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The Lab Must Go On: Clinical Laboratory Management in a World Turned Upside Down

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Hematology Case Study: Is it Pelger-Huët anomaly or Pseudo Pelger-Huët?

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Louisiana Advises Against Using Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Tests For Asymptomatic People Not Exposed To Patients With COVID-19

Bloomberg (11/4, Court) reports rapid antigen “tests aren’t recommended for people without symptoms who haven’t been exposed to a Covid-19 patient, and those who undergo one should be informed of the limitations, the Louisiana Department of Health said in...

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Rhode Island’s Average SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Rate Remains Above 3%

The AP (11/4) reports the seven-day “average coronavirus test positivity rate in Rhode Island remains well above 3% while the 7-day average of daily new cases remains above 440, according to new data.” The state’s health department “on Wednesday reported...

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Most SARS-CoV-2 Strains Feature Specific Mutation That Makes Them More Transmissible, Study Suggests

Medscape (11/4, McNamara, Subscription Publication) reports, “Most SARS-CoV-2 virus strains feature a specific mutation that makes them more transmissible, to the point that these strains now predominate globally, new evidence shows.” That is different fr...

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Researchers Analyze Genomes Of SARS-CoV-2 In Los Angeles Patients

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/4, van Paridon) reports researchers analyzed “SARS-CoV-2 genomes from patients in Los Angeles” and concluded “they are predominately related to isolates that originated in Europe.” The researchers also “found that these isol...

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COVID-19 Rates At ICE Detention Centers Were More Than 13 Times Higher Than US Average From April To August, Researchers Say

Healio (11/4, Dreisbach) reports “COVID-19 rates at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers increased each month from April to August and were on average more than 13 times higher than the U.S. average, researchers reported in JAMA.” Ac...

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Researchers Develop Machine Learning Algorithm That Can Reduce Use Of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics To Treat Patients With UTIs

Healio (11/4, N. Dreisbach) reports researchers developed a machine learning algorithm that “reduced the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics for UTIs by as much as 67% in a study conducted at two Boston hospitals.” The findings were published in Science Tra...

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Research Indicates Risk Of Recurrent Bacteremia Or Death Not Higher With Oral β-lactam Antibiotics Than With Fluoroquinolones

Renal & Urology News (11/4, Persaud) reports, “The risk for recurrent bacteremia or death is not significantly higher with oral β-lactam antibiotics than with fluoroquinolones or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), a new study finds.” Overall, “a tot...

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Hospital Stays For Some Mothers, Babies Following Delivery Have Been Shortened By Pandemic Infection Practices, Research Indicates

HealthDay (11/4) reports, “New infection prevention practices started during the coronavirus pandemic have actually shortened hospital stays for mothers and their babies,” according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology M...

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FDA Alerts Clinical Lab Staff, Healthcare Providers About False Positive Results With SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Tests

Reuters (11/3, Roy) reports that the FDA “said on Tuesday it is alerting clinical laboratory staff and healthcare providers that false positive results can occur with [SARS-CoV-2] antigen tests.” The alert “was made following reports of false positive res...

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Researchers Say UCP-LF CAA Test Is Highly Sensitive And Specific For Schistostoma Haematobium In Pregnant Women, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/3, Masoud) reports researchers found in the freeBILy study that “the upconverting phosphor lateral flow (UCP-LF) circulating anodic antigen (CAA) test is highly sensitive and specific for Schistosoma haematobium (S haematobi...

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Natural Language Processing Tools May Be Able To Identify People With HPV-Related Cancers By Analyzing Pathology Reports, Study Indicates

Health IT Analytics (11/3, Kent) reports researchers found “natural language processing tools can analyze pathology reports and identify individuals with HPV-related cancers, improving disease surveillance and treatment.” The findings were published in JM...

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Risk Of Intubation, Death Among Patients With COVID-19 Hospitalized With Pneumonia May Be Estimated By Viral Load, Researchers Say

Reuters (11/3) reports that “when COVID-19 patients are admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, their risk of intubation or death can be estimated based on their viral load,” according to a 314-patient study published in the Annals of the American Thorac...

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Predictive Models May Help With Risk Stratification For Treating Patients With COVID-19, Studies Indicate

Healthcare IT News (11/3, Jercich) reports two studies published in JAMA “show how predictive models can assist with risk stratification when it comes to treating patients with COVID-19 and scheduling elective procedures after the pandemic.” The article a...

