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The Academy Publications

Guidance Documents

The Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine creates guidance documents that impart the expertise of the Academy’s Fellows. These short documents are designed to provide guidance on hot topics in the field of laboratory medicine in an expedient manner that will achieve maximum impact.

Recent documents cover topics such as chronic kidney disease, procalcitonin, and cervical cancer detection.

You can view all published guidance documents and learn more about proposing ideas for new documents here.

Scientific Shorts

The Academy Scientific Shorts is a forum in which clinical laboratory professionals can discuss contemporary laboratory issues—from molecular pathology and genetics to patient safety—and present solutions and best practices.

Read the Scientific Shorts

Scientific Shorts Guidelines

Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines

Laboratory Medicine Practice Guidelines (LMPGs) are systematically developed recommendations for best practices in using laboratory medicine to optimize patient care.

Learn more about published guidelines.

If you are interested in developing an LMPG on a specific topic, please review the standard operating procedures for how to get started.

Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine Designation

Fellows of the Academy use the designation of FADLM. This designation is equivalent to FACB and FAACC, the previous designations used by fellows of the National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and AACC Academy. Those groups were rebranded as Academy of Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine in 2023.