ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals
ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals is dedicated to objective reporting on all facets of the clinical laboratory industry. Our coverage includes educational, regulatory and society news, as well as scientific developments.

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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals Has your lab experienced a flood, fire, blizzard, hurricane, tornado, etc? Care to share your lab's disaster plan? E-mail Associate Editor Amanda Koehler at akoehler@advanceweb.com.

Wed at 8:34am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Merger Alert
ViraCor Laboratories, which specializes in molecular diagnostic testing for infectious diseases; and IBT Laboratories, a clinical-diagnostics and biomedical-research laboratory specializing in immunology and allergy assays, today announced the companies...(read more)
Tue at 11:27am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

AMT Awards
Tonight at the AMT Award Convocation, AMT members will win awards for their talent, skills and service. Congrats to all winners! Order of the Golden Microscope --Charlie Baker, MT, South Carolina Medallion of Merit --Patricia Poitier-Sands, RMA, Florida...(read more)
June 25 at 7:29am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Lessons From the Hudson
"I was shaking. My heart was beating fast. I was scared ... and that was only when I was being interviewed by 60 Minutes !" US Airways First Officer Jeff Skiles told this joke when he opened up the keynote address at the 71st AMT National Meeting, held...(read more)
June 24 at 8:49am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

St. Jude Reveals New Display at Memphis Airport
Highlighting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a new display was unveiled recently at the Memphis International Airport in the Danny Thomas Terminal. Inspired by the airport terminal's architecture, the permanent display illustrates in words and...(read more)
June 24 at 8:49am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Resisting Change
Yesterday at the AMT National Meeting, Jim Hernandez, MD, MS, assistant professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine; medical director of Laboratories and Chair of Clinical Pathology, Mayo Clinic-Arizona, spoke to attendees...(read more)
June 24 at 8:49am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals The deadline for advance registration for the 2009 AACC/CSCC Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo was extended to June 26. Go to www.aacc.org to register.

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, dedicated to encouraging and supporting deserving clinical laboratory scientists and studentsaround the world through a variety of grants, awards, scholarships and other programs designed to share the latest and best in clinical laboratory science and technologyand improve health care worldwide.
June 23 at 8:17am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Fighting TB
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), Franklin Lakes, NJ; and Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), a Swiss foundation developing, evaluating and accelerating implementation of new diagnostic tools for poverty-related diseases, today announced...(read more)
June 22 at 4:51pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Legends and Legacies
As a person who has lost a loved one to cancer, I am always interested to find out more about the advances being made to fight this horrible disease. Sometimes I forget that there are so many people behind these advances and discoveries, working tirelessly...(read more)
June 22 at 4:51pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals Working on the 6-29 issue this week. Cover story examines diabetes, metabolic syndrome, coagulation connection.

June 22 at 2:41pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals What goes into choosing the best analyzer at your facility? Want to talk to us for an upcoming story? E-mail mpatton@advanceweb.com and we'll set up an interview.

June 18 at 6:36pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was on MSNBC recently talking about healthcare reform. Check out the clip here: http://tr.im/ozpB.

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June 16 at 1:42pm
Louis
Louis at 2:36pm June 16
The thing of it is MSNBC's audience is lower than the home and health channel.
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals Are you following us on Twitter? Look us up: ADVANCEMedLab.

June 15 at 7:00pm
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Good Eyes
Jessica Terry, 18, discovered a granuloma while looking at her own intestinal tissue slides in an Advanced Placement science class in her high school, ending the mystery about her previously un-diagnosed illness. CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth...(read more)
June 12 at 12:52pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

It's Official
"The world is now at the start of the 2009 influenza pandemic." With these words, Margaret Chan, MD, MPH, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), raised the influenza pandemic alert to phase 6, the highest level. With almost 30,000 confirmed...(read more)
June 11 at 12:18pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Data Presented on VITROS Systems
At the 18th IFCC-EFCC European Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, data will be presented on Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' two in vitro diagnostic systems recently introduced to the market. The award winning VITROS 5600 Integrated System...(read more)
June 11 at 12:18pm
Tangee

Tangee I know the job market is tough out there right now. I work for a recruiting agency and we have clients all over the country looking for good techs. Contact me at tangee.miller@comphealth.com. Include your resume and indicate the areas of the country you are interested in.

