The United States Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a “Special Fraud Alert” focusing on two potentially illegal trends that it has detected in arrangements between laboratories and ...

A few weeks ago, we posted about a publication by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) of responses to certain frequently asked questions (FAQs) ...

BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today the expansion of its product portfolio with the addition of the BD Innova™ Preanalytical Automated Microbiology ...

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Copan Diagnostics has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its urine collection and transport system, UriSponge. UriSponge is designed to address the high volume of urine ...

Preanalytical errors and unsuitable samples can account for up to 70% of lab errors. 1 These errors can be attributed to improper specimen collection, specimen transportation, and specimen processing ...

Specimen processing variability at submitting institutions can result in considerable heterogeneity in specimen likeness and quality. 1 - 5 Biospecimen policy reviewing committees have concluded that ...

Lymph node count has prognostic implications in bladder cancer patients who are treated with radical cystectomy. Lymph nodes that are too small to identify grossly can easily be missed, potentially ...

The in situ heating temperature, sputtering power and argon gas pressure are all parameters, which may impact the magnetic properties, microstructure and applicability of these materials for HAMR.