specific, and scalable results...
Date: September 15, 2022 Time: 6:00am (PDT), 9:00am (EDT), 3:00pm (CEST) LiquidArray® is a pioneering technology which brings next generation multiplexing to the routine clinical microbi...
Getting It Right: Preanalytical Impact on Coagulation Results Using a Case Study Approach According to published literature, up to 65% of errors occur in the preanalytical phase of laborator...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) detection and surveillance is a high priority in healthcare and environmental settings for the safety of both patients and the general public. However, working...
Date: August 16, 2022 Time: 11:00am (PDT), 2:00pm (EDT), 8:00pm (CEST) Understanding genomic variation in the context of cancer is paramount to identifying disease drivers and informing pers...
Date: June 30, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CEST) Subclinical acute rejection (SubAR) is a significant risk for kidney transplant recipients, affecting 1 in 4 patients. Ea...
Date: June 02, 2022 Time: 8:30am (PST), 10:30am (CST), 11:30am (EST) Cardiac biomarkers like high-sensitivity Troponin I might play a major role in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases....
Date: May 25, 2022 Time: 10:00am (PDT), 1:00pm (EDT), 7:00pm (CEST) Programmable RNA base editors are excellent tools to modify RNA transcripts at precise locations or designated hotspots. P...
A biobank is a laboratory facility that accepts, processes, stores, and distributes samples and data, for use by research institutions. The role is to store these collections and to keep bio...
When designing or implementing laboratory automation, we often have a fully automated end-goal in mind. We dream of leveraging automation to enable processes that run uninterrupted, preferab...
Date: April 28, 2022 Time: 9:00am (PDT), 12:00pm (EDT), 6:00pm (CET) During previous webinars we have discussed the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) infections, explored biolo...
Genomics has had rapid implementation over the past decade, with recent growth in application in oncology, mental health, maternal fetal medicine, solid organ transplantation, and more. Much...