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Data exchange and analytics

Estimation of Numbers of Testing Personnel and Test Volume in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 Certificate of Accreditation and Certificate of Compliance Laboratories in the United States
The Clinical Laboratory is an Integral Component to Health Care Delivery: An Expanded Representation of the Total Testing Process
Trends in the Use of Cervical Cancer Screening Tests in a Large Medical Claims Database, United States, 2013–2019
Managing Biological Variation Data: Modern Approaches for Study Design and Clinical Application
Use of the Prostate‐Specific Antigen (PSA) Test in the United States for Men Age ≥65, 1999–2015: Implications for Practice Interventions
Use of the Prostate‐Specific Antigen Test in the U.S. for Men Age 30 to 64 in 2011 to 2017 Using a Large Commercial Claims Database: Implications for Practice Interventions
Identifying Preanalytic and Postanalytic Laboratory Quality Gaps Using a Data Warehouse and Structured Multidisciplinary Process
Variation in Interoperability Across Clinical Laboratories Nationwide
Electronic Notification to Improve Surveillance, Quality of NBS Pre-analytic Processes
Electronic health record interventions at the point of care improve documentation of care processes and decrease orders for genetic tests commonly ordered by nongeneticists

Preparedness and response

Telehealth and Public Health Practice in the United States — Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit Overcrowding and Ventilator Shortages in US Hospitals During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2021
Influenza Vaccination in Health Centers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic–United States, 7–27 November 2020
Trends in Use of Telehealth Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, June 26–November 6, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 70 / No. 7 / P. 240–244
Allergic Reactions Including Anaphylaxis After Receipt of the First Dose of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine — United States, December 21, 2020–January 10, 2021
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 70 / No. 4 / P. 125–129
Evaluation of Abbott BinaxNOW Rapid Antigen Test for SARS-CoV-2 Infection at Two Community-Based Testing Sites — Pima County, Arizona, November 3–17, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 70 / No. 3 / P. 100–105
Telehealth Practice Among Health Centers During the COVID-19 Pandemic — United States, July 11–17, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 50 / P. 1902–1905
Summary of Guidance for Public Health Strategies to Address High Levels of Community Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and Related Deaths, December 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 49 / P. 1860-1867
Network Characteristics and Visualization of COVID-19 Outbreak in a Large Detention Facility in the United States — Cook County, Illinois, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 44 / P. 1625–1630
Recent Increase in COVID-19 Cases Reported Among Adults Aged 18–22 Years — United States, May 31–September 5, 2020
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 69 / No. 39 / P. 1419–1424
Building a Public-Private Partnership to Enhance Laboratory Preparedness and Response in the United States

Update: Characteristics of Patients in a National Outbreak of E-cigarette, or Vaping, Product Use–Associated Lung Injuries — United States, October 2019
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 68 / No. 43 / P. 985–989
Mapping of the US Domestic Influenza Virologic Surveillance Landscape
Initial Public Health Laboratory Response After Hurricane Maria — Puerto Rico, 2017
MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report / Vol. 67 / No. 11 / P. 333–336
Laboratory Response to Ebola — West Africa and United States
MMWR Supplements / Vol. 65 / No. 3 / P. 44–49

Quality and safety

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Characterization of Reference Materials for DPYD: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project
DPYD Genotyping Recommendations: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology, American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium, College of American Pathologists, Dutch Pharmacogenetics Working Group of the Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association, European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy, Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase, and Pharmacogene Variation Consortium
Characterization of Reference Materials for TPMT and NUDT15: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project
TPMT and NUDT15 Genotyping Recommendations: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium, College of American Pathologists, Dutch Pharmacogenetics Working Group of the Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association, European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy, and Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase
CYP2C8, CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 characterization using Next Generation Sequencing and Haplotype Analysis: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project
Creation of an Expert Curated Variant List for Clinical Genomic Test Development and Validation: A ClinGen and GeT-RM Collaborative Project
Characterization of Reference Materials with an Association for Molecular Pathology Pharmacogenetics Working Group Tier 2 Status: CYP2C9, CYP2C19, VKORC1, CYP2C Cluster Variant, and GGCX: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project
Characterization of Reference Materials for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Genetic Testing: A Genetic Testing Reference Materials Coordination Program Collaborative Project
Recommendations for Clinical Warfarin Genotyping Allele Selection: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology and the College of American Pathologists
Recommendations for Clinical CYP2C9 Genotyping Allele Selection: A Joint Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology and College of American Pathologists
Characterization of Reference Materials for Genetic Testing of CYP2D6 Alleles: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project
Recommendations for Clinical CYP2C19 Genotyping Allele Selection: A Report of the Association for Molecular Pathology
Characterization of 108 Genomic DNA Reference Materials for 11 Human Leukocyte Antigen Loci: A GeT-RM Collaborative Project

