Spilling the Secret Sauce for Inter-Professional Collaboration - Insights
Justin Kreuter, M.D., Clinical Pathologist and Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota, highlights inter-professional collaboration through a recap of #Transfuse18.
May 2023 - Pulmonary Pathology - Insights
This "Pathways" program provides an Anatomic Pathology case that includes a history, potential answers, rationale, and relevant references. This case sub-specialty is Pulmonary Pathology.
Mayo Clinic and WuXi AppTec Group announced a joint venture to co-develop and deliver clinical diagnostic services in China. The new entity will accelerate the development of novel esoteric tests that both organizations will offer in their...
MayoComplete Next-Generation Sequencing: Oncology Subpanels - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Kevin Halling, M.D., Ph.D., discusses new next generation sequencing testing for various tumor types and the rationale for the enhancements that were made; reviews gene additions that are now available in each...
Syndromic Testing for Infectious Diseases: Respiratory Infections - Insights
In this month's "Hot Topic," Matthew Binnicker, Ph.D., discusses the use of multiplex panels for the diagnosis of respiratory infections and focuses on the clinical utility of these tests in the setting of upper respiratory tract...
The evolution of specimen accessioning and delivery - Insights
The last installment of our 50th Anniversary series explores how Mayo Clinic Laboratories pioneered best practices in the area of specimen accessioning and delivery.
Grounded in gratitude, embracing treatment with hope - Insights
The fifth episode of “Life of a Specimen” video series highlights Joy Carol’s treatment journey after Mayo Clinic Laboratories antibody testing identified a paraneoplastic autoimmune disorder as the cause of her life-threatening symptoms.
The birth of Mayo Clinic Laboratories: From tiny operation to international mainstay - Insights
In 1971, the Regional Laboratory, later to become Mayo Clinic Laboratories, was founded. For the first time in Mayo Clinic’s history, the institution would support the community practice of pathology for outside patients in the region and...
Antifungal Drug Susceptibility Testing of Yeast: A Primer for Beginners - Insights
In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Nancy Wengenack, Ph.D., discusses susceptibility testing of yeast for those who are considering performing it in their laboratory, perhaps for the first time, or for those who choose to send their yeast isolates...
Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: Indirect Effort - Insights
Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on indirect effort, which includes tasks performed that don’t involve the patient or a patient’s sample.