Nov 27, 2019
Clinical chemistry assays are widely impacted by inherent interferences in patient blood samples such as hemolysis, icterus, and lipemia. These interferences can cause inaccurate laboratory results and may even prevent the laboratory from releasing test results to ordering health care providers. In particular, the...
Oct 8, 2019
An original research article published in the September 2019 issue of the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine describes a study which investigated whether laboratory tests were being properly utilized for hospitalized patients aged 80 years and older.
Oct 8, 2019
An original research article published in the September 2019 issue of the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine describes the validation of a clinical chemistry score which incorporates high sensitivity troponin with other laboratory results of glucose and estimated glomerular filtration rate as an alternative...
Jul 30, 2019
An original research article published in the July 2019 issue of the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, describes a proof-of-concept study which tested the possibility of using artificial plasma matrix spiked with fragmented genomic DNA from immortalized cell lines to produce reference material for noninvasive...