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The Van Slyke Foundation is AACC’s philanthropic program, dedicated to encouraging and supporting deserving clinical laboratory scientists and students around the world through a variety of grants, awards, scholarships and other programs designed to share the latest and best in clinical laboratory science and technology and improve health care worldwide.
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| AACC Offices Closed February 9, 2010 | | AACC has closed its offices due to the poor travel conditions in the Washington, DC area from the blizzard that occurred on Saturday, February 5, 2010. AACC will reopen the offices as soon as conditions in the Washington DC area are safe for travel. | |
| | Improving Patient Satisfaction with the Lab | | Multiple studies have been published on applying Lean production principles to labs, but so far, researchers have focused on specimen processing and not phlebotomy. A recently published study found that using Lean in outpatient phlebotomy dramatically improved patient satisfaction and workflow. | |
| | | Call for Abstracts for the 2010 AACC Annual Meeting | | The website for submitting abstracts for the 2010 AACC Annual Meeting is now open. The deadline for abstract submission is February 24, 2010; there will be no extensions of this deadline. Don't wait - submit today! | |
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| | | Third-quarter fiscal 2010 results announced by Clinical Data | | Clinical Data, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLDA) today announced the Company’s operational and financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009, confirming its plans to submit a new drug application (NDA) for vilazodone for the treatment of depression this quarter. |
| | Risk of missed doses underestimated, effective guidance programmes needed | | Many patients with chronic conditions do not take as much of their medication as they should. As a result, the effectiveness of the treatment is often suboptimal, and it also becomes more expensive. Until now, the extent to which the guidance of patients could be improved to promote the correct use of medication had been unclear. |
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AACC (American Association for Clinical Chemistry) AACC is a leading professional society dedicated to improving healthcare through laboratory medicine. Its nearly 10,000 members are clinical laboratory professionals, physicians, research scientists, and others involved in developing tests and directing laboratory operations. AACC brings this community together with programs that advance knowledge, expertise, and innovation. AACC is best known for the respected scientific journal Clinical Chemistry, the award-winning patient-centered web site Lab Tests Online, and the world’s largest conference on laboratory medicine and technology. Through these and other programs, AACC advances laboratory medicine and the quality of patient care. Join AACC.
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