International Organization for Standardization ISO 9000 is a general standard related to fundamentals of implementation of a quality management system. The aim of ISO 9000 is to implement quality management procedures by means of leadership, work instructions, documentation and record keeping. ISO 9000 standard does not determine the quality or performance level of the product or service. It de...

Introduction. The amount of immature leukocytes reflects marrow response to bacterial infection, and this may be quantified as the band or immature granulocyte (IG) count. The aim of this study was to analyze the IG count performance of the Sysmex XN-9000 hematology analyzer in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. Methods. 480 peripheral blood samples from adult patients admitted to the ICU (301...

ISO 9000, the quality management system standards developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO), is widely used in the construction industry, as it is in all industries in the world. Recently, a growing interest has been paid to the use of this system in the construction industry. Despite the growing interest, ISO 9000 use of construction firms has not been sufficiently studied fr...

A Web server’s listen queue capacity is often set to a large value to accommodate bursts of traffic and to accept as many client requests as possible. We show that, under certain overload conditions, this results in a significant loss of server performance due to the processing of so-called “dead requests”: timed-out client requests whose associated connection has been closed from the client si...

This paper outlines some key elements of quality system standards ISO 9000 and their application to Information Technology and software development. Emphasis is put on the need for closed feedback loops in the organization which will provide a stable framework for effective quality management. Application of the generic ISO 9000 standards to software development has to take into account the spe...