CLIA ensures that laboratory staff are appropriately trained and supervised and that testing laboratories have quality control programs in place so that test results are accurate and reliable. To enroll in the CLIA program, laboratories must complete a certification process that is based on the level of complexity of tests that the laboratory will perform.
Health experts have figured out how much time you should sit each day. Alex Cossio, AP. British experts are recommending office workers stand for at least two hours a day, in a warning against the dangers of sitting.
Office workers trapped behind their desks all day should push away their chairs and work standing up, recommends an exercise scientist. Standing up for three hours extra a day would burn off 8lb (3.6kg) of fat each year, says John Buckley, from the University of Chester. Leading by example, Dr Buckley is using a standing desk which is believed to date from the 1940s. There is no need to sit down so much, says Dr Buckley.