Most of us would think 99.9% accuracy sounds pretty good on paper. But in the lab, that can translate to 1 error per thousand tests.View More
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Medical Laboratory Safety – Part 4: Laboratory Biosafety Levels
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
Medical Laboratory Safety – Part 2: Biological Risk Assessment
Introduction In the first blog in our safety series, Laboratory Safety: Biosafety Introduction, I shared an overview of what biosafety is, why it is important,View More
Let’s Talk About Blood Products!
You may have seen appeals by blood suppliers saying your donation can help save up to three (3) lives. I was recently asked how and whyView More
Doctorate of Clinical Laboratory Science
Introduction As a CLS/MLS, have you ever received a call from a doctor asking which test to order? You, as the technologist or supervisor, proceedView More
Performing Dilutions for Laboratory Analysis
Introduction A particular laboratory calculation that confuses us when we’ve not done it for a while is dilution. Accurate dilutions are essential to accurate medical laboratoryView More
Acute Phase Reactants and COVID-19
What is the association between acute phase reactants and COVID-19? Check out Med Lab Study Hall’s latest blog to find out!
Blue-Green Crystals – of Death?
What are they? As laboratory professionals, one laboratory test we perform is a peripheral blood smear evaluation. We place a drop of patient blood on aView More
Cardiac Biomarkers
What are cardiac biomarkers and why do we use them? In the clinical laboratory, evaluating sudden onset chest pain and shortness of breath includes analyzingView More