Background & Objective: Liver biopsy is the main method for grading and staging liver disorders, but the effects of clinical information and optimal biopsy specimen size on interpretation remain contentious. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of clinical information and quality of liver specimen on inter-observer agreement for liver disease. Methods:<...

In hospitals, with doctors’ requests, clinical specimens from patients or from persons doing health checkups are usually sent to the hospital laboratory. However, for more sophisticated tests, the specimens are sent to the reference (or commercial) laboratories. To deliver the specimens to the reference laboratories, the courier system is often utilized. The couriers pick up the specimens from ...

We study the logistics of specimen collection for a clinical testing laboratory that serves sites dispersed in an urban area. The specimens that accumulate at the customer sites throughout the working day are transported to the laboratory for processing. The problem is to construct and schedule a series of tours to collect the accumulated specimens from the sites throughout the day. Two hierarc...

conclusion according to the results of our series, percutaneous liver biopsy using the tru-cut biopsy gun guided by ultrasonography can be performed safely. we resolve that routine ultrasound of the puncture site is a quick, effective and safe procedure. the complication rate is very low. the us-assisted percutaneous liver biopsy should be used for all cases. results a total of 1018 patients we...

I describe the automation/mechanization of several areas of sample processing at SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories. By analyzing and implementing new systems for conveyance and sorting of incoming specimens, specimen processing, within-laboratory specimen delivery, specimen storage and retrieval, and client resupply, we greatly improved the productivity of the nontechnical aspects of lab...