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 Pathology comments on how the media misunderstood the story, and why molecular testing remains the preferred […]
Newspaper Reports Miss on Molecular Technology
Reporting on outbreaks of Bordetella pertussis, major newspaper criticizes molecular tests
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XIV No. 5 - April 2, 2007 Issue
