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Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec... by sigstoat on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @03:46PM (#20638162)

> Lab certification is $1000 a year or so, and then all the equipment has to be certified "medical grade" and so it is marked up 100x.

having actually been involved in the operation of a CLIA lab, i can safely say the above is nonsense.

$1000/yr fee would not meaningfully affect the profits of any operating lab. the flat fees aren't $1000, and they're not annual. and the prep time for the inspection of any legitimate lab will cost way more than that.

there's no "medical grade" certification for your instrumentation.

if you're at all accustomed to dealing with bureaucracy and paperwork, being a CLIA lab just isn't very challenging. (which is what makes it so hilarious that Theranos couldn't manage it.)

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Re:Man and man's best friend have both been experiencing dec... by Mathnerd314 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @04:52PM (#20638913)

I was going off this spreadsheet (linked from https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/cdphe/laboratory-certificat...): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1idB9BoHmA-nROLUtPyem... For in-state the minimum charge seems to be $350 + $300 + $150 + travel costs = roughly $1000.

But it's true, my research for this comment was inadequate.

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