Safety in Phlebotomy - Insights
Get a general introduction to safety precautions, which will help ensure the well-being of you and your patients.
Fundamentals of Phlebotomy - Insights
Find out about the patient experience and patient privacy, and the inpatient and outpatient identification process, as well as the legal considerations that a phlebotomist needs to be aware of and a summary of key phlebotomy terminology.
Specimen Integrity and Processing - Insights
Learn about the variables influencing successful blood draws and their potential impact on laboratory outcomes, Quality Assurance principles, the regulatory agencies ensuring patient and healthcare worker safety, and the organizational...
Difficult Collections and Special Populations - Insights
Get an overview of phlebotomy techniques for pediatric and geriatric patients who often present as unique challenges due to their physiological and anatomical differences.
Case Studies in Laboratory Safety - Insights
PACEThis webinar will provide a review of several real-life laboratory safety events. The presentation will outline the scenarios, the lessons learned and look at ways future incidents can be prevented. We will also discuss ways to create...
Cytopathology Services at Mayo Clinic Laboratories
Pathologists from across the world send cases for the cytopathology section at Mayo Clinic to review. Learn more.
Phlebotomy Lab Operations - Insights
PACE / State of FL Phlebotomy and specimen collection services are on the forefront of patient diagnosis. However, more often than not, they are over shadowed by testing laboratories because they deliver the final test results. The focus of...
Test Classification Updates - Mayo Clinic Laboratories
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Lyme Disease, Part 2: Borrelia mayonii-A New Cause of Lyme Disease in Upper Midwest - Insights
In this “Hot Topic,” Bobbi Pritt, M.D., discusses how Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne illness in the United States and Europe and caused primarily by Borrelia burgdorferi in the United States, while B burgdorferi, B afzelii,...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ fungal diagnostics test menu includes molecular and serological assays to aid in diagnosing a wide variety of fungal diseases, including those caused by Coccidioides possadasi/immitis, Histoplasma, Blastomyces, and...
Raising the Bar on Newborn Screening Test Performance - Insights
Newborn screening panels that test for a variety of conditions are available in every state; however, test performance and response rate by each state are very different. Mayo Clinic's Biochemical Genetics Laboratory created the...
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Tom Smith, Ph.D., Honored in "Journal of Clinical Microbiology" - Insights
In 2012, the Journal of Clinical Microbiology began publishing quarterly biographical features of pioneers and innovators in clinical microbiology. Of the more than 15 microbiologists who have been profiled over the years, the career...
Mayo Clinic Laboratory and pathology research roundup: April 18 - Insights
This week's Research Roundup feature: Renal involvement in systemic sclerosis.
Diagnostic tests are a critical part of America’s health infrastructure and helping people live healthier lives. But in a recent op-ed published on RealClearPolicy, William Morice II, M.D., president of Mayo Clinic Laboratories and Matt...
PDL1 Testing for Lung Cancer [A Test in Focus] - Insights
Audio Interview Testing When to Order Specimen Performance Immunotherapies have recently emerged as a therapeutic option for patients with non-small-cell
Reflex Test Guides Precise Care for Arsenic Exposure: Paul Jannetto, Ph.D. - Insights
Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., explains how Mayo Clinic Laboratories' SPAS test identifies the form of arsenic present in patients with arsenic exposure. That information is important for determining the potential level of harm and for removing the...
In the fall of 2017, Shayla Polanchek, a recent recipient of a heart transplant at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, returned to campus to review the specimen of her old heart, the one that had been removed from her chest. She had asked...
Learn why liquid biopsy testing is a viable alternative to tissue-based biopsy testing for certain patients with cancer.
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) have revolutionized MRIs by increasing the clinical utility and detection sensitivity of these exams. GBCAs also contain gadolinium, a rare earth metal with unique chemical properties. This article...
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Opioids remain a mainstay of pain management, upping the stakes for monitoring prescription compliance and detecting abuse. Paul Jannetto, Ph.D., Director of the Clinical and Forensic Toxicology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, and Loralie...
Anti-Platelet Factor 4 Antibody-Mediated Prothrombotic Syndromes - Insights
PACE / State of FLIn this month's "Virtual Lecture," Anand Padmanabhan provides a general overview and science in the field related to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), and...
Keys to Leading in Extraordinarily Difficult Times: Part 1 - Insights
PACE / State of FLIn this month’s “Virtual Lecture” Mark Hyde shares what he has learned during his 28 years of workplace consulting experience and counseling with thousands of employees concerning work topics such as stress, fatigue,...
Classification of Kidney Stone Composition Using an AI Model - Insights
PACE / State of FLThis month’s “Virtual Lecture,” discusses how artificial intelligence can be utilized to classify kidney stones while demonstrating improvement in quality and patient safety.
Complement Testing in the Diagnosis and Management of Thrombotic Microangiopathy - Insights
PACE / State of FLThis month’s “Virtual Lecture” discusses the clinical diagnosis and management, summarizes the testing modalities that guide diagnosis and management, and recognizes the utility of genetic testing as it relates to...
Keys to Leading in Extraordinarily Difficult Times: Part 2 - Insights
PACE / State of FLIn this month’s “Virtual Lecture” Mark Hyde continues to share what he has learned during his 28 years of workplace consulting experience and counseling with thousands of employees concerning work topics such as stress,...
