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ARUP’s machine shop staff. From left to right: Dan Valdez, Shane Spensko, and Chance Spensko.

The top five, highest scoring, participants in the national 2016 Pipetting Challenge include Elaine Yang (0.09%), Laurie Henderson (0.06), Zachary Wilkey (

A recent study showed that an estimated 30% of all laboratory tests run across the healthcare continuum were unnecessary. That means roughly 2.1 billion unnecessary lab tests are performed each year.

ARUP Laboratories Medical Director Robert Schlaberg, MD, Dr Med, MPH, will be the Principal Investigator for a project to help decrease the high mortality rate of children with infectious diseases.

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Doctors need easy access to testing guidance, nudges toward evidence-based testing, and professional feedback when they deviate from recommended patterns.

Diagnostic testing isn’t the only service ARUP provides worldwide; it has built a growing educational resource, specifically designed for students in the medical laboratory sciences.

“It’s satisfying building something like this because it allows me to help someone do their job better and, usually, make their job more enjoyable,” says engineer Dar

ARUP provides an extensive menu of toxicology testing, encompassing pain management, illicit drugs, neonatal drug testing, and therapeutic drug monitoring.

Brian Jackson, MD, MS, uses theories to explore what “nudges” physicians toward choices that promote better test utilization without usurping their sense of autonomy.

Last week, a group representing Aga Khan University and Hospital in Pakistan visited ARUP Laboratories as part of their two-day visit at the University of Utah.

“She told God, “If you get me walking, I’ll never lie down again,’” recalls Gina Anderson of her grandmother, Callie Cooling, whose battle with tuberculosis (TB) of t