INTRODUCTION Early infant diagnosis is an important step in identifying children infected with HIV during the perinatal period or in utero. Multiple factors contribute to delayed antiretroviral treatment initiation for HIV-infected children, including delays in the early infant HIV diagnosis cascade. METHODS We conducted a retrospective study to evaluate early infant diagnosis turnaround time...

Turnaround time (TAT) is commonly defined as the time from when a test is ordered until the result is reported which includes the preanalytical, analytical and post-analytical time. Increased attention to patient’s needs is demonstrated by efforts to improve the quality of the entire service provided, e. g reduction of laboratory turnaround time (TAT). The availability of the results from a lab...

In this paper, a new variant of Round Robin (RR) algorithm is proposed which is suitable for soft real time systems. RR algorithm performs optimally in timeshared systems, but it is not suitable for soft real time systems. Because it gives more number of context switches, larger waiting time and larger response time. We have proposed a novel algorithm, known as Priority Based Dynamic Round Robi...

HYPOTHESIS A massive transfusion protocol (MTP) decreases the use of blood components, as well as turnaround times, costs, and mortality. DESIGN Retrospective before-and-after cohort study. SETTING Academic level I urban trauma center. PATIENTS AND METHODS Blood component use was compared in 132 patients during a 2-year period following the implementation of an MTP; 46 patients who were t...

Round Robin (RR) scheduling algorithm is a preemptive scheduling algorithm. It is designed especially for time sharing Operating System (OS). In RR scheduling algorithm the CPU switches between the processes when the static Time Quantum (TQ) expires. RR scheduling algorithm is considered as the most widely used scheduling algorithm in research because the TQ is equally shared among the processe...

BACKGROUND To analyze the turnaround times of psychiatric patients within the Emergency Department (ED) from registration to discharge or hospitalization in a University Hospital in 2002. METHODS Data from a one-year period of psychiatric admissions to the emergency service at a University Hospital were monitored and analyzed focused on turnaround times within the ED. Information on patients ...