The paper presents the human blood reheating technique for medical purposes with high frequency induction heating system. The temperature is analyzed to determine the heat distribution in different positions of human blood within the non metallic tank. In the proposed induction heating system, the inductive applicator is a primary working coil of the modified half bridge high frequency inverter...

BACKGROUND: For whole blood aggregation on the Multiplate® system, the use of thrombin inhibitor as anticoagulant is recommended. So far sample tubes containing liquid lepirudin were provided (Dynabyte, Munich, Germany). They are not sterile and have to be stored refrigerated. For better handling now also sterile tubes with dried hirudin, storable at room temperature, are also provided (Dynabyt...

the suitability of milk preserved by refrigeration and co2 addition for the manufacture of plain yoghurt using two commercial strains of lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus and streptoccocus thermophilus and probiotic yoghurt by lactobacillus acidophilus was evaluated. yoghurts (plain and probiotic) manufactured after milk pasteurization, from fresh and refrigerated co2 treated samples (p...

This review is a synopsis of the decisions that shaped global policy on platelet (PLT) storage temperature and a focused appraisal of the literature on which those discussions were based. We hypothesize that choices were centered on optimization of preventive PLT transfusion strategies, possibly to the detriment of the therapeutic needs of acutely bleeding patients. Refrigerated PLTs are a bett...

We describe an improved colorimetric method for assays of total and direct bilirubin in serum. Bilirubin reacts with diazotized sulfanilic acid in an acidic medium to form a blue azopigment. Total bilirubin is assayed in the presence of reaction accelerators (caffeine, urea, and citric acid), direct bilirubin in their absence. The azo compound so formed is read at the same wavelength (570 nm) i...

All vaccines lose potency over time and the rate of potency loss is temperature-dependent. Therefore, cold-chain systems have been established to ensure that the potency of vaccines is maintained by storing them under refrigerated conditions (in most cases between 2 and 8 degrees C) until the point of use. This article aims to review the approaches being used to develop thermostable vaccine for...

Conventional and nitrite-free frankfurters in loosely wrapped packages were compared as to their ability to support growth of Salmonella, Staphylococcus, and their naturally occurring spoilage flora at 7 C (simulating refrigerated storage) and 20 C (simulating possible temperature abuse). At 7 C Salmonella did not grow in either type of frankfurter; Staphylococcus and the natural spoilage flor...

The study evaluated the shelf life of buffalo meat in refrigerated storage. The shelf life was evaluated for 9 days where all the physicochemical parameters were analysed on alternate days i.e. on the 0th, 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9th days. Buffalo meat was kept in polystyrene foam trays which were covered with PVC film and stored at refrigeration temperature. A significant change was recorded in phys...

The ripe fig (Ficus carica L) fruits of cultivar cv., 'Deanna' were steam treated at 90°C and 10 psi for 5 min in autoclave. Steamed fruits were dipped in sucrose, glucose, fructose and invert sugar syrups at 50°Brix for 24 h for getting desired total soluble solids content. The treated fruits were further dried to 20% moisture in a cabinet dryer at 50-55°C. Good quality and acceptable dried fi...