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Opioid Use Disorder Livestream, May 24-25. FREE! PCSS Waiver Training, May 23. Learn how to implement a patient-centered approach to diagnose and provide treatment for individuals with opioid use disorder. You’ll focus on skills you can immediately put into practice.

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Keep up with the latest information on COVID-19 including developments in vaccine efficacy and availability, new variants, and more by visiting the AAFP's COVID-19 vaccine hub.

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Events

Women's Health CME Livestream, June 21-24. Learn strategies to identify the risks and appropriately counsel patients about medical problems that may manifest differently, or more frequently, both physically and mentally, in women.

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Advocacy

Join your colleagues at the Family Medicine Advocacy Summit, May 22-24 in Washington, DC. Family Medicine Needs Your Voice.

News

A new report on COVID-19 vaccines from the Kaiser Family Foundation emphasizes the challenges family physicians and other health care professionals are facing as they try to combat misinformation and increase vaccine confidence.

Classifications for Small, Medium, and High Volume Labs, and Specialty Labs

Small Volume Laboratories

Schedule A Low Volume: performs not more than 2000 tests annually.

Medium Volume Laboratories

Schedule D: performs tests in at least four specialties with a total volume of more than 10,000 but not more than 25,000 annually.
Schedule E: performs more than 25,000, but not more than 50,000 tests annually.
Schedule F: performs more than 50,000, but not more than 75,000 tests annually.
Schedule G: performs more than 75,000, but not more than 100,000 tests annually.

Large Volume Laboratories

Schedule H: performs more than 100,000, but not more than 500,000 tests annually.
Schedule I: performs more than 500,000, but not more than 1,000,000 tests annually.
Schedule J: performs more than 1,000,000 tests annually.

Specialties

Microbiology: Bacteriology, Mycobacteriology, Mycology, Parasitology, Virology
Serology: Syphilis Serology, General Immunology
Chemistry: Routine Chemistry, Endocrinology, Toxicology, Urinalysis
Hematology
Immunohematology: ABO Grouping and Rh typing, Unexpected antibody detection, Compatibility testing, Unexpected antibody identification
Pathology: Cytology, Histopathology, Oral Pathology
Radiobioassay
Histocompatibility
Cytogenetics

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