With thousands of consumers expected to receive free HIV testing on National HIV Testing Day, June 27, COLA, a national laboratory accreditor and an advocate for quality in laboratory medicine and patient care, is offering guidelines to personnel who will perform certain easy-to-administer tests at health facilities, substance abuse centers, family planning organizations, select Walgreen…
The Baltimore Sun publishes a recurring feature called “The Interview” in which they talk to Maryland-based CEOs. This week they featured COLA CEO Doug Beigel, who speaks about shortages in the lab workforce and COLA’s efforts to address them.
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COLA CEO Doug Beigel recently paid a visit to Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings in his office at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. Cummings, who represents COLA’s Columbia-based headquarters in the U. S. House of Representatives, serves as Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He also has a long…
COLA CEO Doug Beigel was interviewed recently by ADVANCE Magazine about what becoming the first private accreditor to receive ISO certification has meant to COLA’s ability to serve its clients.
A copy of the interview can be found here.
COLA CEO Doug Beigel was interviewed for the cover story about waived testing appearing in the June 2011 issue of Repertoire Magazine.
You can find the article here.
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The workforce shortage plaguing the lab industry is a well-documented phenomenon. One of the reasons for this is the senior nature of the lab workforce. According to ADVANCE’s 2010 survey, 36 percent of lab workers are baby boomers ages 50 – 59, making it the single biggest subgroup by age in the profession. Citing news…
A recent USA Today article offers answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The virus has led to an epidemic of birth defects and cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare condition that causes paralysis, in Latin and South America. The virus can be spread through mosquitos, sexual transmission…
FDA warns Americans about risk of inaccurate results from certain lead tests CDC recommends retesting for certain children, pregnant women and nursing mothers May 17, 2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning Americans that certain lead tests manufactured by Magellan Diagnostics may provide inaccurate results for…