Autoimmune Peripheral Neuropathy: A New Paradigm Shift - Insights
PACE / State of FLThis webinar will discuss the advantages of using electrophysiology results to guide the selection of axonal or demyelinating testing for peripheral neuropathy. This approach can help identify specific antibodies...
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a possible cause for a rare infection in heart and lung transplant recipients: the donor.
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ menu of advanced diagnostic testing provides insights and answers for the world’s most rare and complex conditions. As the global reference laboratory for Mayo Clinic, we harness the expertise of researchers and...
The Past, Present, and Future of Laboratory Automation - Insights
PACE / State of FL - This “Continual Improvement” webinar provides an overview of automating laboratory workflows and its impact on the overall efficiency of testing by speeding up tasks, minimizing waste, reducing reagent usage, and...
What's New in Quality and Regulatory Expectations for Laboratories? [2022] - Insights
PACE / State of FLThis “Continual Improvement” webinar will provide an overview of new or changed regulations for 2022, and other regulatory issues that have the potential to affect clinical laboratories. The latter half of the year has...
Laboratory Nonconformance (Event) Management - Insights
PACE / State of FL This “Continual Improvement” webinar provides an overview of the event management process deployed by the Mayo Clinic Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology.
What's New in Quality and Regulatory? [2024] - Insights
PACE/State of FL - Presentation Recording Coming Soon This webinar provides an overview of recent operational updates to the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and administrative process changes in the Centers for Medicare &...
Problem-Solving Thinking: An Overview of DMAIC, A3, and PDSA - Insights
PACE/State of FL - This presentation will give learners an understanding of what problem-solving thinking is, as well as an overview of what DMAIC, A3, and PDSA problem-solving approaches are to support your quality and continuous...
Tissue testing for COVID-19 - Insights
Being able to identify SARS-CoV-2 in tissue is key to better understand the virus that causes COVID-19. Now, a first-of-its-kind test that detects SARS-CoV-2 in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue is available from Mayo Clinic...
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): The 5 W's and How - Insights
PACE / State of FLIn this “Phlebotomy Webinar” we will review the who, what, why, where, when and how of well written effective procedures that can: help to improve the quality of work within the organization, help reduce the number of...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories, a leading global reference laboratory, and Progentec Diagnostics, a digital health and biomarker technology-based company focused on autoimmune conditions, today announced a strategic collaboration to bring...
Lab Billing, Coding, and Compliance: A 2025 Overview - Insights
Register now – July 8, 2025: PACE / State of FL - This webinar will discuss a range of critical topics essential for laboratory billing, coding, and compliance. Key areas of focus will include understanding and navigating National Correct...
Autopsy Lab - Lean Transformation - Insights
PACE/State of FLThis webinar will provide an in-depth look at the efforts to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Autopsy Lab through Lean principles. The presentation will outline the steps taken to set the foundation for Lean...
Metagenomic Sequencing - A Tool for Diagnosis of Central Nervous System Infection - Insights
PACE / State of FL This webinar will cover metagenomic sequencing for diagnosing central nervous system infection. Content will be shared regarding technical details, clinical applications, and results interpretation, drawing on both...
Sickle cell disease: How new technologies are transforming patient lives - Insights
In this “Future Direction of Laboratory Medicine” webinar, Maggie DiGuardo, M.D., and Justin Juskewitch, M.D., Ph.D., will review the current knowledge regarding sickle cell disease from its genetic cause to the myriads of effects it can...
Manage to Reimbursement - Insights
PACE/State of FL This webinar will provide a methodology for laboratory leadership to review their test menu for assays that most impact the financial health of their laboratory.
The Quality Auditor Role - Assessing the Laboratory - Insights
PACE/State of FL Internal assessments are integral to a laboratory’s quality management system (QMS). They allow laboratories to evaluate compliance with regulatory and accreditation requirements, and laboratory operational practices....
What's New in Quality and Regulatory? [2023] - Insights
PACE / State of FL This “Continual Improvement” webinar will provide an overview of the most common CLIA deficiencies in 2022 and ideas for avoiding noncompliance. The presenters will also review new CMS rules for remote review that were...
PACE / State of FLThis "Phlebotomy Webinar" will review proper blood culture collection techniques and demonstrate how specimen quality can impact patient care.
T-cell Lymphoma [Test in Focus] - Insights
Andrew Feldman, M.D., discusses the different tools and techniques Mayo Clinic Laboratories uses to accurately diagnose and classify T-cell lymphomas to help provide clinicians with the diagnostic answers they need to treat their patients.
Understanding a Broken Heart: Genetic Testing After Sudden Cardiac Death - Insights
PACE/State of FLPresentation Recording Coming Soon Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a devastating event that occurs unexpectedly, often without any prior symptoms. This webinar will discuss how postmortem genetic testing may be used in...
Outreach Quality and Satisfaction - The Patient's View - Insights
As healthcare continues to evolve and payment models become more inclusive of patient satisfaction measures, it is vitally important for laboratories to focus on improving the patient experience. Because the laboratory is a critical element...
Effective testing is vitally important for diagnosis, prognosis, and disease management. With more than 90% of the 7,000 identified rare diseases lacking FDA-approved treatment,1 and patients waiting between 8 and 10 years before diagnosis,...