Have you ever had a project go off track and in trouble? Did any of them happen because of the COVID-19 pandemic?

The letter “X” can stand for so many things.

“Head, shoulders, knees and toes! Knees and Toes!”

Like the change of the seasons, new LOINC versions always come around. LOINC 2.68 is out and available.

There are various types of testing related to COVID-19, including molecular diagnostic, antibody and antigen testing.

If you are new to the world of healthcare terminologies, you will learn quickly that there are many of them, each with its individual terminology model (content structure and organization), area(s) of focus, release schedule and format, language, and other characteristics.

We’ve all been hearing about the shortage of SARS-CoV-2 testing kits and materials, but there’s another shortage in the labs that hasn’t been widely mentioned.

The Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) of the Center for Disease Control (CDC) has a Laboratory Outreach Communication System (LOCS), with weekly 30-minute webinars for the public at 3 p.m. Eastern time each Monday.

We’re all hearing daily about how much COVID-19 testing is taking place and how many people are diagnosed or cleared from it.

Unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures.