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In this month’s “Hot Topic,” Rajiv Pruthi, M.B.B.S., will discuss different types of hemophilia along with their pathologic basis. He will also cover various types of factor assays such as one stage and chromogenic factor assays for diagnosis and their role in management of hemophilia.

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.

Kylie Reising, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, takes a look back on her Clinical Chemistry 1 course.

Mike Baisch, Principal Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, is kicking off a blog series that will discuss a methodology that can be used in the design of a new laboratory space or the redesign of an existing laboratory space.

Due to the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States (recognized on Thursday, Nov. 22), the Mayo Clinic Laboratories specimen pickup and delivery schedule will be altered. To ensure that your specimen vitality and turnaround time are not affected, plan ahead and note that no pickups or deliveries will be made on November 22 by our couriers or FedEx.

For patients who have been diagnosed with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Mayo researchers have found a direct correlation between a specific antibody, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein—also known as MOG, and an increased risk of recurring attacks in these individuals.

Effective November 9, 2018, our business name will change from Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, doing business as (d/b/a) Mayo Medical Laboratories to Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, d/b/a Mayo Clinic Laboratories. The change to Mayo Clinic Laboratories will more accurately reflect the benefit we are able to bring to our clients every day.

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.

Kylie Reising, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, discusses her journey from undergrad to the MLS program.

Ciara Dollar, a student in the Mayo Clinic Medical Laboratory Science program, provides a quick snapshot of what life in the program is like.

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.