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Articles in Jan, 2001 issue of Medical Laboratory Observer

• RTD thermometer - ThermologR - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Quest Diagnostics - licensing agreement with Bio-Rad Laboratories - Brief Article
• Microscope armrests - laboratory equipment - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• A precedent-setting case against HMOs - Aetna US Healthcare - Brief Article
• Pelger-Huet cells - bibliography included - Questions and Answers - Brief Article
  by John A. Koepke
• Flow cytometry software - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• C. difficile Toxin A assay - ProSpecT - Brief Article
• Home cholesterol test makes results available online - Personal Cholesterol Monitor from Lifestream Technologies Inc - Brief Article
• Blood test detects heart attacks in early critical stages - Brief Article
• Unsatisfactory service - poor service at health maintenance organization referral lab - Brief Article
  by Christopher S. Frings
• NIH-oriented Web site - National Institutes of Health - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Calypte Biomedical and Becton Dickinson - joint Sentinel test promotion - Brief Article
• FDA proposes new blood-handling rules to prevent spread of HCV - Brief Article
  by Joan Szabo
• Home DNA test kits - Brief Article
• Letters to the editor - Abbott Laboratories consent decree and its realtionship with the Federal Drug Administration - Brief Article - Letter to the Editor
  by Gary S. Assarian
• Nematodes: Worms of the world
  by Phyllis Pacifico
• Bio-Rad Laboratories - diabetes monitoring system to be used in trial - Brief Article
• New chemistries for SYNCHRON systems - acetaminophen, microalbumin, prealbumin, alcohol, testing - Brief Article
• Murex Single Use Diagnostic System - Brief Article
• Updating newborn screening standards - Brief Article
  by Judith Nugent
• FDA approves test for detection of bladder cancer - Food and Drug Administration - Brief Article
• Answering your questions on fructosamine assays, Pelger-Huet cells, half-hour GTT specimens, and clot activator tubes - bibliography included - Questions and Answers - Product Information - Brief Article
  by D. Robert Dufour
• Process redesign in the clinical laboratory: A success story
  by Linda Wright
• Diagnostic Products Corp - signs contract with Joint Purchasing Group - Brief Article
• Assay for E. coli 0157 - ImmunoCard STAT! - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Serum IgG assay - IgG II-HA medical test kit - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• New and improved H. pylori test - from Quidel Corporation - Brief Article
• Several studies tout advantages of ThinPrep Pap Test - Cytyc Corporation's ThinPrep Pap Test - Product Information - Brief Article
• Patient self-referral - requesting medical tests - Brief Article
  by Christopher S. Frings
• Dynacare - acquires Olympic Medical Laboratories, Shoals Medical Laboratory - Brief Article
• Needlestick safety act passed - Brief Article
• Half-hour GTT specimens - glucose tolerance test - Questions and Answers - Brief Article
  by Daniel M. Baer
• World Diagnostics Inc - introduced 5 new Web sites - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• Hematology analyzer - EasyBloodGas analyzer - Brief Article
• QC cultures - Bactrol Plus Quality Control - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• PCR testing of plasma for 5 viruses - Aventis Behring plasma testing technology - Product Information - Brief Article
• Answering your questions on controlling burnout, patient self-referrals, and dealing with unsatisfactory service - identifying and dealing with burnout - Brief Article
  by Christopher S. Frings
• Neomorphic Inc - acquired by Affymetrix - Brief Article
• POC blood gas/ chemistry analyzer - point-of-care, Stat Profile pHOx Plus Analyzer - Brief Article
• Abbott Laboratories - contracts with Novation and i-STAT - Brief Article
• An empty zero, a new year, and a fresh start
• Blood test detects most forms of cancer - DR-70 blood test from AMDL Inc - Brief Article
• Better detection of hepatitis C? - Bayer Diagnostics Versant HCV Qualitative RNA Assay - Product Information - Brief Article
• Medicare laboratory fee schedule and CPT code updates - Brief Article
  by C. Anne Pontius
• Quidel Corporation - acquires Litmus Concepts - Brief Article
• Sifting through the data to find the best LIS - laboratory information system
  by Judith A. O'Brien
• Sample purification system - based on 1100 series HPLC systems - Brief Article - Product Announcement
• More bans on blood donors fueled by CJD fear - Brief Article
• Blood tests are proposed for allocating livers for transplants in US - United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, Virginia - Brief Article
• Clot activator tubes - Questions and Answers - Product Information - Brief Article
  by Diane Szamosi
• Genesis Bioventures - invests additional $1 million in Prion Development Laboratories - Brief Article
• Microscopy reference booklet - from Medical Laboratory Observer magazine - Brief Article
• Transfusion information management software - automated medical equipment - Brief Article
• Lab organizations respond to tight labor market - National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences - Brief Article
  by Frank Celia
• Safer sharps get a boost - Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act - Industry Legal Issue - Brief Article
  by Joan Szabo