The United States Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) recently issued a “Special Fraud Alert” focusing on two potentially illegal trends that it has detected in arrangements between laboratories and ...

A few weeks ago, we posted about a publication by the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (OIG) of responses to certain frequently asked questions (FAQs) ...

The CCTS offers specialized support for the entire continuum of research specimen-associated needs. Working closely with the CRU, phase I clinic and other UAB Health System clinics, research specimens ...

DANVILLE, PA. – Geisinger Medical Center's microbiology lab is the first in the U.S. to use a new automatic instrument that improves the quality and efficiency of specimen planting and streaking and ...

In a molecular diagnostic laboratory, having a system for tracking specimens, or assays, is integral to workflow efficiency and accuracy. Although streamlining this process often proves to be ...

Diagnostics, particularly blood cultures, play a key role in sepsis diagnosis. Best practices are well-known for collection, transport, and processing of blood cultures, but historically relatively ...

(RTTNews) - Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) introduced a new, robotic track system for the BD Kiestra microbiology laboratory solution that automates lab specimen processing. The company said its ...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Tuesday castigated Veterans Administration health officials for ordering the destruction of biomedical specimens on Legionnaires’ disease and other infectious diseases that ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Lab techs sleeping while processing COVID samples for testing. COVID test swabs found in the restrooms. These are just two of the concerning allegations from whistleblowers about ...

MATTOON — The Sarah Bush Lincoln Laboratory is one of the most technologically advanced areas of the Health Center and it just became more advanced, delivering high ...

An Essex County clinical laboratory was cited for dozens of New Jersey Medicaid violations and ordered to pay back over $3.4 million, according to a report from the Office of the State Comptroller. An ...