In this episode of Clinical Lab Chat, CLP Director of Business Intelligence Chris Wolski engages in a wide-ranging discussion with Peggy Lillis Foundation CEO and founder Christian Lillis about the organization’s efforts to raise awareness of C diff. Among the topics they discuss:

• Why C diff is difficult to diagnose
• How Peggy Lillis is engaging with the public, scientific community, and legislators to improve understanding, diagnostics, and treatment of this increasingly common disease
• The parallels of these awareness efforts with other public health education efforts
• How laboratorians can help their organizations develop workflows to avoid under- and over-testing for C diff.

In this episode of Clinical Lab Chat, Jeff Andrews, MD, FRCSC, BD’s VP of Global Medical Affairs for Diagnostic Solutions, makes a return visit to the studio for a conversation with CLP’s director of business intelligence, Chris Wolski, about BD and MD Anderson’s collaboration on HPV sample self-collection study.

Among the topics they cover:

• How self-collection aids in the fight against cervical cancer
• The importance of reaching underserved communities
• How MD Anderson’s program is shining a light on the need for sampling options in the U.S. and across the world
• The business benefits self-collection brings to labs
• The impact self-collection will have in the near- and long-term

In this episode of Clinical Lab Chat, Director of Business Intelligence Chris Wolski interviews Jeff Andrews, MD, FRCSC, a board-certified gynecologist and vice president of Global Medical Affairs for Diagnostic Solutions at BD, what HPV sample self-collection means for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of HPV and cervical cancer.

Among the topics they cover in this wide-ranging interview:

• How HPV sample self-collection will improve testing and treatment access.
• The importance of sample integrity.
• The larger public health implications of making HPV and cervical cancer screening routine and accessible.
• The findings of a recent UN General Assembly meeting about HPV diagnosis and treatment.
• What it’s going to take to make cervical cancer a thing of the past.