The Harmonization of Clinical Laboratory Results

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From raising the profile of laboratory medicine to advocating for the profession, Dr. Killeen shares the initiatives that he’s most excited to work on under the Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine’s (ADLM’s, formerly AACC’s) new strategic plan.

 

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Thread 'Initiative Calls for Updated Standards in Testing for Suspected Low Testosterone'

Apr 4, 2025

* Dr. Dunaif was a featured speaker at this CDC meeting. “We hope that the CDC initiative will finally lead to accurate testosterone measurements by clinical laboratories almost 20 years after the Endocrine Society position statement. It is exceptionally disappointing that major clinical laboratories have ignored the Endocrine Society and CDC recommendations. Health care provider education on the correct testosterone assay methodology will be critical for ensuring that clinical laboratories clearly indicate the correct assay methodology in their test ordering options,”...

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• hypogonadism; pcos; t-assays; standardized; cdc
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Thread 'Supporting CDC harmonization work to improve patient care'

Apr 6, 2025

Supporting CDC Harmonization Work to Improve Patient Care

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Dear Chairs Moore Capito, Aderholt, and Ranking Members Baldwin and DeLauro,

As you and your colleagues develop the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, we respectfully request that funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Clinical Standardization Programs be increased to enable the agency to further its essential work in standardizing...

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• cdc; standardized/harmonization; testing/assays
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Thread 'CDC needs increased funding to harmonize clinical lab testing'

Apr 6, 2025

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A forum for the leaders of America’s largest metropolitan health departments to promote the health and safety of nearly 1 in 5 Americans.

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BCHC signed onto a letter led by the Association for Diagnostics and Laboratory Medicine urging the House and Senate Appropriations Committee to finalize the FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies appropriations bill with increased funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to continue its efforts to harmonize the reporting of clinical laboratory test results.




Congress has supported CDC’s harmonization efforts over the past...

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• cdc; standardized/harmonization; testing/assays
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Homepage - Big Cities Health Coalition

A forum for the leaders of America’s largest metropolitan health departments to promote the health and safety of nearly 1 in 5 Americans.

www.bigcitieshealth.org

 

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Thread 'CDC STANDARDIZED TOTAL T and ESTRADIOL ASSAYS and soon to be FREE TESTOSTERONE!'

Jan 5, 2019

How the CDC Clinical Standardization Programs Are Improving Hormone Tests - AACC.org

WHAT PROGRESS HAS CDC MADE WITH STANDARDIZING TOTAL TESTOSTERONE AND ESTRADIOL TESTS?



Since HoSt began in 2010, CDC has had more than 350 participants in 15 countries. Participants have shown measurable improvements for both total testosterone (TT) and estradiol (E2). Specifically, the among-laboratory bias has decreased from 16.5% in 2007 to 2.8% in 2017 for TT and from 54.8% in 2012 to 13.9% in 2017 for E2. Not only has bias improved, but data...

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Thread 'Re-evaluating the role of Free Testosterone and SHBG'

Sep 2, 2025

We do it big here at Nelson's stomping ground!

Dr. Leen Antonio (UZ Leuven)!

She has collaborated with the heavyweights in the field Dr. Bhasin and Dr. Jasuja (Brigham and Women's Hospital)), Dr. Fiers and team (UZ Ghent) on research related to free testosterone.

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• hypogonadism; free testosterone; shbg
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Thread 'Dr. Shalender Bhasin: Optimizing the Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypogonadism 2025'

Oct 7, 2025

Nelson's house u heard it here first!

Dr. Shalender Bhasin!

* over the past 4 decades he has become a global leader in the biology of androgens, sarcopenia and aging related functional decline, his research has shaped clinical guidelines, its informed public health policy particularly around testosterone therapy, anabolic interventions and then the development of function promoting therapies




Pay attention to 25:40-34:36 of the presentation where he explains the importance of measuring free testosterone using a standardized Equilibrium Dialysis method!

Explains the...

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• hypogonadism; diagnosis/treatment; trt
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• Forum: Testosterone and Men's Health Articles