Office Laboratory Regulations

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Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Comments.

In support of the new column in Zebrafish dedicated to initiating conversations about animal care policies and compliance for the zebrafish, the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) has offered the following clarification and guidance.

Regulations regarding reflexive testing and narrative interpretations in laboratory medicine.

The use of reflexive test selection and patient-specific narrative interpretations in laboratory medicine is associated with a host of compliance issues and government regulations. Reflexive testing is associated with many advantages for patients and their physicians, but if not adequately organized it has the potential for inefficient test ordering and abuse by physicians and laboratories. Pat...

Are physicians' office laboratory results of comparable quality to those produced in other laboratory settings?

CONTEXT In 1995, California adopted a bill that brought laboratory laws in line with the 1988 Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments' standards for clinical laboratories and mandated a study comparing results in physicians' office laboratories (POLs) with other settings. OBJECTIVE To determine whether persons conducting tests in POLs produce accurate and reliable test results comparable t...

Too little, too late? The home office and the asbestos industry regulations, 1931: a reply.

Asbestos is the generic term for a group of fibrous minerals. Virtually indestructible and of high tensile strength, it is both fire and acid resistant, and yet can be spun into yarn and woven into cloth. Although there is evidence of the use of asbestos in the ancient world, it acquired commercial importance only in the late nineteenth century. Thereafter it was employed for numerous purposes,...