CLIA - The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 are United States federal regulatory standards that apply to all clinical laboratory testing performed on humans in the United States, except clinical trials and basic research.
COLA - The Commission on Office Laboratory Accreditation (COLA) is a private, non-profit accreditation organization that helps laboratories meet CLIA and other regulatory requirements. COLA accredits more than 7,000 healthcare organizations. COLA prepares laboratories to meet both federal and state regulatory requirements.
AdvancedLife delivers a suite of elite medical services through our Management Service Organization called AdvancedLife MSO. This includes laboratory testing utilizing Molecular Laboratories combined with the management of Physician Groups specializing in infectious disease within the Senior Care Marketplace.
Our purpose is to help people living in Senior Care Facilities such as Assisted Living, Long Term care, Memory Care, as well as Home Health Care Organizations in the prevention, early detection, and treatment of infectious disease throughout the United States.
We accomplish this by focusing our attention on Urinary Tract Infection, Wound Infection, Respiratory Infection and Toenail Fungus Infection.
ACCURATE DETECTION BY MOLECULAR TESTING PCR testing is at least as effective as traditional culture methods while demonstrating exciting potential in improved detection of polymicrobial infection.
A 2020 study found “PCR was much more sensitive in detecting polymicrobial infections than urine culture.” (Wojno, Kirk J., et al., 2020).