As the role of a phlebotomist in a clinical setting involves patient interactions, correct patient identification, and blood specimen accessioning, it is essential that the phlebotomy education pay attention to these procedural tasks to inculcate a culture of patient safety. Using the Gagne's nine events of instruction as the basis of teaching model, this paper describes the lesson plan for tea...

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology offers tremendous potential for helping clinicians and patients improve glycemic control. However, unless clinicians are adequately reimbursed for their time and expertise, CGM technology will not be used. Clinicians must be paid for the services they provide. This presentation briefly reviews some of the obstacles to using CGM technology and then ...

Background. The explosive growth of Hispanics in the US makes this population a significant and untapped source for blood donation. Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate blood donation behaviors and demographics of foreign-born and US-born Hispanic donors between 2006 and 2009 in metropolitan Atlanta, GA, USA. Bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression were use...

Professor Plum was murdered in his new SMC science building office! Unfortunately, the killer was clever enough to eliminate most physical evidence of how the crime was committed. Your boss, Inspector Clouseau of Santa Monica Homicide has called in your team of forensic chemists to examine a blood stain found on the carpet under Professor Plum's desk for possible clues. It is hoped that chemica...

OBJECTIVE To determine if there are significant clinical differences between self-ligating brackets (SLB) and conventional brackets (CB) during orthodontic treatment, as perceived by orthodontists. MATERIALS AND METHODS A survey was developed and distributed to evaluate how SLB compare to CB in terms of orthodontists' perceptions (n  =  430). RESULTS SLB were preferred during the initial st...

Over 12 years, my self-experimentation found new and useful ways to improve sleep, mood, health, and weight. Why did it work so well? First, my position was unusual. I had the subject-matter knowledge of an insider, the freedom of an outsider, and the motivation of a person with the problem. I did not need to publish regularly. I did not want to display status via my research. Second, I used a ...

Research Center of Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, Khorasan-e Razavi Blood Center, Mashhad, Iran. Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia. Biomedical Department, Women Research Center, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran. Department of Communication and Network, Faculty of Computer Sciences and Information Techno...

This practical, pocket-book approach to ECG interpretation accompanies the well-known text Making Sense of the ECG,by the same authors. It is also designed to be used alone to test knowledge of ECG interpretation and to make clinical decisions based on presented scenarios.