June 10 at 5:07pm · Report
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A Diverse Workforce
Having diversity in the workplace is an important matter. In her book Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce , Natalie Holder-Winfield explains why this is key to any organization and how to bring diversity into your workplace. ADVANCE asked Holder-Winfield...(read more)
June 10 at 6:53am
Louis
Louis at 12:45pm June 10
Diversity is fine but having a well-qualified and experienced staff should take priority over any other employee parameter.
Judy
Judy at 10:50pm June 10
Lou - I actually agree with you here. In our neck of the woods, we really don't have access to a diverse work force. I cannot remember the last time we even had a minority in any of our med tech classes. We have our own class at our lab (four students, who just took the registry and all passed it :-)), and we also get two students from Bowling Green State Univ. which is just south of Toledo, who rotate through. Perhaps it's different in other states, but not here.
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals Does anyone have a lab question they would like us to feature on Opinion Poll or as a Question of the Month? If so, post it here or e-mail Senior Associate Editor Kerri Penno at kpenno@advanceweb.com.

June 10 at 5:45am
Mariann McNair

Mariann McNair its good to have you on face book

June 9 at 5:18am · Report
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals at 7:01pm June 15
Thank you! And thanks for reading!
Laura

Laura So i'm a new grad looking for a MT job in Birmingham Alabama... Does anyone know of anything?

June 8 at 3:17pm · Report
Michael Morin

Michael Morin Has anyone tried to finish their B.S. after receiving their A.S. but didn't graduate? I took all required classes online and passed them all but still didn't have high enough GPA to graduate. Has anyone gone through this sort of situation?

June 6 at 8:51am · Report
Jody
Jody at 10:36pm June 15
I just started working on mine, just finished semester one (of many) .. What do you do now? Can you retake any of them for a new grade to boost your GPA?
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

BD Supports Researchers
BD Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), has expanded its research grants to support life sciences research during the current economic downturn. "We have expanded the BD Biosciences Research Grant Program to provide a greater...(read more)
June 5 at 9:39am
Gary Brown

Gary Brown Does anyone have any experience working in a "cell"? It's Hemo, UA, Chem and Coag, lined up like an assembly line. You walk around for 8 hours, no chairs allowed, resulting tests at each station for a few minutes at a time and then move on to the next station. I'm not too crazy about it, but I've only been doing it a month so we'll see. Just curious if anyone else has any expericence with this concept.

June 4 at 2:01pm · Report
Jody
Jody at 10:37pm June 15
Ours is hemo, ua and coag. It's not so bad once you find your footing.
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Phlebotomy Book Gets Nominated
The Center for Phlebotomy's latest book has been selected as a finalist in the Independent Book Publisher's Association's annual Ben Franklin Awards. Blood Specimen Collection FAQs was published last fall by the Center and nominated for outstanding interior...(read more)
June 3 at 10:35am
Louis
Louis at 12:13pm June 3
The Center for Phlebotomy is a good comprehensive resource. The URL is http://www.phlebotomy.com/
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals We're looking to interview laboratorians from Mississippi for a regional supplement. Anyone interested?

June 3 at 8:53am
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June 2 at 12:27pm
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Cathy
Cathy at 5:46pm June 2
i don't miss those 4 am mornings!! did it for many years. now working an 8-430 in micro.
Doug
Doug at 12:52am June 3
working too many hours in the early am is bad both at the beginning or the end of your shift. I prefer as close to a normal work day as possible.
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Preparing for a Bio-Katrina
In an interview with Federal News Radio in March, Tara O’Toole, MD, MPH, was asked what she would tell President Obama if she had the chance. Her reply: "There is a possibility, a real possibility, that there could be the equivalent of a bio-Katrina on...(read mor
May 26 at 9:40am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Work in Hematology or Coagulation?
Do you currently work in hematology or coagulation? If so, we'd would like to speak to you about the benefits of working in those lab specialty areas. Send an e-mail to mpatton@advanceweb.com to be featured in an upcoming issue of ADVANCE ....(read more)
May 20 at 5:52am
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals Work in hematology or coagulation or know someone who does? We'd like to feature you in an upcoming issue. Send an e-mail to mpatton@advanceweb.com to get started.

May 20 at 4:42am
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Going Overboard With MRSA Screening?
Could it be hospitals aren't backing down from unreasonable and unsustainable infection control guidelines when aiming to prevent MRSA transmission in healthcare facilities? That's the question pondered by Michael B. Edmond, MD, MPH, MPA, professor of...(read more)
May 19 at 6:48pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Don't Get Caught Dirty Handed: ASM's Clean Hands Campaign
We've heard a lot about washing hands lately, especially during the H1N1 outbreak. And when it comes to washing their hands, Americans say they are getting the message. However, their actions speak otherwise. So sayeth literature from ASM distributed...(read more)
May 19 at 6:48pm
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ADVANCE For Medical Laboratory Professionals

Dispatches From The Reporter's Notebook: ASM's Exhibit Hall
During a busy day in the exhibit hall, ADVANCE asked some folks at ASM why they decided to come to the 109th General Meeting in Philadelphia: Leslie Lynch , Shore Memorial Hospital, Somers Point, NJ: "I like the see the up and coming methodology in the...(read more)
May 19 at 6:48pm