From the Bench

Laboratories today operate like any other business.  In order to succeed, the laboratory needs to be profitable.  With reduced insurance reimbursement, an increase in tests offered would lead to increased profi...

We all understand how important good management is to the overall success of a laboratory in providing quality patient care, but the defining components of quality care are not static.  Whether we are discussin...

The practice of laboratory medicine is undergoing rapid change, both leading as well as reflecting changes in our healthcare system. These changes are driven by new technologies that now enable molecular and ge...

It is a foundational principle for any laboratory test procedure that the value of the test is compromised or even negated by using specimens that have not been properly collected, labelled, handled or stored p...

It is a well-known fact by now that most laboratory errors occur in the pre- and post-analytic phases of testing and that these errors can have a significant impact on patient care. Often, these activities do n...

Sometimes, you have the good fortune to find qualified staff within a short time to replace those who have left, minimizing the disruption to your daily routine. More often than not, it takes a while to find th...