Modern blood testing is the foundation of clinical screening and decision-making. Timely disease diagnosis, prevention and chronic care management depend on accurate diagnostic testing. More than 7 ...

In a directive issued on December 26, the SBTC warned that blood banks found diverting surplus blood components to other ...

Seattle-based Tasso, which makes devices for the self-collection of blood samples, has landed $100 million in funding. Tasso’s devices work on the upper arm, drawing blood from a network of ...

While The Blood Connection says it has a stable blood supply right now, they say they are still in need of donors in case there are traumatic events. Health officials and blood donation centers in the ...

In vitro diagnostics, marketed directly to consumers without the involvement of a health care provider are called direct-to-consumer tests, or DTC, which are facilitated through easy-to-collect sample ...

The American Red Cross sells donated blood to hospitals on a "cost-recovery basis." The price a hospital pays for blood varies depending on location and other factors, but reports indicate prices have ...

A blood clot, or thrombus, is a collection of blood cells that forms inside a blood vessel, impeding blood flow. Rarely, a blood clot may form in the abdomen. Doctors refer to this as mesenteric ...

A laboratory technician places human blood samples on an automated testing line. This laboratory, which operates a fully automated system complete with advanced robotics, can test more than 50,000 ...