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Background and objectives: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a global health problem. Laboratory professionals are at a higher risk of contracting the disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study was conducted to examine lab professionals' perceptions and satisfaction with organizational processes during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Methods: This cross-sectional survey was carried out on 53 medical laboratory professionals working at laboratories in Tripoli (Libya) between November 2020 and January 2021. Data were collected via face-to-face questionnaire. Responses to questions were scored based on a five-point Likert scale (1=strongly disagree, 2= disagree, 3=neutral, 4=agree and 5=strongly agree). Data were presented as frequency and percentages using the Microsoft Excel 2016.
Results: Most participants were female (81.2%) and with less than five years of work experience (39.6%). The majority of respondents (79.3%) had a bachelor’s degree. Most healthcare workers (75.5%) were unaware whether the lab would provide medical care if they were tested positive for COVID-19, while 13.2% of them perceived that they will get free medical care. Owing to social distancing, 20 subjects (37.7%) felt that their social activities have been altered during break time.  Only 3.7% of the participants believed that their motivation level decreased due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Conclusion: The outcomes of this study provide laboratorians’ perspective in the COVID-19 crisis as well as specific lessons for future unpredicted crises.

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The current study aimed to introduce key ethical issues related to laboratory-based diagnostics that any individual may encounter during the provision of healthcare services. In a systematic review, relevant studies published on electronic databases including the PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Medline and Cochrane Library were collected for the years 1975 to 2020. The ethical issues related to clinical laboratories diagnosis and patients, colleagues, and society in different phases of laboratory testing were surveyed in this study. Considering ethical issues must be prioritized in each clinical laboratory for better dealing with clients, collaborators, and the community.

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Background and objectives: Trichomoniasis is considered as the most common non-viral sexually transmitted diseases globally. Early diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginalis infection has an important role in effective treatment and controlling the infection and interrupt of transmission chain. The present narrative review was carried out to gather new data and evaluate the challenges of available methods of laboratory of T. vaginalis diagnosis.
Methods: With a broad review of the published literature and electronic international databases such as ISI Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Science Direct, and Google Scholar was conducted to find relevant data reporting on existing and newly developed diagnostic methods for the identification of trichomoniasis diagnostic techniques in both sexes and covered 2000 up to 2025. The benefit and limitation of these methods were compared.
Results: This review article demonstrated wet mount preparation and examination under a light microscope accompanied by staining methods are the most frequently used worldwide. However, the sensitivity of this method is low. Direct microscopy examination accompanied by culturing or staining is a good-performance diagnostic strategy. Moreover, molecular and immunological-based methods are recommended to be used as complementary tests.
Conclusion: Direct microscopy examination is an economical and rapid method. The fully automated PCR system for the simultaneous identification of the most common vaginal pathogens can be established as a diagnostic strategy in non-endemic areas and developed countries.