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Evolution of automation has moved beyond new technology to new levels of use. Read More

Positive patient identification (PPID) is an approach to avoiding patient misidentification for the prevention of medical errors, which include errors in medication, transfusion, and testing, as well as wrong-person procedures and the discharge of ... Read More

Atherosclerosis is the fundamental process behind coronary artery disease, stroke, and many other vascular diseases. Although the rates of death associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke have decreased in the United States, the burden ... Read More

Automated multiparameter hematology analyzers are ubiquitous in the clinical laboratory and clinical hematology laboratory settings. Evaluating several parameters at once offers obvious advantages for time and cost savings when running patient ... Read More

Diabetes is a chronic disease resulting from lack of insulin (type 1 diabetes mellitus [DM]), or the combination of insulin resistance, insufficient insulin, and abnormal glucagon secretion (type 2 DM). Of the patients with DM, only 5% to 10% have ... Read More

Among the human pathogenic fungi are both yeasts and molds. The most common human pathogenic fungi are the yeast-like Candida species (spp.), and the most common invasive molds are the Aspergillus spp. Read More

The Epstein Barr virus (EBV), which causes infectious mononucleosis (IM) or “mono,” is one of the most common human viruses. EBV occurs worldwide, and most people become infected with EBV sometime during their lives. In the United States, as many as ... Read More