Laboratory and Patient Safety

Laboratory and Patient Safety

Patient Safety Awareness Week, celebrated every March, casts a spotlight on a critical aspect of healthcare: patient safety. It is a time when the healthcare community, including pathologists and laboratory professionals, renews its commitment to fostering an environment where errors are not just reported but deeply analyzed without fear of blame. Transparency in testing processes…

Rochelle Walensky, MD, MPH and Lee Fleisher, MD, to be Keynote Speakers for COLA’s Third Annual Laboratory Enrichment Forum

The COLA Laboratory Enrichment Forum offers a dynamic platform for professionals dedicated to excellence in laboratory services to exchange ideas. Join a diverse group of industry leaders, at the Destin/Fort Walton Beach Convention Center , Florida,  May 7-9, as they share insights on the latest advancements in laboratory science as well as crucial aspects of…

COLA Joins CDC Preparedness Effort

COLA is honored to be one of the signatories for the CDC’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for collaboration to enhance diagnostic surge testing capacity for public health emergencies (PHEs). The MOU states that along with the CDC, organizations will work together to enhance testing capacity to respond to pandemics, outbreaks of new pathogens and other…

A New Year Message From COLA

As 2023 draws to a close, we reflect on the successes of the year and the possibilities of the future. COLA is immersed in not only the continued focus on high quality laboratory results, but also the future of the laboratory industry.    Our commitment to excellence is reinforced by our ongoing collaboration with the Workforce…