There is no lack of debate in the field of mediation. Topics that tend to attract the most attention and vigorous discussion include mediator qualification and process outcome. What's lacking, according to Douglas Noll, is a practical theory that would bring together different views, and help both practitioners and clients. In the following article, Noll reviews existing literature to form a si...

Equipment qualification is the way to ensure that analytical equipment is fit for purpose. Qualification consists of four basic elements. Design qualification or DQ (Specification of what exactly the analytical scientist requires the equipment to do). Installation qualification or IQ (Does the instrument work to the manufacturer’s specification?). Operational qualification or OQ (Does the instr...

Registrar training has traditionally relied on achieving practical workplace-based competencies together with the theoretical knowledge necessary to obtain a specialist qualification. However, in last year, healthcare setting been transformed into landscape of overworked staff, increased patient care demands and strained resources. In face these challenges, registrar programme finds itself peri...

Biomarkers may be qualified using different qualification processes. A passive approach for qualification has been to accept the end of discussions in the scientific literature as an indication that a biomarker has been accepted. An active approach to qualification requires development of a comprehensive process by which a consensus may be reached about the qualification of a biomarker. Active ...

Dementia has been identified as a national health priority in Australia. National programs in the areas of research, education and training have been established. The Dementia Care Skills for Aged Care Workers program is a three-year project that commenced in 2006. It has the goal of providing training in the essentials of dementia care to 17,000 staff of aged care services across Australia. Su...

A survey of food safety training was conducted in small food manufacturing firms in South Wales. Structured interviews with managers were used to collect information on the extent and level of food hygiene and HACCP training and the manager's perceptions of and attitude towards training. All the businesses surveyed had undertaken some hygiene training. Hygiene induction programmes were often un...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the status of community pharmacies, their staff, and practices toward dispensing antibiotics. DESIGN Cross-sectional, prospective. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Community pharmacies in two districts of central Nepal, from March 2016 to May 2016. METHODS A systematic random sampling approach was adopted to sample 161 community pharmacies. Data on the registration status...

The SafeTITM Compiler Qualification Kit is a modern, model-based qualification kit that offers a high degree of flexibility during application of the kit. This paper will describe challenges posed by the safety standards and processes, as well as illustrate the benefits of model-based tool qualification. The second part of the paper focuses on the Texas Instruments C/C++ ARM® compiler specific ...

OBJECTIVE Job satisfaction among nurses working in five general hospitals in Kuwait was analysed using a global scale based on the McClosky Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) in relation to selected background characteristics (eg age, gender, nationality, educational qualification, monthly salary and the departments in which they worked. DESIGN The questionnaire was distributed to 500 nurses u...

background and objectives: the microbiological monitoring of the water used for haemodialysis is important especially for legionella and non-fermentative bacteria since patients with end stage renal disease (esrd) are suffering from deteriorated function of immune system. materials and methods: a total 50 water and dialysate samples were weekly collected over a period of 10 weeks from 5 sites. ...