Organic acids are analyzed in patients suspected of having a broad range of metabolic disorders including inborn errors of amino acid, fatty acid, carbohydrate, neurotransmitter, vitamin, sterol, ...

Incidents causing potential exposures to pathogens occur frequently in the high security laboratories often known by their acronyms, BSL3 (Biosafety Level 3) and BSL4. Lab incidents that lead to ...

The Orange County Crime Lab produced inaccurate blood alcohol test results in 2,200 driving-under-the-influence cases filed by prosecutors this year — mistakes that could affect outcomes in dozens of ...

LAS VEGAS — Laboratory errors — even seemingly minor ones that occur prior to sample analysis and don't harm the patient — can be costly, according to a review of preanalytic errors. The average cost ...

(WJAR) — Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory announced Tuesday that it has recently found a nonconformity with lab standards within the firearms and toolmarks section. According to officials, the ...

SOUTH KINGSTOWN - A state laboratory that examines and analyzes gun-related evidence in Rhode Island criminal cases is scheduled for its own full-blown examination by an accrediting board this weekend ...

REUTERS - A laboratory technician for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been placed under observation for possible exposure to the deadly Ebola virus due to an apparent mix-up in ...

Egyptian soccer star Hossam Ghaly and an American female marathon runner were falsely suspected of doping because of a Malaysian laboratory's mistakes, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said in a ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A laboratory error incorrectly caused a recall announcement for a brand of salad greens, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human ...