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The drug overdose crises in the United States are dynamic and pose an increasing challenge to healthcare services and to the greater public health. Recent overdose trends are heavily influenced by illicit drugs, and the volume and type of illicit drug supply is constantly and rapidly changing. With additives and other psychoactive substances emerging as adulterants, this further muddles the already... Read more
Essential to clinical core laboratory operations, chemistry analyzers and related instruments are well regarded and broadly utilized. For most labs, the number of available tests, ease of maintenance, and throughput remain top of mind when acquiring new analyzers. While use of medium- and high-volume analyzers is nearly universal, the need for low-volume devices remain.
Chemistry analyzers achieve... Read more
Coagulation analyzers are nearly ubiquitous in clinical labs (9 out of 10), and receive laudable ratings. With just under half of laboratories (49%) planning new adoptions, many facilities are utilizing multiple coagulation instruments now, and are expected to continue to do so in the near term.
Coagulation analyzers are among the most widely used technologies in the clinical laboratory.
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The number of laboratories utilizing microbiology platforms has remained fairly consistent over the last few years at almost two-thirds, and yet we also see the highest expected adoption number in the last decade. Given prodigious satisfaction ratings, laboratories will have a range of options to choose from among available vendors and instrument types.
Microbiology platforms enjoy particularly... Read more
Select larger facilities conduct higher volumes of testing at the point of care, and a little under one-quarter of hospitals plan to expand their POCT programs this year. Fortunately, the marketplace offers a variety of choices for these facilities. With the majority of laboratories doing 1 to 10% of their testing at the point of care, satisfaction rates for these systems remain high and longer-term... Read more
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