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(Image credit: FatCamera / E+ / Getty Images) Read more Coronavirus Resources for Labs AACC has gathered essential information and resources to help laboratories prepare for coronavirus testing—and to stay prepared for when new infectious diseases inevitably emerge in the future. (Image credit: CDC) Learn more Managing Esoteric Lab Tests Requested by Patients Laboratory professionals are sometimes put in a difficult position when patients request clinical tests due to marketing tactics. Experts in laboratory stewardship advise professionals to research and prepare for responding to these difficult requests. (Image credit: Whitney Curtis) Read more POC Testing for Gestational Diabetes Researchers have determined that in high-resource settings, the use of point-of-care measurements to diagnose gestational diabetes is not acceptable, but it could be justified in low- and medium-resource settings. Read the study Renew Your AACC Membership If your AACC membership is due, be sure to renew so that you can continue to access the resources, connections, and knowledge you need to thrive in today’s fast-changing healthcare world. Renew today IN CLINICAL LABORATORY NEWS A Tip of the Hat to NT-proBNP Baseline levels before noncardiac surgery highlight post-op mortality and vascular risks. Read more FEATURED AACC ARTERY SOLUTION Pre-analytic Error One member thinks that pre-analytic errors should not be considered lab errors, and should instead be designated as prelab errors. A couple respondents argued against this, however, because pre-analytic errors do include errors by lab staff, such as adding a test to the wrong patient sample. Another respondent also suggested that it would have a greater impact on quality to identify trends involving non-lab vs. lab errors in both the pre- and post-analytical phases, as this enables labs to better pinpoint both causes of error and solutions. Find the answer to your question AACC CERTIFICATE PROGRAM LC-MS/MS Troubleshooting for the Clinical Lab Sign up for this AACC certificate program to learn more about the resolution of technical issues with HPLC and mass spectrometry hardware, as well as about related mass spec assay troubleshooting and assay maintenance. Read more AACC CERTIFICATION Become a Certified POCT Professional If you are a healthcare professional working in point-of-care testing, certification through the AACC Board of Certification will document that you have proven expertise in this area and are among the top in your field. Learn more CLINICAL CHEMISTRY PODCAST Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus Dr. Leo Poon of the University of Hong Kong gives expert insight into the 2019 novel coronavirus, and discusses the new molecular diagnostic assays his team has developed to detect and quantify this virus. 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