The American Society for Microbiology Collaboration with the CDC Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Initiative for Evidence-Based Laboratory Medicine
Diagnostic Stewardship as a Model to Improve the Quality and Safety of Diagnosis
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Accuracy-Based Proficiency Testing for Estradiol Measurements
A Strategy for Boosting Equitable Access to Digital Healthcare
When Positive is Negative: Health Literacy Barriers to Patient Access to Clinical Laboratory Test Results
Effective Access to Laboratory Test Results: A Health Equity Issue that Enhances Diagnostic Excellence
Bringing the Clinical Laboratory into the Strategy to Advance Diagnostic Excellence
Restrictive Transfusion Strategy and Clinical Decision Support Practices for Reducing RBC Transfusion Overuse: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practice Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Reducing Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Orthopedic and Cardiac Surgeries with Antifibrinolytics: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practice Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Interventions to Prevent Iatrogenic Anemia: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Systematic Review
Evaluating the Adoption of Laboratory Practice Guidelines
Impact of Testosterone Assay Standardization Efforts Assessed via Accuracy-Based Proficiency Testing
Technology-Enabled Outreach to Patients Taking High-Risk Medications Reduces a Quality Gap in Completion of Clinical Laboratory Testing
The Effect of Laboratory Test–Based Clinical Decision Support Tools on Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Systematic Review
Anemia Management and Audit Feedback Practices for Reducing Overuse of RBC Transfusion: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practice Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
A Review of Published Studies on the Value of Laboratory Medicine
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Evaluating a Mobile Application for Improving Clinical Laboratory Test Ordering and Diagnosis
Interventions to Improve Follow-Up of Laboratory Test Results Pending at Discharge: A Systematic Review
Effectiveness of Practices to Support Appropriate Laboratory Test Utilization
Promoting Good Laboratory Practices for Waived Infectious Disease and Provider-Performed Microscopy Testing
Effectiveness of Laboratory Practices to Reducing Patient Misidentification Due to Specimen Labeling Errors at the Time of Specimen Collection in Healthcare Settings: LMBP™ Systematic Review
Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemical Assays
Analytic Validation of Immunohistochemistry Assays: New Benchmark Data from a Survey of 1085 Laboratories
Opportunities to Enhance Laboratory Professionals’ Role on the Diagnostic Team
Practices and Perceived Value of Proficiency Testing in Clinical Laboratories
Proficiency Testing Program Providers Respond to Client Concerns
Effectiveness of Practices to Increase Timeliness of Providing Targeted Therapy for Inpatients with Bloodstream Infections: a Laboratory Medicine Best Practices Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Anticoagulation Manager: Development of a Clinical Decision Support Mobile Application for Management of Anticoagulants
Lipoprotein Biomarkers and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: A Laboratory Medicine Best Practices (LMBP) Systematic Review

Training and workforce development

Critical Gaps in Laboratory Leadership to Meet Global Health Security Goals
Evaluation of Diverse Health Professionals’ Learning Experience in a Continuing Education Activity for Quality Practices in Molecular Genetic Testing
Read the New Microscopy Handbook: Even the Ziehl-Neelsen Technique has Changed

General laboratory systems

CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 Genotyping Recommendations: A Joint Consensus Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium, College of American Pathologists, Dutch Pharmacogenetics Working Group of the Royal Dutch Pharmacists Association, European Society for Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Therapy, and Pharmacogenomics Knowledgebase
Regional Consortia: A Framework for Public Health Laboratory Collaboration and Service Sharing
A Science Impact Framework to Measure Impact Beyond Journal Metrics
Advancing the Public Health Laboratory System Through Partnerships
Optimizing Epidemiology–Laboratory Collaborations
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