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Phadebas amylase test kits.

The observation by Hafkenscheid (1) thatPhadebas Amylase Test kitswith bovine serum albumin (BSA) gave lower results than those without BSA is, as he infers, evidently caused by differences between the standard curves supplied by the manufacturer. We found rather better agreement for plasma assays between the oldand new-formulation tablets (2). However, we routinely check the calibration curve ...

Take-home naloxone kits preventing overdose deaths.

injected naloxone into a fellow drug user to save his life, she was crouched in a tent in the mountains outside Nelson, British Columbia. Friends in a nearby tent had awoken her with news that one of their companions had overdosed on methadone. Grabbing her flashlight, a bottle of naloxone and a clean syringe, Shaver raced to help. The man had been smoking cocaine and drinking alcohol and metha...

HIV Rapid Diagnostic Test Inventories in Zambézia Province, Mozambique: A Tale of 2 Test Kits

Background The first pillar of the UNAIDS 90-90-90 goal seeks to accurately identify persons living with HIV (PLHIV), a process that is predicated on facilities having the necessary HIV tests available to perform the task. In many rural settings, the identification of PLHIV is accomplished through a two-step process involving the sequential use of 2 separate rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)....

Regulatory control of veterinary diagnostic test kits.

Veterinary diagnostic test kits are used in clinical practice and production medicine as a basis for prescribing vaccination and/or treatment regimens. These kits are also used by state and federal animal health officials to control or regulate the movement of animals. The regulation of such kits, which generally takes the form of establishing requirements for licensure, ensures that the kits c...

Evaluation of arsenic field test kits for drinking water analysis