A recent post on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website offered a warning that COVID-19 patients who also have Sickle Cell Disea…

Flow cytometers are valuable in the laboratory because of their ability to rapidly analyze thousands of normal cells while being able to identify the …

Streck listened to customers and has made improvements to the Instructions for Use (IFU) for SICKLEDEX®, improving the customer experience by enablin…

Many couples face issues with fertility, or the ability to have children. If a pregnancy is not achieved after 12 months of having unprotected sex, th…

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people worldwide with diabetes rose from 108 million in 1980 (4.7% of the adult popula…

Sickle cell trait (SCT) runs under the radar most of the time, yet it can be deadly serious. People who experience physically strenuous situations, su…

When body fluid tests are ordered, we typically think of blood, saliva and urine. Although these body fluids are commonly tested for assessing health,…

Leading medical labs don’t see quality control simply as a way to satisfy the requirements of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA), Col…

Quality Control (QC) in a laboratory setting is critical to ensure the accuracy of results used to deliver diagnostic information to patients. Aside f…