BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES   Patients with anaphylactic transfusion reactions require washed platelet concentrates (PCs) for subsequent platelet (PLT) transfusions. New PLT additive solutions (PASs) contain substances that might be beneficial for the preservation of PLT function during storage. This study compares the quality of PLTs washed and stored with T-Sol, Composol or SSP+. STUDY DESIGN...

an efficient method for purification of yard-glass shaped boron nitride nanotubes (yg-bnnts) fabricated via a chemical vapour reaction (cvr) route has been developed. impurities including carbon, boron nitride (bn), and fe species in the pristine yg-bnnt sample are removed by a combined physical and chemical procedure which involves ultrasonication, high temperature oxidation, hot-water washing...

BACKGROUND, AIMS, AND SCOPE Heavy metal contaminants in environment, especially in drinking water, are always of great concern due to their health impact. Due to the use of heavy metals as catalysts during plastic syntheses, particularly antimony, human exposure to metal release from plastic bottles has been a serious concern in recent years. The aim and scope of this study were to assess metal...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of semen collection method (artificial vagina compared to electroejaculation), season in which the semen was collected (breeding season compared to non-breeding season), freezing extender (Biladyl(®), Andromed(®) and skim milk based extender) and pre-treatment procedure (washing compared to non-washing) on post-thaw semen quality in buck. Ejacula...

Transtracheal brushing-washing of distal pulmonary lesions was performed in 20 patients. Specimens were obtained by brushing and washing through a catheter placed in the pulmonary lesion with the aid of a guide. In nine patients pathogenic organisms were isolated. In the other 11 patients infectious studies of the specimens were negative, five of the patients (true-negatives) showing no infecti...

INTRODUCTION Hand hygiene is an important procedure in preventing peritoneal dialysis-related infections. OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of two distinct techniques for hand hygiene in reducing the number of colony-forming units in patients on peritoneal dialysis. MATERIALS AND METHOD Controlled clinical trial. Thirty patients underwent three collections of microbiological flora from...

we improve? Dr. Dror Cantrell Abstract Hand hygiene is known as one of the leading ways to reduce and prevent transmission of infectious organisms between care givers and patients. The association between hand hygiene and nosocomial infections rate is well established. Nevertheless the rate of physician's adherence to the guidelines, as of other medical staff, to the guidelines is consistent...

For mechanical drive steam turbines, the investigation results of corrosion fatigue phenomena in the transient zone are introduced, including basic phenomena on expansion line and actual design and damage experience. These results were analyzed from the standpoint of stress intensity during the start of cracking. In order to resolve such problems, preventive coating and blade design methods aga...

A pooled sample of hair was divided and portions prepared for analysis by three washing procedures, to evaluate the effect of washing procedure on the subsequent trace-element (Zn, Cu, Mg) content. The methods selected were a detergent wash, a hexane-ethanol wash, and an acetone-ether-detergent wash. For all elements, there was a significant difference among the results after these wash procedu...