Latest Medical laboratory Stories
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- TriCore Reference Laboratories today announced that it has earned the College of American Pathologists (CAP)'s gold standard for clinical laboratory quality - the CAP 15189(SM) Accreditation. TriCore is the first multi-site lab in the program's history to hold the designation and one of only 18 labs nationwide to successfully achieve the rigorous criteria required for accreditation. It is the only laboratory in New Mexico to be recognized...
Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center Laboratory Now Offers Employment Drug Testing in Addition to a Variety of Lab Tests Available to Volusia County Residents. Daytona Beach, Fl (PRWEB) August 22, 2011 Florida Hospital Memorial Medical Center (FHMMC) Laboratory (http://www.floridahospitalmemorial.org) now offers employment drug testing and a wide variety of lab tests to Volusia County residents from one of five convenient locations. "Our laboratory is accredited by the College of...
ZUG, Switzerland and ZURICH, Aug. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartGene, a provider of innovative software services for the management and analysis of genetic data, and the Institute of Medical Microbiology ("IMM"), University of Zurich, Switzerland, today announced an expanded collaboration, under which the University of Zurich will make use of the SmartGene platform and its associated reference databases to validate and provide ongoing back-up for mass spectrometry analysis, for the...
KIRKLAND, Wash., Aug. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Evergreen Healthcare today announced that its main hospital campus Laboratory Services has earned national recognition and accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP) for its high standards of excellence that positively impact the quality of patient care. To earn the accreditation, Evergreen successfully completed CAP's stringent inspection program, which is designed to specifically ensure the highest standard of care for...
MUNDELEIN, Ill., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sysmex America, Inc. today announced plans to debut expanded software products for its Sysmex WAM(TM) middleware and the Medica EasyCell® assistant Automated Cell Imaging Analyzer during this year's American Association of Clinical Chemistry's (AACC) Annual Conference and Clinical Lab Expo July 24 - 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. These and other products from Sysmex's hematology portfolio can be seen at Sysmex's exhibit booth, # 2611. AACC is...
RARITAN, N.J., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) today announced availability of seven manufacturer-validated applications for the VITROS® 5,1 FS and 4600 Chemistry Systems. These applications will allow customers to run immunosuppressant drug assays, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (TDM) assays and Drugs of Abuse Test (DAT) assays from Thermo Fisher Scientific and marks the first time the company is supporting applications for assays validated by an external...
ATLANTA, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Singapore-based medical device company, Clearbridge BioLoc, today unveiled the prototype of its flagship product, AssayQuest(TM). This is a fully-automated, portable analysis platform that can perform complex and cost effective point-of-care testing from a finger-prick blood sample. It potentially enables clinicians and healthcare workers to conduct professional, laboratory-quality tests at the point-of-care, receiving the results within...
UNION CITY, Calif., July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaxis, Inc. (NasdaqGS: ABAX), a medical products company manufacturing point-of-care blood analysis systems, has scheduled a conference call to discuss its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, ended June 30, 2011. The call will be at 4:15 p.m. ET on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The Company will report financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 after the market closes on Thursday, July 28, 2011....
SHENZHEN, China, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Mindray Medical International Limited (NYSE: MR), a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices worldwide, announced today that it will present at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry's 2011 Clinical Lab Expo in Atlanta, Georgia from July 26 through July 28, 2011. Mindray will exhibit a full range of more than 20 in-vitro diagnostic products, including its latest introduction, the BC-6800 Auto...
Whistleblowers Continue Fight Against Quest In Appeals Court Call On U.S. Department of Justice To Intervene NEW YORK, July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the nation's leaders struggle to address steep health care costs, a Medicare scam is being orchestrated right under their noses and no one is doing anything to stop it, said former medical laboratory executives who have filed a lawsuit against Quest Diagnostics, Inc., accusing the company of overcharging the federal government by...
