During a health centre screening programme for men aged 60 years and over, the urinary dipstick results of 58 patients found to have microscopic haematuria were compared with the results of immediate microscopy at the health centre and routine microscopy by a hospital laboratory. There was agreement between a positive dipstick test for haematuria and the presence of red cells at routine microsc...

INTRODUCTION Poor harmonization of critical results management is present in various laboratories and countries, including Croatia. We aimed to investigate procedures used in critical results reporting in Croatian medical biochemistry laboratories (MBLs). MATERIALS AND METHODS An anonymous questionnaire, consisting of 24 questions/statements, related to critical results reporting procedures, ...

Latent damage effects from single-event latchup are studied, revealing a previously unconsidered reliability hazard for CMOS devices. Several device types were found to remain functional despite significant structural damage to their interconnects from SEL. Latent Damage in CMOS Devices from Single-Event Latchup Heidi N. Becker, Tetsuo F. Miyahira, and Allan H. Johnston Jet Propulsior? Laborato...

An intercomparison of spectral irradiance measurements by 12 national laboratories has been carried out between 1987 and 1990. The intercomparison was conducted under the auspices of the Comité Consultatif de Photometrie et Radiometrie (CCPR) of the Comité International des Poids et Mesures, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) served as the pilot laboratory. The spectr...

AIM This study was aimed at evaluating the quality of written prescriptions for fixed and removable prosthesis in Tabriz, northwest Iran. METHODS To assess the quality of written prescriptions for fixed and removable partial dentures, a total of 600 questionnaires were distributed among 15 licensed dental laboratories receiving both fixed and removable prosthesis projects. The technicians wer...

4 James H. Miller, Alejandro Avilés-Reyes , Kathy Scott-Anne, Stacy Gregoire, Gene E. 5 Watson , Edith Sampson, Ann Progulske-Fox , Hyun Koo, William H. Bowen, José A. 6 Lemos 2 and Jacqueline Abranches 2# 7 8 Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of 9 Dentistry, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine 10 and Dent...