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MLO - State of the Industry: Disease Management Questions
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1.
What is your title? (Select only one)
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Pathologist/physician
Lab director
Lab manager/administrator/supervisor
Chief/asst chief medical technologist
Section head/department manager
Hospital administrator
LIS/EMR/EHR staff or manager
POCC/POCT coordinator
Compliance/QA coordinator/manager
Group practice manager/administrator
Owner/officer
Educator/department chair/faculty
Clinical chemist
Microbiologist
Hematologist
CLS
MLS-Medical laboratory scientist
MLT-Medical laboratory technician
Phlebotomist/nurse
Other (please specify)
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2.
Which lab facility best describes where you work? (Select only one)
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Hospital/Healthcare system lab
Independent lab
Physician’s office lab
Group practice lab
Government/public health lab
Medical school/Med Tech/CLS ed program
Blood bank
PPO/HMO
Freestanding emergency center/ambulatory care center
Biomedical industrial lab
Other (please specify)
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3.
How many employees work at your lab? (Select only one)
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1-10
11-20
21-50
51-100
More than 100
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4.
In the last 12 months, how many tests has your laboratory performed for Alzheimer’s/dementia? (Select only one)
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0-100
101-250
251-500
Over 500
Unsure
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5.
What methodologies are your lab using when testing for Alzheimer’s/dementia? (Select all that apply)
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Complete blood count
Toxicology
Urinalysis
Cerebrospinal fluid analysis
Blood glucose
Drug and alcohol
Analysis of thyroid and thyroid-stimulating hormone levels
Other (please specify)
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6.
What is the primary clinical reason for ordering Alzheimer’s/dementia testing in your lab? (Select only one)
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Early detection
Differential diagnosis
Monitoring progression
Research
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7.
Which specific biomarkers is your lab currently testing for? (Select all that apply)
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Aβ42
Total tau
Phosphorylated tau
Neurofilament light chain
APOE genotyping
None
Other (please specify)
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8.
In the last 12 months, has your laboratory seen an increase in respiratory testing? (Select only one)
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Significant increase
Moderate increase
No increase
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9.
Which respiratory viruses has your lab seen the most positive results for (Choose top three if known)?
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COVID-19
Influenza A/B
Pneumonia
Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)
Strep A/B
Rhinovirus
I don't know
Other (please specify)
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10.
What types of tests are your laboratory using to diagnose respiratory viruses? (Select all that apply)
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Electron microscopy
Culture
Rapid immunoassays
Direct fluorescent antibody tests
Serological tests
Nucleic acid amplification tests
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11.
Are geopolitical factors affecting your laboratory’s purchasing/inventory management strategy? (Select only one)
(Required.)
Yes
No
If yes, please elaborate
12.
Would you like to be part of the MLO team and potentially be quoted in an article on this topic? If yes, please provide your email and phone contact information below.
Email
Phone
