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LQHS2401 - CMLE - FEVALUATING THE ADEQUACY OF TRANSPLANT KIDNEY BIOPSIES
Course Description

LabQ 2024 Histology 

Faculty/Authors

Jason Reardon, MD 
Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University 
Richmond, Virginia

Sadia Sayeed, MD
Department of Pathology
Virginia Commonwealth University 
Richmond, Virginia

CMLE Credit: 2.0
Estimated Completion Time: 2 hour
Format: Online Educational Activity and Post Exam

Instructions

To claim CMLE credit for the exercise, do the following:

  1. Review the Technical Considerations.
  2. Click Go to Course to view an overview of the modules in this course.
  3. Click Access to begin the course.
  4. Review the Educational Activity.
  5. Complete and submit the Post Exam.
  6. Submit the course Evaluation to register your credit.

Faculty Disclosures​
The faculty have no relevant financial relationships with commercial interests to disclose.

Technical Considerations

Release Date:  04/29/2024 
Review Date:
Expiration Date: 12/31/2026 

Course Objectives
Following completion of this activity, you will be able to:

  • analyze the trade-offs between different decalcification methods for bone biopsies, considering both clinical urgency and preservation of macromolecules, including DNA, RNA, and proteins, for ancillary testing;  

  • evaluate the importance of standardized preanalytic factors like fixative choice, cold ischemic time, and fixation duration in ensuring accurate breast biomarker testing results for diagnosis and treatment decisions; 

  • examine the importance of biomarker testing, particularly the impact of the results on patient care and personalized medicine; and 

  • explain the rationale behind and the implications of standardized guidelines for preanalytic factors in bone biopsy processing. 

Summary
Availability: On-Demand
Credit Offered:
2 CMLE Credits
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