July 6, 2016 |
We Will Build It: A Look inside ARUP’s In-House Machine Shop ARUP’s machine shop staff. From left to right: Dan Valdez, Shane Spensko, and Chance Spensko. Deep in the heart of ARUP’s central facility is a room you won’t find in most labs. The technicians wear heavy leather aprons rather than lab coats; instead of specimen samples the shelves are filled with bars of steel; and the hum of high-tech mills and lathes cutting raw material fills the air. |
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June 14, 2016 |
The Spring Olympics? ARUP Seizes a Gold and Bronze in National Pipetting Challenge The top five, highest scoring, participants in the national 2016 Pipetting Challenge include Elaine Yang (0.09%), Laurie Henderson (0.06), Zachary Wilkey (0.10%), Samantha Beyer (0.07%), and (not pictured) Sonia La’ulu (0.09%). |
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June 9, 2016 |
Avoiding Financial Waste: UM Strategies in the Pre- and Post-Analytic Stages 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. |
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May 27, 2016 |
Preventing Childhood Deaths from Infectious Diseases: ARUP Scientist Awarded Gates Foundation Grant 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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May 26, 2016 |
Changing How Infectious Diseases Are Diagnosed with New Metagenomics Pathogen Detection Tool Dr. Robert Schlaberg co-developed Taxonomer, a new kind of pathogen identification tool driven by sophisticated genomic analysis and advanced computational methodologies. This web-based technology quickly and accurately reveals all pathogens in a patient sample. |
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May 17, 2016 | Doctors need easy access to testing guidance, nudges toward evidence-based testing, and professional feedback when they deviate from recommended patterns. |