University of Nebraska Infectious Disease Researchers Study New Device That Could Help Clinical Laboratories and Phlebotomists Avoid Blood Culture Contamination and False Positive Results for Sepsis

Aug 9, 2017 | Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment, Laboratory Management and Operations, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing, Management & Operations

Additionally, the device also could help reduce antibiotic-resistant infections and other HAIs and HACs, though this result was not part of the study Research findings indicate how a new system-in-a-box device that phlebotomists and clinical laboratories would use when drawing blood could reduce contamination of blood cultures and lower patients’ use of antibiotics. In a study involving 1,800 blood cultures done on 904 patients at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), use of the...

Exact Sciences Sues Humana Over Cologuard Coverage in Spat over How Insurer Reimburses for This Clinical Laboratory Test

Apr 15, 2016 | Coding, Billing, and Collections, Instruments & Equipment, Laboratory Pathology, Laboratory Testing

Filing a complaint with the Louisville division of the District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Exact Sciences seeks payment from Humana for at least 4,664 Cologuard tests as well as coverage for the procedure in the commercial plans offered in mandate states Citing more than $800,000 in unpaid service fees and damages, the Exact v Humana lawsuit is the latest example of the on-going struggle between health insurers and clinical laboratories offering proprietary and...
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