Laboratory Specialists, Inc.

12/06/2023

Heh Laboratory Science Students...here's an opportunity for a scholarship......

06/22/2023

Congratulations to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center on this very deserving TOP spot!

U.S. News & World Report's list of best Ohio children’s hospitals for 2023-2024 is in! Several Ohio hospitals also earned top spots in national rankings. Are you surprised? Read more: https://l.cleveland.com/27CoL2

Photo: Ryan Kurtz

12/07/2022

Do you know a Clinical Laboratory Science student who could benefit from a scholarship? If so, there is still time to apply for COLA’s Give Back 365 (GB365) Scholarship.
COLA’s GB365 Scholarship can help future clinical laboratorians reach their goals and pursue their careers. By supporting students in Clinical Laboratory Science programs, we’re protecting the future of the industry and ensuring the strength of its workforce.

Interested students can go to https://www.cola.org/about/gb365/gb365-apply-for-the-scholarship/ to submit their application materials. The deadline for submission is December 20th.

GiveBack365 is pleased to offer a limited number of $750 academic scholarships to aid students currently pursuing a degree in the field of Medical Laboratory Science or Technology within an accredited educational program.

04/08/2022

Methods to detect extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) expression are limited, yet correct identification of bacterial resistance mechanisms is imperative as it directly impacts patient care.

02/25/2022

The antimicrobial susceptibility test (AST) is unlike other clinical laboratory tests in that it is ever changing! The interpretive criteria (breakpoints) must be updated as bacteria mutate, additional antimicrobial dosages are utilized and more information becomes available (e.g., pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic data [PK/PD]). The role of the clinical microbiology laboratory director to manage an increasing test volume and keep pace with the ever-changing AST methodology/reporting is challenging to say the least. Here is a good summary article recently posted by ASM on breakpoints that may be helpful to some lab directors in their battle to keep pace with AST.....

Evidence about optimal treatment approaches for infections caused by antimicrobial resistant organisms changes over time. So too should clinical breakpoints for antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

04/20/2021

02/19/2021

A future scientist trying to break into the lab, saying “let me in, I have my E. coli in hand and can play in the lab too!!!”

11/19/2020

Thank you Dr. Bradford for your insight into the challenges we face with antimicrobial development and usage of new agents....

PLEASE NOTE: The Viewpoints on our website are to be read and freely shared by all. If they are republished, the following text should be used: “This Viewpoint was originally published on the REVIVE website revive.gardp.org, an activity of the Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (...

05/03/2020

Good information from ASM...

RT-PCR testing for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) has expanded, but now we are faced with the issue of test performance. Specimen collection and transport, plus the tests’ limits of detection, are just some of the factors at play.

04/22/2020

Happy Laboratory Week.

Thank you to our colleagues and ALL laboratory workers for your efforts in fighting covid-19

03/23/2020

This 2015 paper is relevant to the survival of viable corona virus on surfaces and interestingly speaks to copper's effect on reduction of virus.

03/20/2020

Here is newly published article from Evergreen Hospital in Washington state regarding 21 COVD-19 infected patients...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763485