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Amazon to Close Employee COVID-19 Testing Lab in Ky.
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 8 – June 6, 2022 Issue
IN A MOVE THAT MAY SURPRISE SOME OBSERVERS, Amazon announced it will close its COVID-19 employee testing laboratory in Hebron, Ky., which is just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. This is the second large COVID-19 clinical laboratory to publ…
Anticipating Change in COVID-19 Test Volume
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 6 – April 25, 2022 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: New and more easily transmitted variants of SARS-CoV-2 are causing surges…
Leveraging Testing Technology To Identify MRSA, C. Difficile
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 3 – March 4, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Probably the most challenging infections for hospitals to control and reduce are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and Clostridium difficile (C. diff). The laboratory at one New York hospital introduced algorithms to screen for the presence of each i…
November 03, 2014 Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 15 – November 3, 2014 Issue
In response to the Ebola outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization for the use of two rapid tests to detect Ebola. The tests are manufactured by BioFire Defense LLC, a division of BioMerieux. The BioFire Defense Fil…
TriCore Lab Adds Value with Consults, Better TAT
By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XX No. 8 – June 17, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Motivated by the goal of delivering more value to clinicians and client hospitals, the lab team at TriCore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is proactively introducing new services. One such initiative is to travel to hospitals to participate in rounds and co…
“Liked the Product–Bought the Company,” BD Acquires HandyLab and Jaguar System
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 16 – November 23, 2009 Issue
IT WAS 1979 WHEN VICTOR KIAM jump-started sales of Remington electric razors with his classic, witty ad campaign, “I liked the product so much, I bought the company!” Now the same thing is happening with a benchtop-sized automated system for molecular PCR testing. In this case, it is Bec…
GSK and Abbott Team up For Companion Diagnostic
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 14 – October 12, 2009 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Although GlaxoSmithKline PLC is several years away from having a deliverable product from its Antigen Specific Cancer Immunoassay (ASCI) Program, it has a development deal with Abbott Laboratories to produce a companion diagnostic test for ASCI-based products. The in…
Influenza A Test Is a Help When Screening for H1N1
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 8 – June 8, 2009 Issue
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 re…
Competition in Rapid Tests Means Value to Labs
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XVI No. 4 – March 16, 2009 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: One of the hottest market segments in in vitro diagnostics (IVD) is rapid testing. However, because labs now often have multiple choices when selecting a rapid test, IVD manufacturers recognize the need to differentiate their products by adding additional features an…
Newspaper Reports Miss on Molecular Technology
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XIV No. 5 – April 2, 2007 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: In reporting on a suspected outbreak of whooping cough (Bordetella pertussis), a national newspaper suggested administrators at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center had placed too much faith in molecular testing. In this exclusive interview, Dartmouth’s Director of Molecular …
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