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Medical Laboratory Safety – Part 4: Laboratory Biosafety Levels

Tracy Frankowski, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM March 15, 2022 No Comments

Introduction In part 1 of our Safety series, I provided an introduction to laboratory safety principles. Part 2 showed you what a Biological Risk AssessmentView More

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Acute Phase Reactants and COVID-19

Haley Solmen, MLS(ASCP)CM March 9, 2021 No Comments

What is the association between acute phase reactants and COVID-19? Check out Med Lab Study Hall’s latest blog to find out!

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Understanding COVID-19 Test Results

Sara Zaucha, MBA, MLS(ASCP)CM, NYSCLT February 23, 2021 No Comments

There has been a lot of mania surrounding COVID-19 testing since the beginning of the pandemic. First, it was “there is no test!” Then it was “weView More

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COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma

Tracy Frankowski, MHA, MLS(ASCP)CM July 21, 2020 No Comments

Novel Virus, Old Therapy COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) is caused by a virus nonexistent prior to 2019, SARS-CoV-2. This means people’s immune systems, which produceView More

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COVID-19 Pandemic Helps Advocate the Clinical Laboratory Professions

Dawn Allen Hauser, MSIT, MLS(ASCP)CMHTCM May 22, 2020 5 Comments

Until now, I have not broached the topic of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) on any of my blog posts. Why? The short answer is this – thereView More