Lab reins in magnesium tests with decision support
February 2026—Washington University in St. Louis implemented a clinical decision support intervention to reduce unnecessary magnesium testing.
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Thursday, August 20, 2026. 12 PM-1:30 PM ET
Hear from an expert in HER2 IHC whose work has contributed to current scoring guidelines.
Webinar presenter Josef Ruschoff, MD, PhD, Former Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Targos, Senior Consultant of Discovery Life Sciences, Kassel, Germany.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 1 PM-2 PM ET
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Webinar presenters Scott Hammond, Senior Systems Consultant, Digital Pathology Division, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Ursula Hofer, Imaging Technologist, Pathology Digital Imaging Lab, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Sandra Banky, PA(ASCP), Director of Operations, Wexner Medical Center, Department of Pathology, and Molly Epler, MHI, LSSYB, Clinical Laboratory Manager, Wexner Medical Center.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
Wednesday, September 30, 2026. 1 PM-1:30 PM ET
Roundtable presenters John Longshore, PhD, Head of Scientific Affairs, Global Oncology Diagnostics, AstraZeneca, and Flora Berisha, MS, Executive Director, Global Head of Diagnostic Partnering and Development, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, and Mark D. Ewalt, MD, Associate Medical Director for Laboratory Operations, Diagnostic Molecular Pathology, Molecular Diagnostics Service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Isabel Preeshagul, DO, MBS, Thoracic Medical Oncologist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
Moderated by: Bob McGonnagle, Publisher, CAP TODAY
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Traumatic brain injury biomarkers, one year in
January 2026—When new biomarkers become part of clinical practice, the fundamental question—Will this work?—soon gives way to an equally important group of interrogatives: who, what, when, where, why, and how. At Michigan Medicine, introducing two biomarkers—glial fibrillary acidic protein, or GFAP, and ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1, or UCH-L1—into the emergency department to evaluate traumatic brain injury emphasized the how of the matter.
Role of cytokine panels in post-CAR T-cell therapy toxicities
January 2026—Translating cytokine science into better cancer care was the focus of a presentation at last year’s ADLM meeting, where the toxicities associated with CAR T-cell therapy were explained with cases and the need to measure cytokines was made clear.
In new checklists, more clarity on humidity, self-collection: Also, new requirements on tube transport and nonurine body fluid crystal analysis
January 2025—In the 2025 edition of the CAP accreditation checklists are new requirements on humidity, specimen self-collection, body fluid crystal analysis, and pneumatic tube transport of blood specimens for platelet aggregation or other platelet function testing. The new checklist edition was released last year on Dec. 9.
Privacy, cost, safety—drone use for patient samples
December 2025—Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital piloted a program using drones for transporting patient samples and blood products between the hospital and cancer center. The program, using Valqari drones, achieved a 100% success rate in delivering 303 packages without any damage or temperature fluctuations.
Why and how lab curbed its CBC and diff orders
December 2025—Massachusetts General Hospital implemented a clinical decision support solution to reduce unnecessary CBC and differential orders, particularly for inpatients. The solution involved an interruptive alert that targeted daily, more than daily, and as-needed orders, recommending alternative orders like CBCs without differentials.
Atlas builds skill with images that mirror practice
November 2025—The Color Atlas of Body Fluids: An Illustrated Field Guide Based on Proficiency Testing, second edition, features over 1,200 photographs, 70 photo galleries, 360 illustrations, and 15 videos. The atlas, which completes the CAP’s Color Atlas series, uses images from CAP’s laboratory proficiency testing, providing authenticity and real-world variability.
Building a better blood order, front to back
October 2025—For all the effort, redos, build-outs, planning, talking, and time that went into revamping blood product orders at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, the essence can be …
Unconventional tests raise stewardship questions
October 2025—Complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) has become gradually more popular and is accepted by a small but significant group of patients in tandem with traditional medicine. CIM providers often advocate a mix of conventional tests with special test panels that may include tens to hundreds of tests that conventional providers wouldn’t order. For those who lead laboratory stewardship efforts, it can be a challenge.
How a core lab took back its outpatient business
September 2025—Angela Vetch, MPH, DLM(ASCP), is tired of reading about large commercial labs buying hospital laboratories’ outreach business. “There is an alternative to that story,” said Vetch, director of laboratory services at Kootenai Health, a three-hospital system in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.