ences to share information about microbiology and prevention of infections by performing workshops. In these workshops mutual information was successfully exchanged and discussed. One of the most relevant subjects of the discussion concerned the role of microbiology in patient treatment and in prevention of hospital-acquired infections. During those discussions , it became clear that there seem...

H-L. M. Cheng, M. A. Haider, M. J. Dill-Macky, J. M. Sweet, J. Trachtenberg, and M. R. Gertner Research Institute & Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Medical Imaging, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University Health Network, Patho...

Along with the development of medicine, increasingly significant role has been played by the laboratory diagnostics. For over ten years the profession of the medical laboratory specialist has been regarded in Poland as the autonomous medical profession and has enjoyed a status of one of public trust. The process of education of medical laboratory specialists consists of a five-year degree in la...

H. H. Kitzler, J. Su, M. Zeineh, S. C. Deoni, C. Harper-Little, A. Leung, M. Kremenchutzky, and B. K. Rutt Dept. of Neuroradiology, Technische Universitaet Dresden, Dresden, SN, Germany, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United States, Department of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, Imaging Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, ...

Introduction: Extensive use of diagnostic radiology is the largest contributor to total population radiation doses. Thus, appropriate equipment and safe practice are necessary for good-quality images with optimal doses. This study aimed to perform quality control (QC) audit for radiography and fluoroscopy devices owned by private sector in Syria (2005-2013) to verify compliance of performance o...