Midwifery and body fluid contamination.

Midwifery and body fluid contamination.

untreated control would be considered unethical. Mortality data from the trial showed a significant reduction in fatal myocardial infarction in the treatment group.' The reduction in serum cholesterol concentration observed is of a magnitude which should be advantageous. We conclude that tamoxifen significantly reduces the serum cholesterol concentration in postmenopausal women with breast canc...

Cross contamination of metal working fluid systems

In-use contamination of intravenous infusion fluid.

During the 1970 to 1971 nationwide epidemic of septicemias caused by Enterobacter cloacae and Enterobacter agglomerans traced to intrinsic contamination of Abbott intravenous infusion products, 94 infusion systems manufactured by Baxter Laboratories were studied microbiologically and epidemiologically during hospital use. Intravenous fluid from 10 systems (11%) contained microorganisms, usually...

Body fluid composition.

UNLABELLED Body fluid composition is maintained in a normal physiologic range by regulatory mechanisms that control sodium and water metabolism. A detailed knowledge of the homeostatic mechanisms will help in understanding the pathogenesis and management of disorders of sodium and water balance. OBJECTIVES After completing this article, readers should be able to: 1. Understand the distributio...

Human Body Fluid

1 Department of Occupational Medicine, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan 710, Taiwan 2Department of Paediatrics, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong 3Medical Proteomics Unit, Office for Research and Development, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, and Center for Research in Complex Systems Sci...