There's another new POC HbA1c analyzer to be analyzed. Is the A1C EZ 2.0  fit for purpose? Using the IFCC and Lenters-Westra standards, we evaluate its performance.

The 2017 Great Global QC Survey reached over 900 laboratory professionals from more than 105 countries. Learn what we discovered about the world's QC.

A recent study compared two different generations of the same hematology analyzer, Sysmex XN and Sysmex XE.  We would expect there to be a good comparability of results between the analyzers. We would expect that... 

In 2017, Clinical Chemistry published a study evaluating the trueness of 24 Serum Albumin methods.

Automation ("tracks") is marketed to laboratories as the solution to most if not all of their problems. But when done poorly, it can actually causes more problems than it solves. Take this opportunity to learn the inefficiencies that may befall a laboratory that selects the wrong automation solution.

March 2017: Westgard, Armbruster and Westgard editors are proud to announce a special issue of Clinics in Laboratory Medicine.