The aim of this study was to examine the performance of laboratories offering assessment for myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) using external proficiency testing samples. DM1, a dominant disorder, has a ...

When you bring a measurement instrument to a calibration lab, you assume that your instrument will come back within expected tolerances. But, how do you know? That's where laboratory proficiency tests ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS or the Agency) announced on January 19, 2022 that it was delaying the publication of a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) final ...

New regulations under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) introduced updated proficiency testing (PT) and PT referral rules that are now in effect. Although the regulations became ...

CMS has issued a final rule that gives the agency greater discretion in enforcing the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, according to the Taking Essential Steps for Testing Act of 2012. Under ...

Medical Director, Special Coagulation Laboratory Division of Transfusion Medicine Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Laboratories are required to ...

Public Health England (PHE) has published the results of a pilot survey on the proficiency testing (PT) of Shiga toxin producing E. coli. The Food and Environmental Proficiency Testing Unit (FEPTU) of ...

It also is not the type of laboratory where people go to get blood drawn, nasal swabs, etc., like a clinic at a doctor’s office or in a hospital. USAFSAM’s epidemiology reference lab is set up to ...