Leading infection specialty organisations across the UK have launched a new report calling for urgent action to support and strengthen and modernise the UK’s infection specialist workforce.
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Are we providing suitable analytical performance specifications for EQA?
Ceri Parfitt and Annette Thomas recount a recent study to review the strengths and weaknesses of different models for determining analytical performance specifications. The study used historical data to determine what was achievable in a real-world environment to establish clinically appropriate APS for several serum chemistry analytes.
Distributions, outliers and confidence intervals in laboratory data
With the first in a new series of articles, Stephen MacDonald returns to the pages of Pathology in Practice. Here, he begins with an introduction to statistical interpretation focusing on improving the quality of the first statistical encounter with a dataset.
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New LIAISON tuberculosis assay improves efficiency and productivity
Diasorin and QIAGEN have announced the launch of the new CE-marked LIAISON QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus II, a next-generation assay that redefines speed and throughput as an aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis infection on LIAISON analyser systems.
Menarini introduces Coyote FlashDetect PCR device range
Menarini has added Coyote FlashDetect PCR to its range of diagnostic solutions. These scalable rapid PCR devices will enable users to gain high quality results within 35 minutes.
QIAGEN unveils QIAsymphony Connect at AMP 2025
QIAGEN has launched QIAsymphony Connect, the next generation of its widely adopted automated nucleic acid purification platform, at the 2025 AMP (Association for Molecular Pathology) annual meeting.
ProtonDx's Dragonfly evaluated for identifying hidden malaria cases
A new study has shown that Dragonfly, a low-cost, rapid, molecular testing platform is successfully able to detect asymptomatic malaria infections.
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