JALM Talk Podcast

Assessing and Resolving Findings of Sex Chromosome Discordance in Genetic Testing

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 11:15

Kyle T Salsbery, Anna A Essendrup, Heather C Flynn Gilmer, Molly H Nelson-Holte, Lauren A Choate, Zhiyv Niu. Assessing and Resolving Findings of Sex Chromosome Discordance in Genetic Testing. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2026, Pages 4–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaf167

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ADLM Guidance Document on Laboratory Testing for Drugs of Misuse to Support the Emergency Department

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 10:45

Christine L H Snozek, Matthew D Krasowski, Jennifer M Colby, Kamisha L Johnson-Davis, Rebecca E Bruccoleri, Stacy E Melanson. ADLM Guidance Document on Laboratory Testing for Drugs of Misuse to Support the Emergency Department. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2026, Pages 155–180. https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaf172

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Concurrent Anti-PR3 Immunoassay and cANCA Indirect Immunofluorescence Testing Provide Complementary Information for Clinical Laboratory Detection of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2026 12:17

Reagan Badger, Susan L Fink, Kathleen Hutchinson, Mark H Wener, Chihiro Morishima, Rebecca S Treger. Concurrent Anti-PR3 Immunoassay and cANCA Indirect Immunofluorescence Testing Provide Complementary Information for Clinical Laboratory Detection of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 11, Issue 1, January 2026, Pages 83–97. https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaf168

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Blood Utilization and Waste Following Implementation of Thromboelastography

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2025 9:22

Kaitlyn M Shelton, LeeAnn P Walker, Carol A Carman, Daniel González, Sarah Burnett-Greenup. Blood Utilization and Waste Following Implementation of Thromboelastography. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 6, November 2025, Pages 1466–1475. https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaf139

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ADLM Guidance Document on Coagulation Testing in Patients Using Direct Oral Anticoagulants

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 16:36

Lindsay A L Bazydlo, Maximo J Marin, Anna E Merrill, Louise M Man, Olajumoke O Oladipo, Neil S Harris. ADLM Guidance Document on Coagulation Testing in Patients Using Direct Oral Anticoagulants. The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, Volume 10, Issue 6, November 2025, Pages 1675–1690. https://doi.org/10.1093/jalm/jfaf155

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Handling Hemolytic Blood Samples from High-Risk Clinical Areas: A Call to Action

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2025 10:37

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SBC-SHAP: Increasing the Accessibility and Interpretability of Machine Learning Algorithms for Sepsis Prediction

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 10:45

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MedPromptExtract (Medical Data Extraction Tool): Anonymization and High-Fidelity Automated Data Extraction Using Natural Language Processing and Prompt Engineering

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 12:34

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Rapid Whole-Genome Sequencing as a First-Line Test Is Likely to Significantly Reduce the Cost of Acute Care in a Private Payer System

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 11:13

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The 2024 PhD Board-Certified Clinical Chemist Compensation Survey

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2025 8:12

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Fetal Fraction Methodologies and Their Clinical Use: Results of a College of American Pathologists Exercise

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2025 7:07

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Is the 99th Percentile Cutoff Still Relevant? A Single-Center Assessment of Different Thresholds for Diagnosing Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 13:00

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Price Variability of Eight Common Laboratory Tests across All Licensed Tennessee Hospitals

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 8:26

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Comparison of 2 Sets of Immunoassays Used in Modified 2-Tiered Testing Algorithms for the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 14:32

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High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Assays: From Implementation to Resource Utilization and Cost Effectiveness

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 10:54

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Total Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Testing in Capillary Samples: Proof-of-Principle and Feasibility Study for Home Self-Testing for Prostate Cancer

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 10:40

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Clinician-Ordered Peripheral Smear Review by a Pathologist Has Low Clinical Utility—A Reference Laboratory Perspective

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 9:48

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Developing Benchmarking Metrics for Appropriate Ordering of Vitamin D, Thyroid Testing, and Iron Workups

