When a urine culture grows fewer than 10,000 CFU/mL, do you continue processing it through identification and susceptibility testing? And do you report cultures with growth below this threshold as 'negative bacteriuria'?

Hi everyone, We are currently validating the Werfen GEM 7000 platform for full blood gas and co-oximetry testing, and I am hoping to hear how others have navigated some challenges we're encountering. Werfen's IFU indicates that co-oximetry parameters ...

Hello dear colleagues: I know this is a somew hat basic question, but I would like to ask if you could share (privately or publicly) an example of the urinalysis reports generated by your laboratory information systems in your labs. ...

You've raised excellent points. From my experience interviewing candidates for residency programs, it is evident that the vast majority-approximately 99%-express a strong preference for spending their time at the microscope rather than dealing with specimen ...