Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Healthcare News Update

Healthcare News

A Weekly Compilation of Clinical Laboratory and Related Information 

From The Division Of Laboratory Programs, Standards And Services

March 5, 2015 

News Highlights  

Leading News

• Dangerous Infections Now Spreading outside Hospitals
• At Public Meeting, FDA, Stakeholders Discuss Unique Challenges of Regulating NGS Tests
• FDA Announces Availability of Draft Guidance on Whole Slide Imaging Devices

Laboratory Testing / Diagnostics

• Internal Proficiency Testing: Setting the Bar for Failure
• ASCP Expands List of Commonly Used Tests Physicians and Patients Should Question
• Do Heart Surgery Patients Get Too Many Blood Tests?

Research and Development

• Link between HbA1c and Mortality in Diabetes not Clear-cut
• ‘Miracle’ Stem Cell Therapy Reverses Multiple Sclerosis
• Human Antibodies Target Marburg, Ebola Viruses; One Step Closer to Vaccine

Public Health and Patient Safety

• XDR Tuberculosis Spread by Transmission
• Many California Bird Species Host Lyme Disease Bacteria, Study Finds
• Report Identifies Most Common Sources of Food-borne Illnesses

Health IT and Other

• FDA Calls for Medical Device Oversight
• Most Health-related Websites Share Personal Info with Third-parties
• NIH Head: Technology Will Help Drive Precision Medicine

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