Pill scares, an avoidable side effect

Food Scares in an Uncertain World

Food scares: a comprehensive categorisation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a comprehensive categorisation of food scares. Design/methodology/approach – Following an initial desktop study, the categorisation was developed collaboratively with industry experts through a workshop and series of semi-structured interviews. Findings – The new categorisation developed is in Venn diagram format allowing ove...

Preanalytical Errors in Hematology Laboratory- an Avoidable Incompetence

Background: Quality assurance in the hematology laboratory is a must to ensure laboratory users of reliable test results with high degree of precision and accuracy. Even after so many advances in hematology laboratory practice, pre-analytical errors remain a challenge for practicing pathologists. This study was undertaken with an objective to ...

Onycholysis: an unusual side effect of roxithromycin.

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Severe extravasation injury: an avoidable iatrogenic disaster?

original report') were, however, reported by the hospital from which the haemorrhagic shock encephalopathy syndrome was first described, presumably reflecting both the higher diagnostic awareness and readiness to report of a centre with a particular interest in the condition. Conclusions about the epidemiological features of the haemorr-hagic shock encephalopathy syndrome should, therefore, be ...