A large cross sectional survey was carried out using a self administered questionnaire to examine the prevalence of laboratory animal allergy (LAA) and the factors associated with its development. Out of 5641 workers who were exposed to animals at 137 laboratory animal facilities in Japan, 23.1% had one or more allergic symptoms related to laboratory animals. The commonest symptom as rhinitis. ...

BACKGROUND Clinical laboratories accredited according to ISO 15189 quality standards are obliged to implement and continuously monitor quality indicators for evaluation of the laboratory's contribution to patient care. Reporting laboratory results to the requesting physician is one important phase of the clinical laboratory testing process. Failure to report results may indicate the ineffective...

OBJECTIVES Our objectives are to measure in the laboratory the way in which waves and sea ice interact, and to compare the results with existing theoretical models, and field and satellite observations. Specifically, we are using laboratory results to determine the role of ocean swell and wind-waves in the growth of sea ice in open water regions such as polynyas, and satellite observations to h...

Analysis of morbidity statistics in Government hospitals in Ceylon reveals that among the causes of morbidity, Pyrexias of Unknown Origin (P.U.O.) rank second only to the enteric diseases. The contribution of leptospirosis to the group of P.U.O. has not been evaluated. Awareness of this disease in Ceylon was created by Falisevac and Arumainayagam (1959). They wrote, " Since the climatic, geogra...