Lab Resources
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| Government Agencies | |
|---|---|
| Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services CLIA (Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments) Centers for Disease Control | http://www.cms.gov http://www.cms.hhs.gov/clia http://www.cdc.gov |
| Accreditation Organizations | |
| COLA CAP College of American Pathologists | http://www.cola.org http://www.cap.org |
| Associations / Society Organizations / Committees | |
| ASCP American Society of Clinical Pathologists ASCLS American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science NAACLS National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences CLSI (NCCLS) Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute | http://www.ascp.org http://www.ascls.org http://www.naacls.org http://www.clsi.org |
| Proficiency Testing Programs | |
| API American Proficiency Institute American Society of Internal Medicine (ASIM) M.L.E. Program American Thoracic Society (California Thoracic Society- CTS) American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP PT) Wisconsin’s State Laboratory of Hygiene (WSLH) AAB American Association of Bioanalysts CAP College of American Pathologists | http://www.api-pt.com http://www.acponline.org/mle http://www.thoracic.org http://www.aafp.org http://www.slh.wisc.edu/pt http://www.aab-pts.org http://www.cap.org |
| Credentialing Agencies | |
| NACES National Association of Credential Evaluation | http://www.naces.org |
| Manufacturers | |
| Cholestech Metrika HemoSense Coagulation products Medica Corporation Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics BD Becton, Dickinson and Company Beckman Coulter Roche Diagnostics Abbot Biosite Hemocue Inc. Bio-Rad LifeScan Inc. Quidel Alere | http://www.cholestech.com http://www.metrika.com http://www.hemosense.com http://www.mediacorp.com http://www.diagnostics.siemens.com http://www.bd.com http://www.beckmancoulter.com http://www.roche-diagnostics.us http://www.abbott.com http://www.biosite.com http://www.hemocue.com http://www.bio-rad.com http://www.lifescan.com http://www.quidel.com/products/ http://www.invernessmedical.com |
| Distributors | |
| PSS Medical Physician Sales and Service ImmuLab Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics Cardinal Health Fisher Scientific Henry Schein, Inc McKesson Infolab, Inc. Market Lab Inc. | http://www.pssd.com http://www.immulab.com http://www.cardinal.com http://www.fishersci.com http://www.henryschein.com http://www.mckesson.com http://www.infolabinc.com http://www.marketlabinc.com |
| Laboratory Tools / Continuing Education | |
| CDC NLTN National Laboratory Training Network QC Calculation tools University of Iowa 20 CME course for Laboratory Directors Lab Tests Online (a public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratory professionals who do the testing) Material Safety Data Sheets Lab Explorer Temperature/Metric Conversion Calculators and Conversion Charts Dilutions and Standards Laboratory Mathematics | http://www.cdc.gov/nltn/ http://www.westgard.com http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/cme/clia/ http://www.labtestsonline.org http://www.msdssearch.com http://www.abexplorer.com http://www.conversion-metric.org http://www.uab/clabsc/dilut.htm http://www.uab/clabsc/math.htm |