How i-STAT Supports Healthcare Providers Across the Globe
Abbott Laboratories’ i-STAT has become a worldwide leader in point-of-care diagnostics over the years. The widespread use of the i-STAT system proves that its functionality and convenience knows no bounds. With i-STAT’s extensive test menu, speed, and portability, countries across the globe have maximized what it means to utilize a true point-of-care technology. For Augsburg […]
MEDTEK at the EMS Asia Convention 2018
On June 18, 2018, the EMS Asia greeted hundreds of ASEAN EMTs and other medical professionals to this year’s convention. The Asian Association for Emergency Medical Services (AAEMS) held the 2-day conference to notify its members of the latest updates in medical emergency care. As the first Filipino city to host the EMS Asia, Davao […]
i-STAT and The Challenges of Modern Healthcare
The changing landscape of today’s healthcare industry is greatly affecting how medical institutions address their patients. Due to the shift towards more personalized and preemptive diagnosis and treatments, the usual hospital frameworks are now being altered and maximized. With convenience, timeliness, and accessibility rising as primary priorities, the demand for point-of-care has especially increased in […]
Point-of-Care Testing: Rethinking the Possibilities of Healthcare
Test results are the fundamental basis of every medical practitioner’s decision. Treating physicians must accurately understand and acknowledge all relevant symptoms or complication to implement an informed treatment. For emergency cases, the timely gathering and translation of these information becomes even more critical. The traditional laboratory setting with its complex steps and stages is simply […]
6 Alternative Careers for Med Tech Graduates
Becoming a medical technologist is what you have envisioned for yourself when you took your Med Tech classes. From the moment you filled out that college application form, the vision was pretty clear. You’d be in lab coats and gloves, holding your trusted pipette, test tubes, and microscopes day in and day out. While the […]
Filipino Parents Against Vaccination: The Aftermath
The controversy surrounding Dengvaxia has set the public perception on vaccines at an all-time low. The vaccination rate for life-threatening diseases such as measles, polio, tetanus and diphtheria have plummeted to 60% this February 2018. This figure is certainly a far cry from February 2017’s 85-90% vaccination rate. Health Undersecretary Enrique Domingo stated that “before, children would […]
Last-Minute Prep Tips for the Med Tech Board Exam
The Med Tech board exam is what your college education has been building up to and it’s literally days from now. You’re pretty sure you’ve already studied as hard as humanly possible. This means that you’ve done everything you could to pass, right? Not quite. These last remaining days are not just for some ill-advised […]
The 7 Types of Med Techs You’ll Meet at the Lab
There’s always gonna be that one person in the lab that just ~gets you~. These types find your weird humor funny and they let you rant about that one time you-know-who did you-know-what. You have no idea how you’ll survive without them. I mean, who’s gonna tell the most perfect alibi for your coming in […]
The Rise of Millennial Med Techs
We’ve all heard the stereotypes. Millennials are lazy, entitled, and self-obsessed. And with the baby boomers retiring from the lab, millennial med techs are now filling up job openings. As a lab manager, this may be a reason for anxiety. Given what we’ve heard about the millennials’ work attitude, how can these incoming hires fit […]
Blood Test to Detect 8 Cancers Before Symptoms Appear
In what can be only described as one of medical history’s most ambitious researches, the scientists from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are now on the trial stage of developing the world’s first blood test for cancer. Named as CancerSEEK, this blood test will detect 8 types of cancers: ovarian, liver, stomach, pancreatic, oesophageal, bowel, lung and […]