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  • IVDR challenge: balancing regulation, innovation, and patient care

    Recorded in mid‑2025, this episode explores IVDR challenges and the need for simplification, resulting in the EU’s amendment proposal, which was published in December 2025 and will soon enter the legislative process.

    EU Commission overview page on medical devices regulations

    EU Commission public consultation and feedback page on IVDR

    EFLM position statement on the proposed 2025/ 0404(COD) IVDR Amendment of Article 5.5

    BioMed Alliance response to EU Commission's call for evidence

    Collection of MedTech Europe resources on IVDR and MDR

    Christa Cobbaert at ResearchGate

    23 min
  • In-vitro hemolysis in laboratory medicine
    This podcast explores in depth the topic of in vitro hemolysis.
    Join us as Professor Gian Luca Salvagno discusses his experience and thoughts with Greiner Bio-One's global director of clinical and medical affairs, Ana-Maria Simundic. Gian Luca Salvagno brings many years of experience in the field of preanalytics, both from the practical side as a medical doctor and currently as director of a clinical laboratory as well as in the academic research in his position as professor of clinical biochemistry at the University of Verona.
    Find out more about the challenges hemolysis brings to the laboratory, as well as risks and possible mitigation measures for accurate analysis results.
    35 min
  • Digitalization in Preanalytics – a Middle East perspective
    Join our insightful discussion with Jaffar Khiariy, Head of the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at the renowned King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on evolving digital workflows and monitoring capabilities in the preanalytical phase.
    King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre:
    https://www.kfshrc.edu.sa/en/home
    CBAHI - Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Healthcare Institutions:
    https://portal.cbahi.gov.sa/english/home
    30 min
  • Digital Preanalytics - a US perspective

    About Jaime Noguez:

    Dr. Jaime Noguez is an associate professor in the Department of Pathology at Case Western Reserve University, a section head of clinical chemistry and toxicology at UH Cleveland Medical Center and a valued member of Greiner Bio-One's medical advisory board.

    Jaime Noguez at Case Western Reserve University - School of Medicine (Pathology):

    https://case.edu/medicine/pathology/faculty/jaime-noguez

    University Hospitals - Department of Pathology - Division of Clinical Pathology:

    https://www.uhhospitals.org/for-clinicians/uh-specialty-referral-guides/department-of-pathology-division-of-clinical-pathology

    Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA):

    https://www.cdc.gov/clia/php/about/index.html

    Jaime Noguez profile on ResearchGate:

    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jaime-Noguez-2

    More Information and Disclaimer:

    https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/digital-preanalytics-a-us-perspective#c72736

    19 min
  • Safety in Preanalytics and the Significance of Training

    Dr. Waleed Al Tamimi is head consultant of the clinical biochemistry lab at the King Abdulaziz Medical City in Saudi Arabia and an expert in in clinical chemistry, laboratory quality, and healthcare worker safety. With a PhD from the University of Essex and a Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis, he is board-certified in the USA as well as in Saudi Arabia. A professor at King Saud University for Health Sciences, he has led the Saudi Society for Clinical Chemistry (2013-2017) and authored over 80 scientific papers and five books. In addition to this, he is corporate director of lab quality and compliance for Habib Medical Group (HMG) and was president of the Saudi Society for Clinical Chemistry from 2013 - 2017.

    King Abdulaziz Medical City in Jeddah

    https://ngha.med.sa/English/MedicalCities/Jeddah/Pages/default.aspx

    Disclaimer

    https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/safety-in-preanalytics-and-the-significance-of-training#c69004

    26 min
  • Sustainability in Preanalytics

    Join us on the latest episode of Greiner Bio-One Talks as we explore the crucial topic of sustainability in preanalytics with the esteemed Mads Nybo.

    As the Chief Physician at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Odense University Hospital and chair of the Danish Society of Clinical Biochemistry, Mads brings a wealth of experience and insights to the table.

    Discover how sustainability is not just a buzzword but a shared responsibility involving all stakeholders: medical practicioners, laboratory professionals, industry representatives and policy makers.

    Odense University Hospital (OUH)

    https://en.ouh.dk/

    EFLM Committee “Green & Sustainable Laboratories”

    https://greenlabs.eflm.eu/

    Small-Volume Blood Collection Tubes to Reduce Transfusions in Intensive Care - The STRATUS Randomized Clinical Trial

    https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2810758

    ISO 15189:2022

    https://www.iso.org/standard/76677.html

    Disclaimer and Shownotes: https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/sustainability-in-preanalytics#c66519

    33 min
  • Challenges with Glucose Measurement

    The number of people across the world living with diabetes mellitus is on the rise.

    Early detection can be relatively inexpensive and can help improve life quality of those suffering and prevent serious complications. In this podcast, Dr. David Grenache shares his knowledge and experience on this topic.

    Further Information: https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/challenges-with-glucose-measurement

    TriCore Reference Laboratories

    https://www.tricore.org/

    Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Detected by the National Diabetes Data Group or the Carpenter and Coustan Plasma Glucose Thresholds https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/25/9/1625/21728/Prevalence-of-Gestational-Diabetes-Mellitus

    **VACUETTE® FC Mix tubes **

    https://shop.gbo.com/en/austria/products/preanalytics/venous-blood-collection/vacuette-tube/glucose/fc-mix/

    Disclaimer and Shownotes: https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/challenges-with-glucose-measurement#c4686

    26 min
  • Digital Solutions, AI and Robotics in Preanalytics

    Without doubt, digitalization has transformative power in the healthcare sector, leading to a change of routines and ideally to more efficiency and better decisions.

    Together with our podcast guest Henk Ruven, clinical chemist at the St. Antonius Hospital, we are focusing on the field of preanalytics.

    What is the potential of digitalization, AI and automation in this specific area of healthcare?

    Henk speaks about solutions they have already implemented, the barriers in this digital tranformation and how he sees the future of preanalytics.

    Chapters

    (00:00) Introduction
    (01:07) Role of digital solutions in preanalytics – patient identification & tube labeling
    (06:07) Documentation of blood collection time & ISO requirements
    (11:38) Digital workflow at the St. Antonius Hospital with COWS (=computers on wheels) 
    (12:27) Sample transport monitoring 
    (19:04) Artificial intelligence, prediction modeling 
    (24:16) AI in preanalytics – demand management for clinical tests
    (26:43) Barriers for AI implementation: individual level healthcare workers and patients
    (32:00) Automation in preanalytics
     
    (32:32) Blood collection robots at the St. Antonius Hospital
    (39:39) Future outlook: disruptive digital and automated solutions in preanalytics: sensors, non-invasive testing and lifestyle preventive medicine

    More Info

    https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/digital-solutions-ai-and-robotics-in-preanalytics

    VACUETTE® Transport Line

    https://www.gbo.com//fileadmin/media/GBO-International/02_Downloads_Preanalytics/SALES_Brochures/English/980181_VACUETTE_Transport_Line_Brochure_en_rev05_0721_web.pdf

    Tracie Healthcare Solutions

    https://www.tracie-health.com/en/

    St. Antonius Hospital

    https://www.antoniusziekenhuis.nl/

    ISO 15189:2022

    https://www.iso.org/standard/76677.html

    Disclaimer and Shownotes

    https://www.gbo.com/en-int/podcast-blog/blog/article/digital-solutions-ai-and-robotics-in-preanalytics#c56982

    47 min

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