Decoding Laboratory Test Names: A Major Challenge to Appropriate Patient Care

Communication among health care teams: a major challenge for the improvement of patient safety.

safety and quality among work teams which perform complex activities. Long time ago, risk industries started to address adequate communication so as to increase their security to the maximum. Commercial aviation is probably the prime example with their marked accident reduction and becoming an industry that plans even the tiniest detail taking into account that people will inevitably fail and t...

Disorders of glucose challenge test (GCT) in pregnant women referred to Khatam-o-allanbia laboratory of Arak city, Iran

Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is the most common metabolic disorder during pregnancy which is associated with 3 to 4 folds of increase in the risk of maternal and fetal morbidity, if it is not diagnosed early (1). Gestational diabetes occurs from 1% to 14%, and 90% of pregnancy-related diabetes has been related to gestational diabetes (2). Glucose challenge test (GCT) and glucose toleranc...

Mycotoxins, a Major Challenge in Global Food Security

A major employer as a health care services laboratory.

Health care management within the USA operations of the Ford Motor Company is a substantial and critical enterprise. The company provides health care coverage for a population of 636,000 active employees, retirees and their dependents at a cost of US$1.5 billion annually. The company realizes that effective management of health care resources requires continuous improvement in the services for ...

Point-of-Care Ultrasonography in Orthopedics: A Helpful Tool to Improve Patient Care

An enormous technological improvement in Ultrasonography devices has occurred during last decade, providing excellent soft-tissue contrast and high spatial resolution images. Nowadays, musculoskeletal ultrasonography is going to be a stethoscope in the hand of orthopedic surgeons for the diagnosis of many musculoskeletal pathologies, as well as an accurate guide for therapeutic interventions. T...