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Surveys shine light on stress, burnout in lab professionals
Survey data show that stress and burnout are common in laboratory workplaces and suggest a need for interventions to improve job satisfaction and well-being, according to reports published online February 21 in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology.
CMS develops new code for coronavirus lab test
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has created a Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System code (U0001) specifically for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection.
Lab Inspections: Recognizing Problems and Eliminating Hazards
A laboratory is a facility that provides controlled conditions in which research experiments, analytical services, quality control, etc., are performed to determine whether a clinical intervention or process produces the desired effects or whether other factors were responsible for the desired effects.
U of T and Sunnybrook virologists work on tools to combat coronavirus outbreak
In order to contain a virus, it’s important to know exactly what you’re dealing with – and the COVID-19 coronavirus is no different. “One of the key tools to try to contain or limit transmission of infectious diseases is case identification,” says Samira Mubareka, a virologist in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
Meet the Woman Behind Precision Medicine Startup Olaris
O’Day is the founder and CEO of Olaris, a local biotech startup developing artificial intelligence designed to determine the effectiveness of various drugs for individual patients.
Infertile cancer patient has baby using frozen lab-matured egg: study
In a world first, a woman rendered infertile by cancer treatment gave birth after one of her immature eggs was matured, frozen, and then -- five years later -- thawed and fertilized, researchers in France reported.
AHA Survey Shows Outpatient Visits Continue to Decline
Thanks to the popularity of urgent care clinics and other non-hospital-based ambulatory care providers, the year-over-year growth in the number of hospital outpatient visits has been on the decline for decades.
NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins
A randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the investigational antiviral remdesivir in hospitalized adults diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha
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