Clinical Lab Management
News on issues related to managing clinical laboratories.
CLX Health, Quest Diagnostics Partnering to Provide COVID-19 Testing for Events, Travel
Individuals will be able to schedule COVID-19 testing appointments at Quest patient centers using CLX's TrustAssure Global Testing Platform.
Quidel Recalls Lyra SARS-CoV-2 Test Due to Potential False Negative Results
The assay is being recalled due to a significant risk of false negative results for patients with relatively high amounts of SARS‐CoV‐2 virus.
AACC Discourages Use of Cycle Threshold Values for SARS-CoV-2 Test Results
AACC's recommendation follows similar advice from the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Association for Molecular Pathology advising against using CT values.
CIC Health, Quest Diagnostics Collaborate on COVID-19 School Testing
Quest will augment CIC Health's lab network, expanding its capacity and allowing it to reach more students and summer program participants.
Labcorp to Acquire Myriad Genetics' Vectra Rheumatoid Arthritis Test for $150M
The deal for the blood-based proteomic test, which measures disease activity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, is expected to close in Q3 2021.