Im my experience as a patient I came two (possibly more) times with false-positive test results.
Test-positeve=grave outcome.
I was immediately presented with work-around test that negated previus findings,
one time it was on emergency basis.
I am sure there must be something similar in existance with blood tests.
Any response/experience?????
Does Nichol's Institure have anything on topic of test errors and how they deal with them, someplace their web site?
I could not locate anything.
Any body else.
If test is not applicable to men and head of Institute knows about it, he should take corrective.
Quality assurance, quality control topic.
That is why we do not want to deal with fly-by nigh laboratories, no matter how nice office furnishing they have.
I am sure that many tests when scrutinized would reveal some story.
Say, like BioAvailableTestosterone.
Free Testosterone.
Just about anything when taken under magnifying glass.
Probably half of unsuccesful treatments is due to test-malfunctions.
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Quest Diagnostics Incorporated: The nation’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information, services, blood tests, and lab tests.
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Quest Diagnostics is testing its ability to be the world's leading clinical lab. The company performs tests on some 150 million specimens each year, including routine tests such as cholesterol checks, Pap smears, HIV screenings, and drug tests. Quest Diagnostics performs esoteric testing (such as genetic screening) through its Nichols Institute Diagnostics arm, and it assists drug companies with tests for clinical trials. The company serves doctors and hospitals, as well as corporations, government agencies, and other clinical labs.
It has more than 2,000 patient services centers where samples are collected, along with about 30 primary labs and 150 rapid response labs throughout the US and in Mexico and the UK.