The final act of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, 1994, contains the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, which aims to reduce the negative effects of health barriers on international trade to a minimum. Therefore, the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) Regional Commission for Europe proposed that an accreditation system bas...

Laboratory data credibility has 3 major components: 1) valid methods, 2) proficiency testing (PT) to verify that the analyst can conduct the method and to compare results of other laboratories using the same method, and 3) third-party accreditation to verify that the laboratory is competent to conduct testing and that the method validation has been done within the environment and requirements o...

Provide a structured abstract of 270 words. Text. Use only standard abbreviations and acronyms; spellout for first use, and use short version thereafter. Use genericnames for drugs whenever possible. If using brand names, putin parentheses after first citing generic names. References. Number references consecutively as they are cited.Sample reference: 1. Simpson KR, et al. Michi...

Some physicochemical parameters of honey have been introduced by the International Honey Commission to evaluate its quality and origin but processes such as heating and filtering can affect these parameters. In traditional Iranian medicine, deslagging process involves boiling honey in an equal volume of water and removing the slag formed during process. The aim of this study was to determine th...

Electronic communications devices that operate in environments with a high level of electromagnetic noise require special consideration and testing to ensure the continuous delivery of uncorrupted data. Communication devices are susceptible to data interruption and corruption in industrial, automotive, telecommunication, medical and test lab environments, to name just a few. Demonstrating compl...

Biological and health effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) have been investigated for many years. Exposure standards have been developed internationally, that provide adequate protection against all known adverse effects of exposure to EMF. The guidelines developed by the International Commission on Non Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) are widely recognized and have formed the basis fo...

INTRODUCTION Hospital accreditation is a multi-factorial issue. The aim of the current study was to accredit social security organization and university hospitals (that certificated by ISO 9001-2008) in Isfahan, the second largest city of Iran, based on Joint Commission International (JCI) accreditation standards. METHODS Accreditation of four hospitals was evaluated and compared in a cross-s...