Labor Day Specimen Shipment Alert - Insights
Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 5th), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround times are not affected, plan ahead.
Labor Day specimen shipment alert - Insights
Due to the Labor Day holiday (recognized on Monday, September 6), Mayo Clinic Laboratories' specimen pickup and delivery schedules will be altered.
Introduction to Cost of Quality in the Laboratory - Insights
This "Phlebotomy" webinar will provide an introduction to cost of quality. The main components of the presentation will include discussions on the cost of attaining quality and the cost of poor quality.
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) calculator - Insights
For guidance on when to use the calculator, please see the following algorithm: Acquired Neuropathy Diagnostic Algorithm.
Pediatric Phlebotomy with Pain Management: Creating an Optimal Experience - Insights
This “Phlebotomy” webinar reviews: Having a medical procedure or a lab draw can be fearful for children. Even if it is their first time or they have had a bad past experience, there are ways to make these procedures easier for children.
Capillary Puncture vs. Venipuncture: Advantages and Limitations to Using Capillary Blood - Insights
This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will review the physiologic differences between capillary and venous blood, and discuss advantages and limitations to each specimen type.
Novel Laboratory Tests Transform Lupus Management: Bill Morice, M.D., Ph.D. - Insights
In this episode of “Answers From the Lab,” William Morice II, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories, is joined by special guests Bernard Rubin, D.O., MPH, chief medical officer of Progentec Diagnostics, and Melissa...
Should You Worry if You Accidentally Swallow an Insect? - Insights
During summer activities, it's bound to happen. But how dangerous is it to accidentally swallow a bug? Bobbi Pritt, M.D., a microbiologist, pathologist, and Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...
The Right Medication for You: Pharmacogenomics Testing at Mayo Clinic - Insights
How Your Genes Determine which Medications Work Best for You The drugs available today to treat diseases are powerful agents that work as intended for
Study Shows Drug Reduces Risk of Relapse with Neuromyelitis Optica - Insights
"This study offers hope to patients, since each attack in NMO can cause loss of visual or motor function," says Sean Pittock, M.D., a Mayo Clinic neurologist and first author.