Category: Lab Management

Lab Management

Quest Diagnostics Opens Doors of Next-Generation Lab

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated has completed its integration of Northeast regional operations to its new lab facility in Clifton, N.J.

Lab Management

BioReference Laboratories Acquires Prenatal Testing Business from Roche

BioReference Laboratories, Inc. has acquired the U.S. Ariosa centralized laboratory prenatal testing business from Roche.

Lab Management

Viewpoint | A View to 2021

The events of 2020 will continue to influence laboratory market trends into the new year.

Accreditation

Amazon Diagnostics Lab Receives College of American Pathologists Accreditation

The Kentucky laboratory was built in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to help ensure the health and safety of Amazon’s frontline employees by providing them with regular, reliable access to free COVID-19 testing.

Compliance

FDA Warns of Potential for False Positives with Roche Cobas SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza Test

Roche Molecular Systems’ cobas SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A/B Nucleic Acid Test is for use on the cobas Liat System. The false positive results may be related to two issues observed by Roche.

Proficiency Testing

Managing Reagent Variation

Lot-to-lot reagent inconsistencies can have significant effects on patient test results.

Company News

BD Envisions ‘One-Stick Hospital Stay’ via Velano Vascular Acquisition

BD has acquired Velano Vascular and its needle-free technology that enables high-quality blood draws from existing peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) lines to help eliminate multiple needlesticks for blood sample collection.

Resource Center

Scientists ID Preliminary Genetic Link to Dyspraxia

New research has identified specific genes which could provide vital information about the biology of developmental coordination disorder, or dyspraxia.