BACKGROUND: An offsite satellite clinic of the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC)
requested an investigation by the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory (CCL) into several cases …

… L/S Ratio and PG Our procedure for determining the L/S ratio … , the L/S ratio varied from 0.8
to 6.4 and the S/A value varied … The general profiles for the L/S ratio and the S/A value were …

… ’s clinical condition, is as follows: ten percent of a patient’s body weight in kilograms multiplied
by the patient’s … RCE is approximately 10% of the patient’s weight in kg (in this case, 70 kg)…

… Teasing out just the laboratory’s contribution is difficult because the patient’s outcome is
a product of many factors. As a result, it is difficult to evaluate potential interventions. For …

Outcomes measurement systems often experience similar challenges to implementing data
collection and demonstrating value. This article examines the experi ences of 451 hospitals …

Background Safe and efficient inpatient care depends on accurate identification of the
licensed independent practitioner (LIP) primarily responsible for each admitted patient. The …

… in the beta testing of the Joint Commission’s performance indicators, including those for
obstetric … This article describes Overlook’s experience in developing indicators for obstetric and …

Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) is a single chain glycoprotein produced by the acini and
ducts of the prostate gland that acts to cleave proteins in seminal fluid during the liquefaction …

… comprised of 94 C for 15 s, followed by 55 C for 30 s and 68 C for 30 s, concluded by a final
… Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 653316. …

Clinical laboratory automation has proven invaluable in efficiently and rapidly meeting the
STAT and routine diagnostic testing needs of a diverse patient population in a large academic …