Outpatient criticals are pretty consistently a problem in my experience, I understand the desire for a different workflow! Especially in the middle of the night, an outpatient physician may be impossible to get a hold of, and in my experience inpatient ...

We recently standardized our UA test. It is not perfect and you make excellent points that would probably convince me to modify our approach. I'm a big fan of creating a standard for such a common test that is considered a well vetted best practice approach ...

I think stains like Amido Black or Coomassie Blue bind more to specific basic residues (like lysine or arginine that can underestimate immunoglobulins and overestimate albumin but not a difference like 8 g/dl vs. 0.4 g/dl. A number of papers have shown ...

How do you perform complete analytical verification of non-waived glucometers and arterial blood gas (ABG) analyzers before implementing them for patient testing in an ISO 15189 or CAP -accredited laboratory? What studies do you include (precision, accuracy, ...