October 2008

Features

Cover Story

	Real-Time PCR Bridges Molecular Biology and Clinical Diagnostics
	by Heather Buschman
	PCR-based assays deliver speed and accuracy, and see increasing adoption in the clinical lab.

	Clinical Lab Information Systems: Focus on Oncology
	by Gary Tufel
	Advances in digitization are facilitating integration of clinical and anatomic pathology data.


	Serology Products Update: Getting It Right
	by Shannon Rose
	Specificity and sensitivity of assays are key.


	Flu Testing Product Overview

Supplement

Health Care-associated Infections

MRSA Infections Are Problematic, But Is Screening Always a Good Idea?

by Lynne Friedmann and Gary Tufel

Testing for nosocomial infections is growing in importance, with MRSA screening a hot topic.

Product News

Computer/IT

SCC Soft Computer

Equipment

Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Diba Industries, Tharo Systems Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific, WLD-TEC

Instrumentation/Controls

Control Co, Setra Systems Inc, Warner Instruments

Departments

	From the Editor
	A Month of "Firsts"
	by Suzanne Clancy, PhD


	Tech Focus
	Hospital-Acquired Infections
	AcryMed, Biokit USA Inc, bioMérieux, Brahms USA Inc, Cepheid, Luminex Corp, Remel, Seegene


	Special Advertising Section
	Features and Benefits

	Calendar
	Consumer Resources
	Media Kit
	Advertiser Index EAB Reprints

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