Why Should My Lab Offer Delta-8/Delta-9 THC Differentiation? Delta-8 Tetrahydrocannabinoid (Delta-8 THC) is legal at the federal level; but it’s not legal in every state. Delta-9 Tetrahydrocannabinoid (Delta-9 THC) is illegal at the federal level; but it’s legal in more than 50% of states1. THC screening tests
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Shelby County Community Corrections Expands Drug Testing Capacity Shelby County, located in the central portion of Alabama, is one of Alabama’s fastest-growing counties. Its brilliant patchwork of history, culture, attractions, arts, and community makes it one of the nation’s most dynamic counties. As of the 2020 census,
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Ensure Your Laboratory is Prepared for CLIA Regulation Changes in 2024 In our continued efforts to assist you with ongoing strategies to maintain a comprehensive compliance program for your laboratory, it is DTPM’s goal to deliver relevant regulatory changes that may impact your laboratory. On July 11, 2022, CMS
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Is It Time to Upgrade My Laboratory Instruments? Clinical laboratories are faced with trying to stay on the cutting edge of technology to maintain and grow their services to their clients. Laboratories attempting to grow their business may soon find out that their current instrumentation cannot accommodate
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Releases the Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Federal Implementation Plan From 2014 to 2018, the rates of reported cases of primary and secondary syphilis, congenital syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia rose 71%, 185%, 63%, and 19% respectively1. Human papillomavirus (HPV)
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Xylazine – the New Threat in the War Against Drug Abuse in the United States Several agencies such as the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have recently issued public
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Covid-19 is surging yet again. Is your lab ready for the demand? According to the CDC, the current weekly average of new COVID-19 cases has increased by 49.6% with a reported total of 99,241,649 COVID-19 cases in the United States as of December 7, 2022. Covid-19-related hospitalizations
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The Monkeypox Virus THE ORIGINS OF MONKEYPOX The current Monkeypox infection outbreak is known to most people in the United States, due to the media coverage and cautions you see onscreen every day. Currently, the US has reported nearly 16,000 confirmed cases and more than 44,000 cases,
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DTPM Has a New Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Panel Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the U.S. and mostly impacts people in their late teens to early 20s. HPV can be spread through sexual contact and skin-to-skin contact if your sexual
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The Movember Movement November was men’s health month; Globally, men die on average 5 years earlier than women, and for reasons that are largely preventable. This means that it doesn’t have to be that way: we can all take action to live healthier, happier, and longer lives.
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