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Image: An automated camera system developed for photographing specimen tube exteriors for vision processing and optical character recognition analysis to detect possible mislabeled specimens (Photo courtesy of ARUP laboratories).

Solution Found for Mislabeled Specimens in Clinical Laboratories

The incidence of patient identification errors, including mislabeled and misidentified specimens, is thought to be unacceptably high in clinical laboratories.  More...
30 Apr 2014
Image: Stained leukocytes in a peripheral blood smear (Photo courtesy of Dr. Kristine Krafts, MD).

Leukocyte Ratio Investigated for Familial Mediterranean Fever Patients

Blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio is a simple marker of inflammation that can be easily obtained from the differential leucocyte count and has been used to determine disease activity and diagnosis in patients with ulcerative colitis and acute appendicitis.  More...
28 Apr 2014
Image: The NanoVue spectrophotometer (Photo courtesy of GE Healthcare).

Novel Molecular Blood Group Typing Technique Developed

A new system for molecular blood group typing has been designed that offers blood banks the possibility of extensive screening of blood donors at a relatively low cost.  More...
24 Apr 2014

Sleep Apnea Severity Independently Predicts Glycemic Health

Sleep apnea has been linked with elevated blood sugar levels, suggesting people with the condition could be at an increased risk of cardiovascular illness and mortality.  More...
16 Apr 2014
Image: The Coulter Electronic Counter (Photo courtesy of Beckman Coulter).

Blood Iron Test Predicts Fatal Outcomes

The transferrin saturation ratio is a commonly used indicator of iron deficiency and iron overload in clinical practice, but precise relationships with total and cardiovascular mortality are equivocal.    More...
14 Apr 2014
Caption: The Materni T21 Plus early prenatal screening genetic test is performed noninvasively on a sample of the pregnant woman\'s blood (Image courtesy of Synapse Diagnostics).

New Blood Test to Provide Safe, Early Prenatal Genetic Screening

A noninvasive blood test has been developed to enable safe early prenatal detection of fetal chromosome abnormalities such as in Down's syndrome as well as the more challenging detection of microdeletions.  More...
09 Apr 2014
Image: The Abacus 3CT hematology analyzer, a compact, bench-top, flexible 3-part differential analyzer (Photo courtesy of the Diatron Group).

New Version of 3-Part Differential Hematology Analyzer Launched

A new hematology analyzer is particularly suitable for small laboratories, satellite clinics, and doctors’ offices.   More...
08 Apr 2014
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