Editor-in-Chief

Frank H. Wians, Jr, PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC, FACB

Associate Editor

Steven H. Kroft, MD, FASCP

Continuing Education Editor

William Schreiber, MD, FASCP

Quality Editor

Lucia M. Berte, MA, MT(ASCP)SBB,DLM;CQA(ASQ)CQMgr

Information Technology Editor

Kevin Land, MD

Assistant Editors

Michele Best, MT(ASCP)
Jane Colmer-Hamood, PhD, MT(ASCP)
Paul A. Elgert, CT(ASCP)CMIAC, BTP
William G. Finn, MD
Gary W. Gill, CT(ASCP), CFIAC
David W. Glenn, MT(ASCP)
Carol A. Gomes, MS, MT(ASCP)HTL
Christa Hladik, HT(ASCP) QIHC
Marisa B. Marques, MD, FASCP
Kevin M. McNabb, PhD, MBA
Helen Ogden-Grable, MT(ASCP)PBT
Deborah Payne, PhD
Karen M. Skish, MT(ASCP)
Ronald L. Weiss, MD, FASCP

Editorial Review Board

Karen Allen, SCT(ASCP)
Jay Bock, MD, PhD
Geza S. Bodor, MD
Shirley Boyett, MT(ASCP)
Frances H. Burroughs, CT(ASCP)SCT
Anthony W. Butch, PhD
Barbara S. Caldwell, MS, MT(ASCP)SH
Donna D. Castellone, MS, MT(ASCP)SH
Polly S. Cathcart, MMSc, MT(ASCP)SC
Marian J. Cavagnaro, MS, MT(ASCP)DLM
Dominick Cavuoti, DO
Magdalena Czader, MD, PhD
Dale Duca, MT(ASCP)SH
Sharon Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP)
Martin Fattig, MT(ASCP)
Susan Graham, MS, MT(ASCP)SH
Joanne M. Griffith, MA, MT(ASCP)DLM
Lana Hamilton, MT(ASCP)
Robert W. Hardy, PhD, DABCC
Susan Hilton, MD
Deanna K. Iverson, MHS, SCT(ASCP)HTL
Christine M. Kenar, MA, MT(ASCP)DLM
Robert Klein, MD
William Knape, MT(ASCP), CLS
Martin Kroll, MD
Henry Lee, MT(ASCP)DLM
Ronald Laessig, PhD
Diane S. Leland, PhD, MT(ASCP)SM
Irina Lutinger, MPH, DLM(ASCP)H
Barbara Maier, MPA, MT(ASCP)SI
Elizabeth J. Manaloor, MBBS, MD, FRCP(C), FCAP
Herbert V. Markle, PhD, FCACB
Henry O. Ogedegbe, PhD, BB(ASCP)SC
Deborah A. Payne, PhD
Dinesh Rakheja, MD
Ann Robinson, PhD, D(ABMM)
David Sacks, MD, ChB
Owatha Tatum, PhD, CLSp(MB), MP(ASCP)
Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)
Monte S. Willis, MD, PhD
Lynn R. Witherspoon, MD
Elizabeth A. Zeibig, MA, MT(ASCP)

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