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...
The Metabolic Autopsy: Postmortem Screening in Cases of Sudden, Unexpected Death - Insights
In cases of sudden or unexpected death, autopsy evaluation can include a biochemical analysis to identify deaths caused by fatty acid oxidation disorders.
Chain of custody drug testing - Insights
Chain of custody testing at Mayo Clinic Laboratories is performed on urine, serum, and meconium and adheres to the highest quality standards to provide secure results....
Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I) is a rare genetic disorder that typically presents with progressive multisystem involvement in early childhood. This condition results from the deficiency of the enzyme, alpha-L-iduronidase (IDUA), which...
Emergency toxicology - Insights
Mayo Clinic Laboratories’ emergency toxicology testing can help providers manage overdose by clarifying whether symptoms are due to the presence of drugs.
Test Promises Fewer False Positives in Newborn Screening for Krabbe Disease - Insights
Mayo Clinic’s Biochemical Genetics Laboratory has announced an updated second-tier test to detect Krabbe disease (KD) that uses psychosine (PSY) as a disease marker. The new test method has significantly higher sensitivity to detect this...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories upfront, screening enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay detects Coccidioides antibodies prior to testing by complement fixation (CF) or immunodiffusion (ID). Samples that result as...
Chromium and Cobalt Testing [Test in Focus] - Insights
Previously, serum samples were collected and used to monitor patients with metal-on-metal implants, but serum can easily be contaminated during the harvesting and separation of the serum from the cellular...EDTA anticoagulated whole-blood...
Advancing Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis - Insights
Ph.D. (PATH ’10), and fueled by his experience as an industrial chemist has led to a new assay to screen and diagnose the disease....
Frequently asked questions - Insights
flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS), and marks the first major breakthrough in multiple myeloma screening since gel electrophoresis was developed in 1967....