INTRODUCTION Identification of third-generation, cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (3GC-RE) carriers by rectal screening at admission seems to be an important step in the prevention of transmission and outbreaks; however, little is known about its effectiveness. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of 'targeted screening' at patient admission to intensive care units (ICUs) ...

The primary source of data is the notifiable diseases forms raised when an individual is treated as a case of syphilis as required by law. Data for a 5-year period, 1974 to 1978 are used for this study. A special return on antenatal screening for syphilis for the same period was obtained from military medical establishments though not all units submitted them and even these were not complete fo...

The thermal screening unit is an instrument specifically designed for the fast and efficient hazard screening of liquids, solids and heterogeneous systems. The unit provides an alternative device to DSC and DTA for use in hazard assessment and provides information regarding reaction “onset temperatures”, rates of temperature rise as well as crucial information regarding the rates and magnitudes...

The accuracy of two screening tests, one utilizing serum and the other utilizing whole blood, was compared with the accuracy of the conventional macrotitration method for the detection of antistreptolysin O antibodies. Of the 569 specimens tested with the serum screening procedure and the macrotitration method, 235 and 282, respectively, were positive for antistreptolysin O antibodies. Comparat...

BACKGROUND This study compared the estimated costs and times required for ABO/Rh(D) typing and unexpected antibody screening using an automated system and manual methods. METHODS The total cost included direct and labor costs. Labor costs were calculated on the basis of the average operator salaries and unit values (minutes), which was the hands-on time required to test one sample. To estimat...