The following items will be discussed in this panel presentation: How samples are collected and processed to be tested in reference laboratories The Best practices in collecting respiratory (swab) ...

WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Implementing best practices during the collection and handling of blood specimens and fulfilling quality management system requirements during preexamination procedures ...

Last week, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued Advisory Opinion No. 22-09 (AO 22-09), which addresses a proposed arrangement pursuant to ...

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The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) has a long history of skepticism when reviewing financial arrangements between laboratories and referral sources, such ...

Diagnostics, particularly blood cultures, play a key role in sepsis diagnosis. Best practices are well-known for collection, transport, and processing of blood cultures, but historically relatively ...

On April 28, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an advisory opinion (No. 22-09) declining to approve a laboratory company's proposal to ...

WASHINGTON – Lawmakers on Tuesday castigated Veterans Administration health officials for ordering the destruction of biomedical specimens on Legionnaires’ disease and other infectious diseases that ...

Decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) have taken a major step forward during the pandemic, helping to enable clinical research despite restrictions on travel and investigator site visits. Approaches ...