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Specimen Shipment Alert

Labor Day, observed on Monday, September 6, is a U.S. national holiday. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turn-around time are not affected, plan ahead and note:

• No pickups or deliveries will be made on September 6 by either our couriers or FedEx.
• Items not delivered on Sunday, September 5, will not be delivered until Tuesday, September 7.
• Items scheduled for Saturday or Sunday delivery will be unaffected.

Hot Topic Presentations

Optimizing Laboratory Testing for Hematologic Disorders: Leukocyte Alkaline Phosphatase Stain (LAP)

Optimizing laboratory testing means eliminating the use of the leukocyte alkaline phosphatase stain.

A presentation by Curtis Hanson, MD.

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Hot Topics Archive

Communiqué

Assay Validation: What Is It, Why Do We Need It, and How Do We Do It?

The validation process is end-to-end, from phlebotomy to result interpretation. As laboratorians, we are responsible for understanding, evaluating, and documenting all parts of the validation process, thus assuring that reliable results are reported.

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2010 Flu Update

In 2010, H1N1 is circulating only at very low levels throughout the United States and is no longer considered a pandemic threat. It is expected that H1N1 will continue to circulate along with seasonal influenza A viruses and have a peak prevalence in the winter months.

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Outreach Resource Center Overview

This brief video summarizes the content and use of the ORC.

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Updates In Outreach

Hospital Contracting

Increasingly payers are invoking contractual obligations for laboratory carve outs from payer agreements. Whether an effort to save money by the health plan or increased emphasis on plan participation by your competitors, you need to work with your hospital or health system contract officer on a strategy to include your lab as a participating provider.

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Education Update

Mayo faculty supporting local laboratories

Transform 2010 Symposium

Sept. 12-14, 2010
Mayo Civic Center, Rochester, Minn.

Seats are limited. Register today!