Clinical Lab Products

A survey finds daily out-of-control quality control events reported by 33% of labs worldwide and 45% in the US, raising concerns about current QC practices amid rising operational pressures.

By Sten Westgard, MS, director of client services and technology, Westgard QC

The core competency of a clinical laboratory is providing reliable test results. Fe...

The draft Local Coverage Determination establishes criteria for genome-wide structural variant assays across leukemias, lymphomas, and myelomas.

MolDX has issued a proposed local coverage determination (LCD) that would establish Medicare coverage criteria for

The single-order assay provides 99% coverage of clinically relevant regions and aims to reduce the need for standalone chromosomal microarrays.

Helix has launched Whole Exome+ Sequencing (WES+), a diagnostic test that integrates

Research analyzing 1.4 million health records cautions that ovarian reserve biomarkers cannot determine reproductive potential or likelihood of pregnancy.

Requests by general practitioners for anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) blood tests surged more than 13-fold between 2011 and 2021, despite evidence demonstrating the test cannot predict wheth...

New guidance outlines financial models for five key clinical laboratory interventions, including C. difficile and blood culture optimization.

A representative 200-bed community hospital could generate an estimated $2.5 million to $2.8 million in annual laboratory and clinical savings by implementing targeted diagnostic stewardship intervent...