www.dpcweb.com
Brand New, Inside and Out!

The World Wide Web is playing an ever- expanding role in the way companies do business: DPC has revamped its Internet presence accordingly. Redesigned from the ground up, DPC's web site incorporates a fresh and colorful new look; it is easier to navigate, and offers a much broader spectrum of content relevant to the laboratory, to physicians, and even to patients.

Technical reports and scientific posters
Technical reports on many topics—including reference range studies for tumor markers, reproductive hormones, and thyroid-related analytes—are being made available electronically as well as in traditional printed form. On DPC's newly restructured web site, the reports can be readily consulted, and also rapidly updated and disseminated as new information emerges.

From DPC's home page, www.dpcweb.com, simply click on Technical Documents, then Technical Reports, to survey the titles. Posted in Adobe Acrobat ("PDF") format, these documents can be downloaded from the DPC web site to your system—simply right-click the catalog number—and then viewed on screen or printed. They yield publication-quality output, limited only by the resolution of your printer.

Several poster presentations from the July 1999 meeting of the American Society for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) in New Orleans are also available. As posted on DPC's web site, these are true electronic documents. In each case, the initial page offers a panoramic view of the entire 84 x 44 inch (2.1 x 1.1 meter) poster, exactly as it was presented at the AACC meeting. Zoom in on any part of it, enlarging the text and tables for optimal viewing. Page through the color-enhanced scientific graphics, each scaled to full screen. You can output these full-page graphs, even to a black-and-white printer, or further enlarge them on screen for closer scrutiny.

The technical reports and scientific posters are part of a growing library of vital reference materials pertaining to DPC's automated immunoassay systems, now being made available electronically on DPC's web site.

Medical conditions
In this new feature of DPC's web site, you will find general information about a wide variety of medical conditions and disease states, generally accepted treatment regimens, and relevant immunodiagnostic laboratory tests for the differential diagnosis and management of these disorders. Within each section, you will also find links to related articles, supporting documentation, and Internet resources.

Two sections are currently available on the site: thyroid function and heart conditions. In the coming months, you can expect several additional sections covering allergy, anemia, cancer, diabetes, drugs of abuse, infectious diseases, osteoporosis, infertility, sexually transmitted diseases, and veterinary diseases. Each section is written and illustrated with the patient as well as the laboratory in mind. We believe that Medical Conditions will prove a valuable resource for those seeking either an orientation to, or a deeper appreciation for, the interface between immunoassay technology and laboratory medicine.

Building a better web site
In redesigning dpcweb.com, performance and ease of use were as important as the overall visual effect: the site's beauty is more than skin deep. You will see that the navigation sidebars are conveniently located, allowing quick access to all areas of the web site. Enhancements introduced throughout the site, along with streamlined site-management processes, have paved the way for fast-track publication of articles, news releases, test menus, and other documents. Every graphical element on the web site has been optimized to yield the clearest possible image in the smallest possible file size, resulting in faster page loads even for users with relatively slow Internet connections.

An Invitation
We urge you to visit dpcweb.com—on a regular basis—to experience firsthand the growth, transformation and turnover. You will find it a convenient source of information relating to DPC's immunoassay-related products, and an increasingly valuable base for exploring the interface between patient care and the laboratory.