Mislabeling of laboratory samples has been found to be a high-risk issue in acute care hospitals. The goal of this study was to decrease mislabeled blood specimens. In the first year after the implementation of a positive patient identification system using barcoding and computer technology, the number of labeling errors decreased from 103 to 8 per year. The outcome was clinically and statistic...

In this article, we utilise the non-relativistic potential model to calculate mass-spectra of all bottom [ $$bb][{\bar{b}}{\bar{b}}$$ ] and heavy-light $$bq][{\bar{b}}{\bar{q}}$$ (q = u,d) tetraquark states in diquark–antidiquark approximation. The four-body problem is reduced into two body by numerically solving $$Schr\ddot{o}dinger$$ equation using a Cornell-inspired along with relativistic c...

Bar coding for the medication administration step of the drug-use process is discussed. FDA will propose a rule in 2003 that would require bar-code labels on all human drugs and biologicals. Even with an FDA mandate, manufacturer procrastination and possible shifts in product availability are likely to slow progress. Such delays should not preclude health systems from adopting bar-code-enabled ...

Aims. NGC 1530 has one of the strongest bars ever observed and recent star formation sites are distributed across its bar. Our aim is to study the photometric properties of the bar and its H ii regions, to elucidate the conditions under which H ii regions form and their spatial relation to the principal dynamical features of the bar. Methods. We obtained BVRKs and Hα photometry of the H ii regi...

We proved in a previous article that the bar complex of an E∞algebra inherits a natural E∞-algebra structure. As a consequence, a welldefined iterated bar construction Bn(A) can be associated to any algebra over an E∞-operad. In the case of a commutative algebra A, our iterated bar construction reduces to the standard iterated bar complex of A. The first purpose of this paper is to give a direc...

NUMBER of stocks of Drosophila melanogaster, some of which arose by A changes from wild type to Bar eye, and others by reversions or partial reversions from Bar, double-Bar or double infra-Bar toward wild type, have been accumulated in this laboratory. Most of the stocks originated in this laboratory and were obtained by irradiating males with X-rays, mating them with normal females, and select...

The purpose of this study was to test and compare external fixator construct stiffness using pin-to-bar clamps or multipin clamps across 2 external fixation systems. Constructs were tested with 8-mm and 11-mm-diameter bar systems and pin-to-bar or multipin clamps. Three construct designs were tested: construct 1 with a single crossbar and pin-to-bar clamps, construct 2 with 2 crossbars and pin-...