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Middleware is a Powerful Director's Tool
By Danyel H. Tacker, PhD, DABCC, FACB

As automated systems gain in complexity and many laboratory departments are consolidating into core laboratories, there is a persistent need to integrate technologies and control data flow in a way that classical laboratory information systems (LIS) cannot always accommodate. When you consider the combination of advanced diagnostic analyzers with process leveling provided by line automation (ie, tracks), the complicated interactions between analyzers and automation components can produce unnecessary obstacles. CLICK HERE to read about how middleware (a type of software) can serve as a conduit (and sometimes translator) for data flowing between diagnostic hardware and the LIS (and other information systems) to the great benefit of the lab and lab leadership.


Do You Know . . .
The false negative rate for high-risk HPV diagnosis when using Pap testing alone?
CLICK HERE to read more about the clinical implications of combined Pap and HPV testing. In this Q&A with Dr. Dina Mody, we discuss the evidence-based argument for co-testing using Pap and HPV methods. Among other compelling data was the discovery that in analyzing lab data, the author's team found an approximately 9% rate of false negative results when we performed Pap testing alone or HPV testing alone.


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POCT and the Chemistry Lab: Part 1
By Eugenio H. Zabaleta, PhD

CLICK HERE to read part 1 of Dr. Eugenio Zabaleta's Q&A on the increasing (and increasingly necessary) relationship between point-of-care testing and the chemistry lab.




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