Staffing to Workload in Phlebotomy Areas: On-Site Operational Needs - Insights

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, discusses staffing to workload in phlebotomy areas with a focus on "on-site operational needs," which is defined as "staff effort that does not deal directly with patients or their...

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: January 2 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: Sarcomas are a recently identified group of undifferentiated round/spindle cell neoplasms with a predilection for the head and neck region.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: December 5 - Insights

This week's research roundup feature: No human rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) failure has been documented in the United States using modern cell culture-based vaccines. In January 2021, an 84-year-old male died from rabies 6 months...

Clinical Rotations, Here We Come! - Insights

Elizabeth Gamache, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, highlights her experience with clinical rotations.

Connecting a Patient to Blood Donation - Insights

Nikiesha Myers, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science class of 2018, discusses her experience during rotations in the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center in Rochester, Minnesota.

Design Thinking for the Laboratory - Insights

Justin Kreuter, M.D., discusses why he thinks "design thinking" is particularly useful for the laboratory.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: March 2 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights high grade B-cell lymphoma with MYC and BCL2 and/or BCL6 rearrangements with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma morphology.

Mayo Clinic Laboratory and Pathology Research Roundup: Jan. 28 - Insights

This week’s Research Roundup highlights the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography and intraoperative surgical inspection of the unicuspid aortic valve.

A Look Back at MLS Program - Insights

Alex Harker, a student in Mayo Clinic’s Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) class of 2017, takes a look back at the MLS program and highlights his experience.

Microlearning: All the Small Things - Insights

As the saying often goes, “It’s the small things that matter the most.” Jeremy Zacher, Education Specialist in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, discusses "microlearning" as a way of delivering learning content in...