Wildcards Symbol (*)

The wildcard symbol (*) can be used in place of letters or characters in query words to search for different permutations of a word.

*	Can be in any position in the term and matches any number of characters.
Examples:	hemo*	matches hemolytic, hemophilia and hemophilia
	*NA	matches DNA and RNA
	*tet**	matches text and test
	BCL*	matches bcl-1/JH and bcl-2/JH
	virus*	matches virus or viruses
	*glucan*	matches beta-1,3-d-Glucan

Boolean Parameters

Search terms can be a single word or several words. The search engine automatically inserts and between words if nothing else is specified, so the Boolean term and can be omitted in search terms. For example, searching for tissue assay is the same as searching for tissue AND assay.

Quotes can be used to search for phrases. For example:

"tissue assay "

Words must be present in the specified order with no intervening words

The following boolean connectors can be used: AND, OR, NOT Examples:

tissue AND assay	Both words must be present
tissue OR assay	Either word can be present
assay NOT tissue	Only assay can be present, tissue cannot appear on the page

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About ARUP

Dr. Ashwood discusses “home-grown” Lab Tests with Clinical Laboratory news

In an interview with Clinical Laboratory News, Dr. Edward Ashwood states that he supports a middle path for lab-developed tests. According to Dr. Ashwood, lab-test usage is driven by market demands. If only one company is marketing a test, the demand for that test decreases. Dr. Ashwood believes that a better business strategy is to license intellectual property to anybody who wants it. Ashwood also states that there's less motivation to improve a given test if only one company is running it, since competition improves testing methods.

When a company licenses a test to other labs, it encourages others to find a way to do better, and in turn it pushes the company to keep improving their method to stay competitive, Ashwood concluded. See more

(Clinical Laboratory News. “Proprietary Lab-Developed Tests.” December 2008.)

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