Advancement of the Laboratory Equipment

Standardization of laboratory equipment.

Diagnostic equipment outside the laboratory.

A questionnaire was circulated to clinical biochemistry laboratories in the North West Thames region of the United Kingdom requesting information on extralaboratory equipment. Data on the types and numbers of instruments in use, their relationship with the laboratory, and quality assurance procedures were obtained. Laboratories were prepared to maintain equipment over which they had no responsi...

Laboratory equipment--where are the tools to do the work?

The call for appropriate technology in medical laboratory sciences, especially for equipment, is becoming widespread and urgent. In developed countries new technology has led to a proliferation of complex tools and a tendency to overinvestigate patients. Such tools have been introduced more in response to demand than need, with the tacit help of manufacturers. For many health authorities this c...

Respiratory protective equipment reduces occurrence of sensitization to laboratory animals.

BACKGROUND Respiratory protective equipment (RPE) has been shown to reduce exposure to laboratory animal allergens, but there are no studies that have examined its effect on the development of sensitization. AIMS To examine the effect of RPE on the risk of sensitization to laboratory animals. METHODS Survey of UK laboratory animal workers conducted between 1999 and 2001. Information was rec...

Development and Application of Laboratory X-ray Fluorescence Holography Equipment

The X-ray fluorescence holography (XFH) method has drawn the attention of many researchers as a novel experimental technique for imaging a three-dimensional local atomic structure around a certain element in a single crystal. Synchrotron radiation (SR) has been mainly used for the measurements because of extremely weak signals which are about 0.3 % of isotropic fluorescent radiation. The measur...