Introduction Many in the laboratory profession speculate about what the future may hold for this field. Automation continues to be introduced for higher complexity testing.View More
Category: Lab Blab
Stories and experiences of life in the medical laboratory.
Blood Blog 1 – The Heme Molecule and Hemoglobin
Introduction Did you ever wonder what blood is made of? Well, it’s more than just red-colored liquid! In this blog series about blood, we’ll startView More
An Interesting Case of Rh Discrepancy
Many of us learn our blood type either through a blood test or by donating blood, and know that the blood type should remain theView More
A Brief Introduction to Immunity and Immune Response
Immunity, by simple medical definition, is the process that occurs to protect the body against pathogens and infectious diseases. There are various processes within ourView More
Medical Laboratory Project Management Series – Part 4 – Agile Methodology
In this final installment of the project management series, the Agile methodology will be examined. This is the most fluid of all the methodologies. StepsView More
Medical Laboratory Project Management Series – Part 3 – Waterfall Method
For the third part of the medical laboratory project management series, we will discuss the Waterfall Method. Unlike other methodologies, Waterfall relies on a moreView More
Medical Laboratory Project Management Series – Part 2 – Critical Path Method
This second part of our Medical Laboratory Project Management Series focuses on the Critical Path Method. For an overview of different project management methods, pleaseView More
Hemacytometer Counts
Introduction It’s 20 minutes before the end of your shift and you’re really looking forward to going home for the day. You look up from yourView More
Examining Crystals in Urine Sediment
In current practice, where a large majority of laboratory testing is automated, it is often a nice change of pace to be able to manuallyView More
Medical Laboratory Project Management Series – Part 1 – An Introduction
When we all started school for our Medical Laboratory Science programs, we learned everything we needed to know to become great bench techs. We learnedView More