California Approves COLA’s Pathology Accreditation Program

COLA Inc., a physician-directed organization whose purpose is to promote health and safety through accreditation and educational programs, is proud to announce that the California Department of Public Health, Laboratory Field Services has recently granted COLA the authority to deem California clinical laboratories to be in compliance with California law for the specialty of Pathology,…

Variant Influenza Virus Infections

COLA Inc. is engaged with the CDC’s Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS) in the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) to transmit their public health messages to our laboratories and affiliates.  On September 1, 2022, the CDC alerted laboratories about recent variant influenza viral infections. There are five cases of human infection with variant influenza A usually spread…