Welcome to LabReflex—a podcast for people who believe the clinical laboratory should think, lead, and speak up.
Every patient encounter runs through the lab, but the lab is too often silent. LabReflex is here to change that.
Hosted by Dr. Chris Zahner, Chief of Clinical Pathology at UTMB Galveston, LabReflex explores the strategy, science, and stories behind diagnostics. We bring lab leaders, innovators, and frontline clinicians together for real conversations about what works, what fails, and what’s next.
If you believe lab medicine is more than test results—if you want to think better about how we diagnose and treat patients—this is your show.
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Latest Episodes

Shifting Hospital Needs and Inspection Evidence

Inspection Prep: Documentation — What the Paper Trail Really SaysDocumentation isn’t paperwork. It’s system memory.Inspection anxiety often focuses on instruments, QC,...

Inspection Prep

Pre-Inspection Prep: Readiness Without PanicReadiness isn’t a binder. It’s a system.Inspection anxiety has a familiar rhythm.Suddenly policies are being printed. QC lo...

Inspectors are coming! Inspectors are coming!

Episode: The Inspection Is Coming: Now What?Release Date: February 9, 2026 When inspectors are on the calendar, anxiety rises fast — but inspections aren’t really abou...

Conference Conversations

In this episode of LabReflex, we start with a few high-signal highlights from the past week before stepping back to ask a bigger question:Why does the future of labora...

When Numbers Feel Certain (But Aren’t Enough)

Episode OverviewIn this episode of LabReflex, we step back from the question of what tests to order and focus instead on what it actually means when a laboratory resul...

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