Group B Strep Awareness Month

Group B Strep Awareness Month

The CDC and other health organizations recognize July as International Group B Streptococcus (Group B Strep, GBS) month. In many ways, Group B Strep seems somewhat harmless, remaining asymptomatic for most healthy adults who carry the bacteria. Yet the same factors...
Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical

Why Third-Party Clinical QC is Critical

This blog post is the second in our Optimal QC in the Clinical Laboratory series. In a previous blog post, we highlighted the importance of external quality control products for QC in the clinical laboratory, rather than relying solely on internal controls built into...