Recently added articles from Medical Laboratory Observer:
Cheers to 40 years.(From the guest editor)(biomedical laboratories innovations and quality services)(Guest editorial)
Oct 01, 2009; ... By reaching its 40th anniversary. Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) has demonstrated both usefulness and relevance to laboratory medical professionals. That accomplishment deserves recognition and applause. The decade of the 1960s laid a foundation for unprecedented progress in medicine ....
ASCP and NCA unite.(News)(American Society for Clinical Pathology and National Credentialing Agency teams up)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... * ASCP and NCA unite. The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) Board of Registry (BOR), and the National Credentialing Agency for Laboratory Personnel (NCA) signed an agreement on July 21 forming a single certification agency for medical laboratory professionals. The new agency ...
Spit could aid oral-cancer detection.(New studies)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... * Spit could aid oral-cancer detection. Researchers have successfully identified markers of oral cancer in saliva, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research. Scientists measured microRNA levels in the saliva of 50 patients with oral squamous-cell carcinoma and 50 healthy control ...
I have been in the laboratory industry.(Occupation overview)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... "I have been in the laboratory industry over 32 years and the only consistency I have seen is change. Keeping me abreast of those changes has been, and continues to be, MLO. As I journeyed through my career, MLO provided education and information at every turn. As a bench technologist, I ...
Reducing HAIs and ARIs: partnering with clinical labs.(healthcare-associated infections)(antibiotic-resistant infections)(Cover story)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Many of the most insidious of healthcare-associated (or hospital-acquired) infections (HAIs)--and antibiotic-resistant infections (ARIs)--are creatures of our own unintelligent design. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), and a growing ...