Education

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., will cover the need and evidence behind following the order of draw recommendations for routine blood collection. Specifically, does evidence demonstrate a need to collect serum tubes before either potassium EDTA or citrate tubes?

This “Specialty Testing” webinar will discuss the diagnosis, pathological understanding, and current best treatment options for necrotizing autoimmune myopathy.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Robin Patel, M.D., discusses how matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time of flight (MALDI TOF) mass spectrometry works for bacterial identification, including the strengths and limitations of this technology. She also covers Mayo Clinic’s experience with the technology in the clinical laboratory.

This “Phlebotomy” webinar will discuss how a patient’s “experience” is the entirety of all the interactions that person has had within the health care system. Each member of a health care team plays a role in enhancing patient satisfaction, which contributes to the patient experience.

Infectious Diseases Subspecialties Update 2019 will provide important updates in infectious diseases, including a review of new developments, guidelines, and literature in the field. Watch a video with Bobbi Pritt, M.D., Director of the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic, to learn more.

Join us for AABB 2018 in Boston on October 13–16. This is a must-attend educational and networking meeting for health care providers in the field of patient blood management, transfusion medicine, and cellular therapy. National Decision Support Company and Mayo Medical Laboratories will be in booth 2636.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Brad Karon, M.D., Ph.D., describes how pseudohyperkalemia has many causes, from collection techniques, processing, and even transport. This presentation focuses on the various preanalytic and analytic causes of pseudohyperkalemia and what you as a phlebotomist can do to prevent it.

This "Phlebotomy" webinar will provide an update of litigation trends affecting phlebotomists.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Elitza Theel, Ph.D., will discuss diagnostic testing options for patients with suspected neuroinvasive Lyme disease or Lyme neuroborreliosis.

In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Bobbi Pritt, M.D., will talk about the different ticks that commonly bite humans, where they can be found, and how to avoid them.

AACC 2018 Chicago, IL July 29–August 2, 2018 Explore the world of laboratory medicine at Mayo Clinic. Immerse yourself in this fun journey from specimen[...]

In this month’s “Virtual Lecture,” James Hernandez, M.D., expresses the importance of safety and why it is integral in processing and phlebotomy.

In this month’s two-part “Hot Topic” series, Joaquin Garcia, M.D., and Tiffany Mainella, HTL(ASCP), review the main components of training clinical laboratory staff and discuss how to ensure your trainers are capable of instructing them.