Annual screening for latent tuberculosis in healthcare workers: No longer required - Insights

This "Phlebotomy Webinar" presentation will review the methods available to detect latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), including the classic tuberculin skin test and the more recently...

Autoimmune Myelopathy - Insights

This “Specialty Testing” webinar will describe the clinical, radiologic, and serologic characteristics of autoimmune myelopathies and their mimics.

Safety in Health Care: The Role of Teamwork, the "Just Culture," and Crew Resource Management - Insights

In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” James Hernandez, M.D., expresses the importance of safety and why it is integral in processing and phlebotomy.

They Did "WHAT?!" Capturing Patient Experience to Increase Patient Satisfaction - Insights

This “Phlebotomy” webinar will discuss how a patient’s “experience” is the entirety of all the interactions that person has had within the health care system. Each member of a health care team plays a role in enhancing patient satisfaction,...

Legal Updates in Phlebotomy - Insights

This "Phlebotomy" webinar will provide an update of litigation trends affecting phlebotomists.

Phlebotomy COVID-19 Process - Insights

This “Phlebotomy Webinar” will focus on the role of the phlebotomist and the changes adapted to provide service safely to COVID positive patients in different service areas (ED, ICU vs General floors).

Using Phlebotomy Quality Metrics to Improve Patient Care - Insights

This “Phlebotomy Webinar" will discuss the what and why of quality metrics and indicators and how to determine which indicators to monitor.

The Role of CSF in Alzheimer's Disease - Insights

This "Specialty Testing" webinar will discuss Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), which has been used in research on Alzheimer's disease for decades. Only recently, have platforms been developed to standardize measurements across laboratories.

Whole exome sequencing for hereditary disorders - Insights

Cherisse Marcou, Ph.D., and Marissa Ellingson, M.S., CGC, discuss whole exome sequencing (WES) at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. The comprehensive evaluation uses next-generation sequencing to detect for single nucleotide variants, small...

Carrier Screening - Insights

Linda Hasadsri, M.D., Ph.D., explains carrier screening at Mayo Clinic Laboratories. Using targeted genotyping, our three focused panels evaluate genes associated with cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and hemoglobinopathies, to...