Month: April 2008

The Molecular Diagnostic Branch of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care for Ontario, Canada’s most densely populated province, is reporting excellent results from public screenings for respiratory virus and pneumobacter detection using the Seeplex respiratory diagnostic test from Seegene, Rockville, Md.

The Center for Phlebotomy Education Inc,Ramsey, Ind, has recently released a DVD titled Skin Punctures & Newborn Screens, the latest offering in its four-part applied phlebotomy video series.

Four strategic directions were identified for addressing the workforce shortage during the recent strategic planning session of the Coordinating Council on the Clinical Laboratory Workforce, which focused on addressing the lab workforce shortage.

OHMIC Instruments Co, Easton, Md, has developed Model MPH, a new, flexible holder-positioner that helps position and hold medical transducers, labware, and other devices.

In pretrial motions, the US District Court for the Northern District of California has granted summary judgment of noninfringement in favor of Nova Biomedical Corp, Waltham, Mass and against Abbott Diabetes Care, Alameda, Calif, in two US patents on blood glucose technology that were being put forth in a case brought against Nova by Abbott Diabetes Care and Abbott Laboratories.