CAP TODAY Archive for 2000

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Updated August 17, 2012

2000

January | February | March April | May | June | July
August | September | October | November | December

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2000 CAP TODAY Article Index (PDF)


December 2000

Cover Story:

HIV resistance tests enter everyday era

Feature Stories:

Getting to the heart of homocysteine testing
Pain, then gain: one laboratory’s automation story
Mix and match: Powerful software takes the hassle out of scheduling

President’s Desk:

The Wisdom Behind Cancer Protocols


November 2000

Cover Story:

Gauging the fallout from outpatient PPS

Feature Stories:

Withering heights-high factor levels a new thrombotic risk?
Blood group and thrombosis
Promise versus practice of expert systems
What is an expert system?


October 2000

Cover Story:

Universal leukoreduction-fix or folly?

Feature Stories:

Opening the door to HPV testing
In search of better methods
The HPV test as a primary screen


September 2000

Cover Story:

Working out the kinks in HER2 testing
Using FISH for primary testing

Feature Stories:

Straight talk from core lab survivors
Bench press: The technologist/technician shortfall is putting the squeeze on laboratories nationwide


August 2000

Cover Story:

From nurses, POC testing gems

Feature Stories:

Pitfalls and payoffs of a cooperative core laboratory
Shades of gray in gastrointestinal testing
The matter of methodology


July 2000

Cover Story:

Troponin poised to trigger therapy
Faster results, earlier treatment
Chest pain centers on the move
Separating myocardial infarction from ACS

Feature Stories:

Joint account: Midwest labs team up
Independent labs on the outs with new Medicare TC billing
HCFA responds
Outpatient PPS at a glance


June 2000

Cover Story:

Breaking bottlenecks at the front end

Feature Stories:

Colon cancer markers still in limbo
Microsatellite instability as a maker
Partial drawback: iffy APTTs lead to tube’s exit
What laboratories should do


May 2000

Cover Story:

Net gain: moving labs to the Web

Feature Stories:

Cytokines’ steady march to labs
Nipping contamination in the blood


April 2000

Cover Story:

Putting free PSA into play- why and how
Seeking answers from complexed PSA

Feature Stories:

Eyeing a new path for tumor growth
Pharmacy face-off over patient testing


March 2000

Cover Story:

Upping the ante in biochip research

Feature Stories:

Lab Discounts
Unveiling the patterns in TDM data ’dots’


February 2000

Cover Story:

Layers of ’ifs’ bedevil antiangiogenesis

Feature Stories:

Digital imaging not picture perfect-yet
Getting to the heart of homocysteine testing
Using new D-dimer tests to rule out venous thromboembolism


January 2000

Cover Story:

Putting molecular methods to work
Testing for tuberculosis
A gourmet menu
Advancing molecular testing

Feature Story:

Digital wonders dazzle in Pittsburgh

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