Celebrating Another Successful Leadership Conference

Greg Miller, PhD
CLSI President

 

I would like to thank everyone who attended the 2014 Leadership Conference and Educational Symposium. It was a fulfilling and constructive week full of enlightening educational sessions, member recognition, valuable networking opportunities, and document development...

 

In This Edition:
This Just In! New CLSI ProductsStandards_    
H52-A2 |

Red Blood Cell Diagnostic Testing Using Flow Cytometry;
Approved Guideline--Second Edition

  

This guideline addresses the diagnostic red blood cell (RBC) assays performed
as fluorescence-based assays on a flow cytometry platform; including testing
procedures for fetomaternal hemorrhage detection, paroxysmal nocturnal
hematuria screening, membrane defect anemia testing for hereditary
spherocytosis, and nucleated RBC counting. Points of validation and quality
control, and caveats of interpretation are also discussed.
 
 
H60-A |

Laboratory Testing for the Lupus Anticoagulant; Approved
Guideline

  

This document provides guidance and recommendations regarding the proper
collection and handling of the specimen; descriptions and limitations of
screening and confirmatory assays, and mixing tests used to identify lupus
anticoagulant (LA); determination of cutoff values and calculations associated
with the various assays; and interpretation of test results in an LA panel.

 

 

Coming Soon From CLSI
    
QMS20 |

Understanding the Cost of Quality in the Laboratory

  

 

This report provides guidance to a laboratory in understanding and managing
the different types of quality costs that affect processes, services, and financial
well-being.

 

 

 

CLSI Membership Corner
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Medical Laboratory Professionals Week Member SpecialMembership

 

To be entered for a chance to win a CLSI product package of your choice, tell us how CLSI products have benefited you or your laboratory.

 

Don't miss our special #LABWEEK offer of an extra 15% OFF your member discount price for any electronic (PDF) document or the EP23 Online Workshop with the promo code LABWEEK2014.

 

 

Register Now! CLSI U Programs
Education   


CLSI Webinar | 2013 Top Joint Commission Standards Compliance Issues
April 24, 2014 | 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern (US) Time
Starting as low as $29 per site!
 
         


CLSI Webinar | EP23 and POCT: Tackling Risk Management
May 14, 2014 | 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern (US) Time
Starting as low as $29 per site!
 
         
For more information about webinars, workshops, continuing education quizzes, and the Laboratory Quality Management System Certificate Program, visit the education section of our website.
Volunteering UpdatesVol

 

Have You Registered for CLSI Workspace?
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delegates and volunteers voting on POCT04, POCT06, or QMS16: Have you activated your CLSI Workspace account yet?

 

CLSI Workspace allows delegates and volunteers to develop, vote on, and comment on standards using a fast and easy-to-use platform. Check the website for more information.

Global Health Partnerships
GHP

 

Two Tanzania Laboratories Achieve Accreditation


Five years of hard work on the part of two Tanzanian laboratories and the CLSI staff and volunteers who mentored the laboratory employees have paid off. Both laboratories have been accredited by the Southern African Development Community Accreditation Service (SADCAS).

 
 
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ASM 2014 General Meeting
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May 17-20, 2014
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June 8-11, 2014
LABCON 2014
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 21-23, 2014
Booth #39
IFCC WorldLab Istanbul 2014
Istanbul, Turkey
June 22-26, 2014

 

 

 

  

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