Managing Reagent Variation
Lot-to-lot reagent inconsistencies can have significant effects on patient test results.
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COLA Receives ISO Recertification
With recertification performed by the British Standards Institute, COLA continues as the only CMS-deemed accreditor with an ISO quality systems designation.
Proficiency Testing
PopularAttend Webinar on Proficiency Testing
The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) will host an upcoming Webinar titled, "Making Proficiency Testing Work for You 2011."
COLA Launches Educational Endeavor
COLA’s new subsidiary, CRI, takes over the educational offerings that, to this point, COLA had provided, including seminars, webinars, and more.
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COLA Offers Guidelines For HIV Testing Day Providers
Laboratory accreditor offers best practices for administering waived HIV test.
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INSIDE TRACK: COLA’s New Subsidiary Acts as Education Arm
In July, COLA is launching a new subsidiary, COLA Resources Inc, which is focused on educating lab professionals on regulatory developments.
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COLA Shines Light on Lab Medicine Careers for Young People During Lab Week
The organization will sponsor a hands-on initiative for 9th and 10th graders attending a biomedical allied health magnet public school program in Maryland, providing a window into careers in the lab sciences.
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Center for Phlebotomy Education Offers Realistic Venipuncture Training Aids
The Center for Phlebotomy Education, Corydon, Ind, offers venipuncture training aids, helping educators, trainers, and supervisors to teach and assess the venipuncture technique of their students and staff.
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COLA Calls for More Education for Waived Testing Sites
Waived tests increase from nine to more than 5,400 test systems and 119 analytes since 1993.
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Free LOINC Training Workshops for Hospital Lab Managers and Directors
The workshops will be provided by the Laboratory Interoperability Cooperative, comprised of Surescripts, the AHA, and CAP.
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Submit Your Proficiency Testing Results Using a Smartphone with Bio-Rad’s New EQAS Mobile
This online portal to QC information provides labs with an easy and rapid way to access their quality control data and other QC-related information.
Read MoreHow many proficiency testing events are required for a given calendar year?
Take a second to vote in CLP’s poll about proficiency testing.
Read MorePathologists Call for New Training Program to Support Personalized Medicine
The department of pathology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have issued A Call to Action for the medical profession to catch up with the technology and business communities in the application of genomics to personalized health care.
Read MoreHHS, Dept of Labor Announce $1B for Job Training and Health IT Adoption
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announce a total of nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act awards to help health care providers adopt health information technology and train workers for the health care jobs of the future.
Read MoreRoche Diagnostics Opens New California Training Center
Roche Diagnostics announced the opening of a new west-coast customer training center in Pleasanton, Calif, as part of an initiative to make state-of-the-art training on diagnostic equipment more accessible to hospitals and independent laboratories on the west and east coasts.
Read MoreHHS Makes Recovery Act Funding Available to Expand Health Professions Training
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the availability of $200 million to support grants, loans, loan repayment, and scholarships to expand the training of health care professionals. The funds are expected to train approximately 8,000 students and credentialed health professionals by the end of fiscal year 2010.
Read MoreSCC Soft Computer Among Top 5 companies in Workforce Training and Development
Training magazine has announced that SCC Soft Computer was selected for a coveted place among many of the worlds top companies for employee-sponsored workforce training and development.
Read MoreDiaSorin to Provide Hepatitis Training for Lab and Health Care Workers
Starting in January 2007, DiaSorin Inc, Stillwater, Minn, and the National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN) are going to provide audio and Web-based interactive hepatitis training to health care workers performing public health, clinical, and environmental laboratory testing.
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