Sample Collection

A systematic review and meta-analysis shows that at-home swabs are just as accurate as those taken by health care workers

Discover what labs have learned since the beginning of the pandemic to optimize your lab's COVID-19 workflows

Patented transport media manufactured by EKF Diagnostics can help to increase COVID-19 testing capacity

Allowing people who suspect they may have COVID-19 to collect their own sample has many advantages

UD engineer uses mechanical resistance to detect damage to red blood cells

Patented PrimeStore® MTM sample collection device deactivates samples for safe sample handling and transport

Accumen’s COVID-19 Resource Center provides access to its new testing capacity network, supplies of nasopharyngeal swabs, and face shields, as well as rapid response performance tools for hospital lab and imaging departments

The pooling of samples before testing is a well-established and safe procedure in blood banking

Recent study found no overall improvement in waitlist mortality rates after the policy change, and for some types of heart disease, mortality actually increased

Currently, the only way to diagnose genetic disorders in developing fetuses is by retrieving trophoblasts through amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling