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2009 CAP TODAY Article Index (PDF, 183)
Cover Story
Allergy testing: from skin to tube to chip
Feature Stories
Where will FDA land on whole-slide digital?
PCR assays gear up to rule H1N1 market
PC billing decision dishes victory—with a side of caveats
Gaining an edge in contract talks with hospitals
Space suits lab chief at NASA
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
’09 instrument wrap-up—hematology analyzers
Hematology analyzers (PDF, 205 KB)
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Cover Story
Residual AML testing: methods but no map
Feature Stories
Labs’ problem child: the difficult test order
With MRSA, what makes the right fight?
The long-term care challenge
Revving the engines on evidence-based guidelines
At Futurescape, a look at next-generation IHC
Seventeen standouts honored for their service
An informatics toolset for joint venture outreach
National patient ID: could a voluntary system fill the gap?
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Information systems product guide:
Annual lineup of lab information systems
Laboratory information systems (PDF, 625 KB)
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Cover Story
Uneasy alliance—TDM, oncology drugs
Feature Stories
With PSA here to stay, how to manage its many ambiguities
Mostly male plasma sends TRALI rates south
Laboratory-developed tests - CAP suggests added oversight of homebrews
In producing ‘paper’ standards, all hands on deck
Sign of the times: CAP unveils new service mark
Big picture, big rewards—how to think about digital
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
26 chemistry analyzers suited to low-volume settings
Chemistry analyzers (for low-volume laboratories)
(PDF, 169 KB)
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Cover Story
Making sense of the ANA hodgepodge
Feature Stories
Taking stock of biosafety perils in surg path
Solid citizen in the lab: digital imaging
The regulatory and licensure questions
Noteworthy changes in revised CAP cancer protocols
A version for electronic reporting
In Memoriam - Robert H. Knapp, MD, 1951–2009
POC leader spreads winning ways far and wide
Junior Members driving the online ‘NewsPath’
Manifest destiny—Pathology 2.0 is here, and it’s clear. Time to climb aboard
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Information systems product guide:
Blood banks retooling to manage growth of biologics
Blood bank information systems (PDF, 740 KB)
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Cover Story
How molecular labs took on swine flu
Feature Stories
Diabetes markers—closer than you think?
Hard line may soften in PT referral cases
Harnessing the LIS to bird-dog critical test results
What’s required
POC microbiology on a budget, from HIV to influenza
Taking the stand—could ruling leave labs in lurch?
Cytopathology Programs Review
To Baghdad and back
Getting the word out about the ’06 guidelines
New guidance on HPV DNA test use
Unsatisfactory Pap reporting rates
In Cusco, Peru, Pap tests for 1,200 women
For nongyn program, ancillary images online
With Cervista HPV 16/18 approval, now a genotyping algorithm
SurePath media challenges to be reformulated
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
All that’s new and familiar in blood gas analyzers
In vitro blood gas analyzers (PDF, 1.75 MB)
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Cover Story
Bedeviled by documents, labs seek control
Feature Stories
Up–front advice on front–end problemsVancomycin targets—tactics for tough foe
Lab accreditation shelves ‘big binder’ concept, goes digital
Opting in, getting help, submitting documents, and moreArchives joins ‘giants’ on top 100 list
Carrier screening for SMA—why and how it’s done
In the thick of it—pathologists and health care reform
Laying Lean on the line, one change at a time
Using Lean to end labeling errors
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
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Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
A glimpse at what’s new in chemistry analyzers
Chemistry analyzers for mid– and high–volume laboratories (PDF, 849 KB)
Information systems product guide:
Positive patient ID systems: What’s new, what's now, what’s next
Positive patient identification products (PDF, 292 KB)
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Cover Story
With glucose reporting, time to simplify
Feature Stories
New prostate markers waiting in the wings
Vitamin D intrigues, but not a done deal
Thaw begins, changes to LAP checklists flow
For C. diff, the shift is on—moving to real-time PCR
At AACC meeting, taking on the toughest problems
Histologic preparations: first program, now book
Tapping into an audience: Growing numbers of pathologists engaging in the business of blogging
In Memoriam - John B. Henry, MD
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Q & A
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Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Immunoassay: all eyes on efficiency, connectivity
Automated Immunoassay Analyzers (PDF, 988 KB)
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Cover Story
KRAS mutations—which method is best?
Before and after mutation detection
Feature Stories
Making the leap to ISO 15189—what leaders have learnedGetting personal about antiplatelet therapy
Need CP practice? CPIP keeps skills current
Big tests, small problems—POC documentation
Talk to me—AP, radiology meet in virtual middle
Cytopathology Programs Review
FocalPoint GS Imaging passes the testHPV testing—what and how labs did in ’08
PT performance of HSV, Candida challenges
The following was sent to the New York Times
In the news, low-tech loses to high-tech
On cytology PT, CAP enlightens CMS
For nongyn program, ancillary images online
Regular Features
President’s DeskClinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Coagulation analyzers—point of care, self monitoring (PDF, 478 KB)Information systems product guide:
For billing system companies, new standards no problem
Billing/accounts receivable systems (PDF, 1.1 MB)[ Top ]
Cover Story
Singing new tunes for hepatitis testing
Feature Stories
Probing the nuances of pain management
As IT goes, so goes outreach
Easy does it—showing caution with RBC transfusions
Range change—the latest on reference intervals
Lobule involution—a risk factor for breast cancer?
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
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Newsbytes
Your CPT Questions
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Aiming for lab-like accuracy at the point of care
Bedside glucose testing systems (PDF, 122 KB)
Information systems product guide:
Laboratory–provider links software (PDF, 158 KB)
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Cover Story
Seeking the source of troubling tumors
Feature Stories
In microbiology, existential breakthroughs
First, tackle the basics
The long, hard road to LIS data conversion
Changing hands—CAP’s EVP eyes bold transformation
Here or there? The urgency of ‘physician first’
Breast cancer—on the path to better treatment
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Information systems product guide:
Middleware mantra for today’s economy: flexibility, speed, ROI
Middleware systems (PDF, 2.4 MB)
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Automation—the principles that guided the pioneers
Laboratory automation systems and workcells (PDF, 3.3 MB)
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Cover Story
Momentum builds for latest sequencing
Feature Stories
Glimmers of hope in C. diff testing
Troponin: new tool in an old friend
CAP program takes competency assessment paperless
Reimbursement for ‘09 higher than proposed (PDF, 115 KB)
Lyme labyrinth—solving a diagnostic puzzle
Jungle favor—remote Amazon lab bolstered by grant
A better laboratory in Zambia, one step at a time
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Letters
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Information systems product guide:
Lost in translation: when clinical systems reformat lab reports
Anatomic pathology computer systems (PDF, 613 KB)
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Cover Story
Bringing wider meaning to a rare disease
Feature Stories
Point of care sagas: a tale of three cities
PGx tests for warfarin dosing—how soon?
Disabling mislabeling—solutions for blood banks
PC billing tallies another court win in Illinois
Six officers to be elected
It’s show time for new cytopathology book
Cytopathology Programs Review
Cytology PT: where we are, where to now
This year, an enhanced nongynecologic program
Recommended Reading
Q & A
CAP HPV Survey meets CLIA requirement
Please, donate your Pap slides
Regular Features
President’s Desk
Clinical Abstracts
Anatomic Abstracts
Q & A
Interested in submitting a question?
Newsbytes
Laboratory instrumentation product guide:
Coagulation analyzers offering speed, full menus, and more
Coagulation analyzers (PDF, 1.1 MB)
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