clear on the request form. Knowing that treatment is indicated, the laboratory should provide information on antibacterial sensitivities as soon as possible. Good communication between microbiology laboratory staff and general practitioners is essential if the correct balance between advantage and disadvantage of the use of antibacterial agents in the treatment of urinary tract infection is to ...

This paper responds to the April 29, 1998, Staff Requirements Memorandum (SRM) concerning SECY-98-010, "Petition for Envirocare of Utah, Inc., to Possess SNM in Excess of Current Regulatory Limits" (Attachment 1). This SRM directed the staff to review the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) report on post-disposal criticality at the Barnwell, South Carolina, disposal facility and to inform the...

results the electrophysiology laboratory staff received higher doses of ionizing radiation (17.2 ± 11.9 msv; p < 0.001). there was a significant positive correlation between the years of working experience and effective dose in the lens (p < 0.001). in general, our findings showed that the incidence of lens opacity was 79% (95% ci, 69.9-88.1) in participants with exposure (the case group) and o...

The clinical microbiology laboratory plays a critical role in the detection of Staphylococcus aureus with decreased susceptibility to vancomycin. Staff education and rapid laboratory response are of utmost importance. We report on our laboratory's experience and provide recommendations for the identification and confirmation of vancomycin-intermediate S. aureus.

Background: Chemistry laboratories of universities are dangerous. However, there is no appropriate instrument to assess staffs' awareness. The present study aims at developing a standardized instrument for awareness assessment of laboratory personnel on safe work. Methods: The present study is a kind of developing instrument methodology. The study was implemented in two phases: (I) generating ...

A Vickers M300 analyser has been successfully installed in a busy hospital laboratory. A permanent team of operators is used, but this introduces problems for staff rotation, particularly for educational purposes. The vials used for the collection of samples are an essential feature of the system, but they present many difficulties and are no longer used for collecting samples from outpatients,...

Background High quality laboratory diagnosis is critical for any tuberculosis (TB) control program. Reliable and accurate laboratory testing depends on collecting high quality specimens, using careful collection methods, and properly storing and transporting specimens. Although various guidelines for proper collection and handling exist in Indonesia, there was no data on health worker complianc...

Laboratory reports should be signed to indicate to the clinician that someone in the laboratory accepts a responsibility for the content of the report. Failure to sign is likely to produce a loss ofconfidence in the laboratory. In any case, laboratory reports should be subjected to some form of check before issue and the signature should be the evidence that such a check has been carried out. A...