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 12:26

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Cardiac Troponin to Adjudicate Subclinical Heart Failure in Diabetic Patients and a Murine Model of Metabolic Syndrome

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 12:22

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Recent Recall of Iron Reagent—Investigation of Potential Reagent Contamination and Assay Improvement Strategy

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 13:32

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Glycated Albumin to Predict Adverse Neonatal Outcomes among Women with Diabetes and Overweight or Obese Body Mass Index

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 8:45

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ADLM Guidance Document on the Measurement and Reporting of Lipids and Lipoproteins

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 11:41

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Performance of fentanyl immunoassays in an ED patient population

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 14:51

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Breaking the Chain: Navigating the Pitfalls of Total Laboratory Automation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 13:25

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Utility of Cystatin C-based Equation for the Estimation of Glomerular Filtration Rate in a Pediatric Population

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 10:17

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Implementation of a Self-Audit Tool Improves Regulatory Compliance for Point-of-Care Respiratory Virus Testing in the Emergency Department

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2024 11:32

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ADLM Guidance Document on Laboratory Diagnosis of Respiratory Viruses

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2024 12:47

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Not Carfentanil—A Case of Unexpected Xylazine Detection

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2024 10:05

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A Mathematical Algorithm for Dried Blood Spot Quality Assessment and Results concerning Quality from a Newborn Screening Program

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 9:07

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Development of a Rapid Qualitative Screen for Anticoagulant Presence

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 10:47

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Immunoassay Testing of Alpha-Gal Specific Immunoglobulin-E: Data from a National Reference Laboratory

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2024 12:47

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The Role of Artificial Intelligence for Providing Scientific Content for Laboratory Medicine

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2024 8:04

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Elucidating the Clinical Interpretation and Impact of a Positive Plasma Cell-Free DNA Metagenomics Test Result—A Single Center Retrospective Study

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 14:41

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Point: The Need for Additional FDA Regulations in Laboratory Medicine; Counterpoint: Why the FDA Should Not Regulate Laboratory-Developed Tests

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 15:23

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Clinical Utility and Long-Term Feasibility of Exome and Genome Reanalysis: From the Perspectives of a Clinical Laboratory

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 13:15

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When Positive is Negative: Health Literacy Barriers to Patient Access to Clinical Laboratory Test Results

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2024 11:47

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Robust Response of the Clinical Laboratory to the COVID-19 Pandemic despite Significant Challenges

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 12:25

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Analytical Performance Evaluation of Three Point-of-Care CBC Analyzers for Management of Clozapine Therapy in Ambulatory Psychiatry Clinics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 14:21

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Cardiac Troponin T Degradation in End-Stage Renal Disease Patients Appears to Occur in Vivo

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2023 8:09

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Global Heatwaves Threaten Integrity of Patient Test Results: A Dire Warning for the Lab Medicine Community

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2023 8:15

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Raising the Dead Volume: Analysis of Microsamples Diluted and Corrected with Near Infrared Tracer

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2023 15:26

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AACC/NKF Guidance Document on Improving Equity in Chronic Kidney Disease Care

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2023 16:47

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Inverse Associations between Measures of Adiposity and Glycated Albumin in US Adults, NHANES 1999–2004

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2023 7:37

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Pediatric Reference Value Profiling of Essential Trace and Toxic Elements in Healthy Children and Adolescents Using High-Resolution and Triple Quadrupole Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 13:54

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Clinical Laboratory Approaches for Diagnoses of Sleep-Disordered Breathing and ADHD-Like Behavior in Children

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2023 10:26

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AACC Guidance Document on the Clinical Use of Procalcitonin

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 12:41

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Clinical Validation of the sFlt-1:PlGF Ratio as a Biomarker for Preeclampsia Diagnosis in a High-Risk Obstetrics Unit

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2023 13:06

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Comparison of a Novel Thin-Walled 25-gauge Needle Push Button Blood Collection Set to a Standard 23-gauge Needle in a Cancer Patient Population

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 9:45

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