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CONTENTS
Volume 26 Issue 4 June 2025
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OPINION Creating conditions for improvement
NEWS ARTICLES
Risk-based quality control: planning, defining, linking and evaluating
Congress in microcosm: examples of linking learning to the laboratory
Intelligent workflow for precision population health management
Power in partnership: exploring novel light transmission aggregometry
IBMS Congress 2025, see page 21
Evaluating scannability of slides with laser-printed barcodes
Polycystic ovary syndrome testing: a need for better guidance
Taking control of in-house genomic testing: faster NGS results
Metagenomics sequencing, see page 47
Metagenomics sequencing: a selection of current research interest
Infectious disease assays: Increasing efficiency and confidence
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics actively supports laboratories by focusing on the development of innovative assays and enhancing laboratory preparedness for future threats from infectious diseases. The company’s expertise in infectious diseases is global, thanks to sites in Ireland, France, the United States, and Israel. This year, at EuroMedLab 2025, held in Brussels from 18-22 May, Beckman Coulter Diagnostics was proud to further expand the DxI 9000 Analyser menu with new infectious disease assays, including those for hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections.
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