AACC announced the launch of two new translated versions of its popular patient education website, Lab Tests Online. The site’s award-winning content is now available in eight languages, including Greek and Czech, the two newest versions.

Lab Tests Online was among this year’s recipients of the 2008 Communicators Awards, the largest and most competitive awards program honoring the creative excellence for communications professionals.

The Portuguese Society of Clinical Chemistry (SPQC) has agreed to develop a Portuguese version of Lab Tests Online, expanding the number of Lab Tests Online sites to eleven.

Two more laboratory organizations have agreed to collaborate on the development of Lab Tests Online.

Representatives from the European Commission voiced their support for Lab Tests Online at a ceremony to formally acknowledge the six European versions of the site.

The Health Improvement Institute (HII) announced that Lab Tests Online had won its Award of Excellence for health-related websites.

Two new versions of Lab Tests Online launched in the last two weeks, marking a successful end to a year of global expansion for the award-winning patient education site.

Lab Tests Online-Australia was launched earlier this month by the site’s producer, the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists (AACB), and the federal health minister, Tony Abbott.

Lab Tests Online-PL launched in Poland, becoming the third translation of the award-winning site to launch in the last three months.

The Spanish Society of Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Pathology (SEQC) has launched Lab Tests Online-ES, a Spanish language version of Lab Tests Online.

Dorland Healthcare Information has designated Lab Tests Online as one of the best healthcare websites, and is including the site in its just-launched Dorland’s Healthcare Website Guide.

Lab Tests Online was the Weekly Link Award winner for the week of December 10-16.

Lab Tests Online this month hosted its 25 millionth visitor since launching in 2001, and its younger sibling, Lab Tests Online-UK, just crossed the 2 million mark. Both are significant milestones that were reached in large part due to support by members.

After almost two years of planning and anticipation, the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists received notice it had been awarded a government grant to launch a localized version of Lab Tests Online.

Lab Tests Online reached a major milestone when it hosted its one millionth March visitor on the last day of the month.

The Diagnostic Marketing Association has recognized Lab Tests Online, and EDMA, AACC’s European partner, has agreed to support a Polish version of the site.

AABB (formerly known as the American Association of Blood Banks) is the newest partner to join the professional collaboration behind Lab Tests Online.

The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is the latest medical laboratory organization to join Lab Tests Online.

Lab Tests Online has been awarded the 2005 Outstanding Web Site award by the Web Marketing Association (WMA).

Lab Tests Online has been recognized with a Silver Award for Patient Education in the 2005 Spring/Summer WWW Health Awards Program.

The Endocrine Society has endorsed Lab Tests Online and will encourage its members to help spread the word about AACC’s award-winning patient education web site.

One year after hosting its 5 millionth visitor, Lab Tests Online has hosted its 10 millionth.

A new ad published online and in member publications celebrates Lab Tests Online's most significant achievements in 2004 and acknowledges the support of the site's sponsors and partners.

For the first time, Lab Tests Online hosted more than 400,000 visitors in a single month.

AACC has launched a second version of Lab Tests Online – and the first international edition of the site – in the United Kingdom.

Lab Tests Online hosted its 5-millionth visitor last month as the site experienced a surge in traffic.

In its March 2004 issue, Prevention magazine lists Lab Tests Online under the title “Smartest health sites on the Web.”

2003 has been a year of significant achievement and recognition for the site, and we are pleased to give credit where it is due.

Lab Tests Online has won a Gold Award for Best Health/Healthcare Content in the fourth annual eHealthcare Leadership Awards.

The American Society of Association Executives held its annual Summit Awards Dinner on September 30 to honor the six 2003 Summit Award Winners, including Lab Tests Online.

Lab Tests Online has been selected by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) as one of six projects to be recognized with its 2003 Summit Award. The Award is ASAE’s highest honor for associations that implement innovative projects to enhance American society at the local, state, or national level.

In the May 19 edition of US News & World Report, readers are referred to Lab Tests Online as "one useful resource" in an article discussing direct access testing.

Lab Tests Online has won the Award of Excellence in the 2003 Associations Advance America Awards program, a national competition sponsored by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).

Lab Tests Online continues to garner more attention in national publications. In a Wall Street Journal column called "The Informed Patient", the website was praised as a valuable resource for lab test information.

Lab Tests Online started the new year with a bang, welcoming the Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists as the site’s newest partner and at the same time hosting its 2 millionth user and introducing three new sponsors.

Lab Tests Online is the top-ranked site on Google for lab testing information, and ranks second in the Google Directory listing for Patient Education.

AACC, CLMA, ASCLS, and ASCP have agreed to run an ad promoting Lab Tests Online in their respective publications: Clinical Chemistry Journal, Clinical Leadership & Management Review, Clinical Laboratory Science, and Laboratory Medicine.

CAP is the most recent organization to become a Collaborating Partner, joining other newcomers ASCP, AMP, and NCCLS as support from the lab community for Lab Tests Online has mushroomed.

Under a new analysis, traffic numbers are roughly 1/3 higher than previously thought, meaning that the site hosted more than one million visitors in its first year.

Lab Tests Online has been recognized with an Apex Award of Excellence for Web Site Content and Writing.

Average monthly traffic to Lab Tests Online rose 65% in the first five months of the year, from an average of 42,000 in 2001 to 70,000.

Lab Tests Online was the subject of a three-and-a-half minute feature story on Kansas City's KSHB-TV, an NBC affiliate station.