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DID THE UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD DODGE A BULLET because the first outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza was neither as lethal nor as virulent as long-predicted by public health officials? That might be true today. But wait until the next flu season. No one knows if the A/H1N1 virus will mutate in ways that make …
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CEO SUMMARY: As influenza A/H1N1 spread, clinical labs nationwide learned that they did not have the capacity to test for an outbreak of flu that generated a 10-fold increase in sample volume. To move the samples through the system, many clinical labs ran extra shifts and ran short of supplies. It was a similar situation …
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CEO SUMMARY: Discovery of the A/H1N1 strain of influenza made it imperative that public health laboratories in the United States, Mexico, Canada, and other countries have more molecular testing capacity and capabilities in support of efforts to track and control the outbreak. Applied Biosystems, a division of Life Technologies Corporation, stepped into the breach, upgrading …
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THREE COMPANIES ADVERTISING laboratory tests for swine flu A/H1N1 were among those firms targeted for warning letters by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month. Between May 4 and May 29, the FDA sent warning letters to 35 companies. The warning letter typically noted that the FDA had reviewed each company’s Website and had …
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CEO SUMMARY: In Utica, New York, 201-bed St. Elizabeth Medical Center was the first hospital in New York State and one of the first five hospitals nationwide to meet the new accreditation standard from DNV Healthcare, of Cincinnati, Ohio. St. Elizabeth administrators credit use of this new accreditation process in helping the hospital improve efficiency, …
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THIS MAY BE A FIRST IN LABORATORY TEST SALES AND MARKETING! Mickey Mouse will star in a new children’s book designed to educate children and parents about diagnosis and management of allergies. This unique marketing campaign is the brainchild of Siemens Healthcare and Walt Disney Corporation. The book is called Mickey and the Giant Kachoo! …
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CEO SUMMARY: Viracor Laboratories is preparing to handle expanded volumes of influenza testing prior to the start of the next flu season. It will use added instrumentation and expanded working hours to expand capacity. Another strategy is to use influenza A testing as a way to reduce the overall number of influenza specimens that might …
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Earlier this spring, El Camino Hospital of Mountain View, California, announced the launch of what it calls the “Genetic Medicine Institute (GMI).” It claims it is the first hospital in the United States to “integrate genomic medicine into healthcare delivery.” El Camino will use the institute to deliver information and counseling services to physicians and …
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