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Therapeutic Enoxaparin May Improve Gas Exchange And Decrease Need For Mechanical Ventilation In Patients With COVID-19, Study Indicates

Infectious Disease Advisor (11/3, van Paridon) reports researchers found in a phase 2 trial that “therapeutic enoxaparin improves gas exchange and decreases the need for mechanical ventilation in patients with” COVID-19. The findings were published in Thr...

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Expert Predicts US Will See Large Increases In Coronavirus Cases, Deaths In Coming Months

Healio (11/3, Stulpin) reports, “As COVID-19 resurges across the United States and many places globally, experts estimate there will be major increases in cases and deaths over the next 6 months.” During “a recent press briefing hosted by the Infectious D...

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CDC Report Suggests One-Third Of Healthcare Workers’ Exposures To SARS-CoV-2 Occur Outside Of Patient Care

CHEST Physician (11/3, Garcia) reports researchers found one-third of exposures to SARS-CoV-2 among healthcare workers “in Minnesota are caused by family or community exposure, not patient care, according to a study conducted by the Minnesota Department o...

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Patients On Tofacitinib For RA Appear Not To Have Worsened Risk For, Severity Of Flu Infection, Research Suggests

HCPlive (11/3, Kunzmann) reports, “Adverse events due to influenza (flu) among patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with tofacitinib (Xeljanz) do not differ significantly from rates reported among differently-treated arthritis patients or among thos...

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Rapid Coronavirus Test May Detect Fewer Cases Of SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Asymptomatic People Than Symptomatic People Compared To PCR Test, Study Suggests

The New York Times (11/2, Wu) reports researchers at the University of Arizona found that Quidel’s rapid coronavirus test “could detect more than 80 percent of coronavirus infections found by a slower, lab-based P.C.R. test,” but the rapid test only detec...

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The Lab Must Go On: Clinical Laboratory Management in a World Turned Upside Down

Hematology Case Study: Is it Pelger-Huët anomaly or Pseudo Pelger-Huët?

Louisiana Advises Against Using Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Tests For Asymptomatic People Not Exposed To Patients With COVID-19

Rhode Island’s Average SARS-CoV-2 Test Positivity Rate Remains Above 3%

Most SARS-CoV-2 Strains Feature Specific Mutation That Makes Them More Transmissible, Study Suggests

Researchers Analyze Genomes Of SARS-CoV-2 In Los Angeles Patients

COVID-19 Rates At ICE Detention Centers Were More Than 13 Times Higher Than US Average From April To August, Researchers Say

Researchers Develop Machine Learning Algorithm That Can Reduce Use Of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics To Treat Patients With UTIs

Research Indicates Risk Of Recurrent Bacteremia Or Death Not Higher With Oral β-lactam Antibiotics Than With Fluoroquinolones

Hospital Stays For Some Mothers, Babies Following Delivery Have Been Shortened By Pandemic Infection Practices, Research Indicates

FDA Alerts Clinical Lab Staff, Healthcare Providers About False Positive Results With SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Tests

Researchers Say UCP-LF CAA Test Is Highly Sensitive And Specific For Schistostoma Haematobium In Pregnant Women, Study Indicates

Natural Language Processing Tools May Be Able To Identify People With HPV-Related Cancers By Analyzing Pathology Reports, Study Indicates

Risk Of Intubation, Death Among Patients With COVID-19 Hospitalized With Pneumonia May Be Estimated By Viral Load, Researchers Say

Predictive Models May Help With Risk Stratification For Treating Patients With COVID-19, Studies Indicate

Therapeutic Enoxaparin May Improve Gas Exchange And Decrease Need For Mechanical Ventilation In Patients With COVID-19, Study Indicates

Expert Predicts US Will See Large Increases In Coronavirus Cases, Deaths In Coming Months

CDC Report Suggests One-Third Of Healthcare Workers’ Exposures To SARS-CoV-2 Occur Outside Of Patient Care

Patients On Tofacitinib For RA Appear Not To Have Worsened Risk For, Severity Of Flu Infection, Research Suggests

Rapid Coronavirus Test May Detect Fewer Cases Of SARS-CoV-2 Infection In Asymptomatic People Than Symptomatic People Compared To PCR Test, Study Suggests