background: workers exposed to organic solvents are at risk of developing chronic central nervous system disorders. the aim of this cross-sectional study was to investigate the neurobehavioral effects of occupational exposure to organic solvents among pharmaceutical laboratory workers. methods: the study groups consisted of 78 laboratory workers as the exposed group and 98 office workers as une...

in order to determine the prevalence, incidence and odd ratio of hbv, 681 serum samples were collected from 54 laboratory personnel in tehran in both private and governmental sectors. the samples were tested for hbsag and ab using elisa technique. the results showed that the prevalence of hbsag and ab among clinical laboratory personnel was 2.3 and 20 percent respectively. the prevalence of hbs...

BACKGROUND Staffing core laboratories with appropriate skilled workers requires a process to schedule these individuals so that all workstations are appropriately filled and all the skills of each worker are exercised periodically to maintain competence. METHODS We applied a genetic algorithm to scheduling laboratory personnel. Our program, developed in Visual Basic 4.0, maximizes the value o...

Norwich Eaton Pharmaceutical recognized the benefits of using automation systems in the laboratory over seven years ago and created a robotic development area within the analytical method development group. They now have eight complete robotic systems and a large number of semi-automated systems in routine operation.This level of activity has provided many challenges for the automation group. T...