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Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
Hear an expert discuss how to integrate Kappa and Lambda in situ hybridization testing into your standard hematopathology workflow to accurately assess B-cell and plasma cell clonality. You will also gain the skills to recognize testing pitfalls in challenging reactive versus neoplastic proliferations and apply ancillary tools to resolve complex cases.

Webinar presenter Xiaojun Wu, MD, PhD, Assistant professor, Director of Hematopathology Section at NCR of Johns Hopkins Medicine Department of Pathology, SOM at Johns Hopkins University

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 11:00-11:30 AM CT

Learning Objectives:
  • Explain how transparency and manufacturer partnerships improve quality, consistency, and decision-making confidence in specimen management.
  • Evaluate blood collection tubes beyond cost and commodity assumptions, incorporating clinical impact and risk into decision-making.
  • Assess the potential risk points when using a blood collection device that has not been cleared for a specific purpose.

Roundtable presenters Nick Fingland, PhD, PMP, Senior Director, R&D Operations and Science, BD, and Chris Farnsworth, PhD, D(ABCC), Section Head of Clinical Chemistry, Professor of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine.

Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY

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2013 Issues

Algorithm for HIV testing detects more cases, more quickly

December 2013—Screening to detect HIV infection is poised to make a leap into the 21st century. In his presentations on the proposed new screening algorithm, Bernard M. Branson, MD, points out that in 1989, when the now outmoded algorithm was recommended, the telephone booth was a common sight and the “portable” computer was the size of a small suitcase. Dr. Branson, associate director for laboratory diagnostics in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, also points out that 1989 was the year of the dismantling of the Berlin Wall and the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Newsbytes, 12/13

December 2013—How software issues enhanced a vendor’s relationship with its client; Abbott releases new version of LIMS; Viewics introduces payer-focused solution; Syapse debuts clinical ‘omics’ reporting software; Telcor software receives certification as EHR module

Anatomic Pathology Selected Abstracts, 12/13

December 2013— Human papillomavirus-related carcinomas of the sinonasal tract; Localized and metastatic myxoid/round cell liposarcoma; Urothelial carcinoma with prominent squamous differentiation in neurogenic bladder: role of HPV infection; Atypical leiomyomas of the uterus: a clinicopathologic study of 51 cases; Clinicopathological significance of HER2/neu genetic heterogeneity in various breast carcinomas; EIN with secretory differentiation: features and underlying mechanisms; Glypican 3 and arginase in diagnosing scirrhous hepatocellular carcinoma

Put It on the Board, 12/13

December 2013—Illumina in November received premarket clearance from the FDA for the MiSeqDx system, the first high-throughput DNA sequencing analyzer to receive FDA clearance. Illumina also received FDA premarket clearance for the MiSeqDx Cystic Fibrosis 139-Variant Assay, MiSeqDx Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Sequencing Assay, and MiSeqDx Universal Kit.

Dropping the ball on critical value POC glucose results?

December 2013—Prompt reporting of critical laboratory results is considered an important patient safety goal. But for one of the most commonly performed tests, point-of-care glucose, there has been limited information about how critical results are handled. A new CAP Q-Probes study finds there is a great deal of variability. In addition to having widely differing critical result cutoff values, many laboratories are not repeating critical POC glucose test results for verification despite the relative high rate of erroneous results on first measurement.

Q&A Column, 11/13

November 2013—Can you explain the logic behind doing a full workup for identification and sensitivity on multiple positive blood culture bottles on the same patient, drawn on the same day?

Put It on the Board, 11/13

November 2013—Myriad Genetics presented last month new clinical data from a study with myRisk Hereditary Cancer, a 25-gene hereditary cancer panel, that showed a 60 percent increase in mutations detected in cancer predisposition genes in patients with a prior history of colon cancer, polyps, or both. Myriad presented this study and data from four others at the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer Annual Meeting in Anaheim, Calif.

Clinical pathology selected abstracts

November 2013—Analysis of transfusion related lung injury in children; Assessing outcomes of medical emergencies on commercial airline flights; Link between inflammatory biomarkers and risk of exacerbations in COPD

Anatomic Pathology Selected Abstracts, 11/13

November 2013—Diagnostic and prognostic morphometric features in WHO 2003 invasive endometrial stromal tumors; Association of tumor staging with adverse clinical outcome in neuroendocrine tumors of appendix; Detection of HPV capsid proteins L1 and L2 in squamous intraepithelial lesions; Feasibility and safety of sequential research-related tumor core biopsies in clinical trials; Evaluation of breast amyloidosis finds AL type most prevalent; Outside case review of surgical pathology for referred patients: impact on patient care; Reporting trends for right-sided hyperplastic and sessile serrated polyps; Atypical leiomyomas of the uterus: a clinicopathologic study of 51 cases; Pathological diagnostic criterion of blood and lymphatic vessel invasion in colorectal cancer

Newsbytes, 11/13

November 2013—New connectivity standards nearly ready to roll; CAP and mTuitive create application for care of cancer patients; European firm purchases Centricity LIS from GE; NovoPath offers Citrix platform for AP system; AHRQ tool focuses on lab test processes in medical offices; Brazilian hospital selects Cerner system

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