Clinical Lab Management
News on issues related to managing clinical laboratories.
The Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has boosted COVID-19 testing, but the severity of the coming flu season and the need for combo tests remains unpredictable.
FDA Warns of Potential False Positives With Abbott SARS-CoV-2 Molecular Tests
The agency said the issue could be related to current mixing parameters of the PCR reaction mixture resulting in overflow in wells of the reagent tray.
With a throughput of 150,000 tests per day on a single system, the workflow is now in use in a so-called megalab in the UK.
Biden Administration Details Expanded Testing as Part of Broader COVID-19 Action Plan
President Biden said he would use the Defense Production Act to expand manufacturing of rapid point-of-care and at-home COVID-19 tests, among other initiatives. Â
Quest Diagnostics Raises Full Year 2021 Guidance Due to Strong COVID-19 Molecular Test Demand
The company expects demand for molecular COVID-19 testing to remain elevated in the second half of this year.