How Office Visit Notes Support Sleep CarePosted: July 19, 2023 A one-year countdown is under way for July 11, 2024. That is the effective date for the proficiency testing (PT) requirement revisions that will affect some clinical laboratories. The revisions include the...
How Office Visit Notes Support Sleep CarePosted: April 11, 2023Office visit notes from the patient’s referring physician/provider documenting the supporting symptoms associated with the patient’s need for sleep testing are critical to the client/patient record. They...
COVID-19 Tests Recalled and Others Approved; Cholera Review UrgedPosted: December 28, 2022COVID-19 tests continue to be frequent topics, as does cholera testing: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a bulletin about a COVID-19 test recall by manufacturer...
FDA and CDC Provide Updates for Monkeypox, COVID-19, and Ebola TestingPosted: November 2, 2022 Monkeypox Updates FDA Authorizes First Commercial Monkeypox Test Kit The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Abbott...
Specimen Collection, Shelf-Life Extensions, and MorePosted: October 4, 2022From best practices for collecting suspected monkeypox specimens to dealing with possible false negatives on COVID-19 testing, the CDC and the FDA provide updates and advice. Review the topics...
Preparing for the End of the COVID-19 PHEPosted: September 7, 2022On January 30, 2023, the White House announced that the COVID-19 national emergency and public health emergency will end on May 11, 2023. As part of the emergency preparedness cycle, returning to normal...
The Monkeypox PHEPosted: August 9, 2022Two years ago, “PHE” probably wasn’t one of the health care acronyms that everyone immediately understood. COVID changed that and monkeypox has reinforced the learning with the declaration made by the Secretary of Health and...