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Showing 1 to 20 of 239 for “"clinical laboratory"”.
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Value Perceptions Of Basic Clinical Laboratory Assistant Training With Certification
… examined the perception of the value of medical laboratory science (MLS) program training and validation of that training with respect to entry-level clinical laboratory professionals. The demand for clinical laboratory professionals is increasing due to the number of retirees expected to peak by …
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A study of the hospital utilization of clinical laboratory tests
Thesis. 1979. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alfred P. Sloan School of Management.
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Failure Mode Effects Analysis of Auto-verification in the Clinical Laboratory
<p>Today’s hospital-based clinical laboratories are under increasing pressure to simultaneously contain costs, improve quality and reduce turnaround times. Fortunately, advances in analytic and information system technologies allow for automation of some pre-analytical, analytic and post-analytic …
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Implementation of a Clinical Laboratory Science Internship Program at Dominican University of California
<p>The demand for California licensed clinical laboratory scientists (CLS) is rapidly growing due to increased CLS retirement, a high CLS vacancy rate, and decreased California approved training programs. With only 13 approved training programs in California, hundreds of qualified applicants are …
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Professional Behaviors, Sense Of Belonging, And Professional Socialization Of Early Career Clinical Laboratory Scientists
… socialization has not been studied in the clinical laboratory science profession. Clinical laboratory science is an allied health profession that is faced by a workforce shortage that has been caused by a decrease in new graduates, decreased retention of qualified professionals, and …
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Reducing Turnaround Time of Clinical Laboratory Analysis Through Use of Efficient Blood Collection Techniques
<p>Clinical Laboratory departments continually strive to improved processes in order to help decrease wait time to assist medical providers to focus on immediate therapeutic treatments especially for the critically-ill patients. Although purchasing of top-of-the line laboratory analyzers are common …
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New approaches to culture and detection of verocytotoxin producing escherichia coli (VTEC) in clinical laboratory diagnosis
… 026 and 0111 that are considered to be the most clinically relevant after 0157. Based on these finding an alternative medium, GN broth was recommended for enrichment culture ofnon-0l57 VTEC. Non-0157 VTEC cannot be distinguished from non-pathogenic E.coli using solid, differential plate media and …
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Reducing turnaround time in a clinical laboratory by using a management model utilizing process automation and lean healthcare
A clinical Flow Cytometry laboratory underwent a diagnosis of its TAT indicator over a period of one year, finding an excess of 3,83 hours or 15,94% with respect to the 24-hour sector range. The response time (TAT) in a clinical laboratory is an indicator that measures the efficiency and quality of …
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Decision-making, tacit knowledge, and motivation in semi-professional practice: Humanizing the environment through anthropomorphism in clinical laboratory science
<p>The clinical laboratory science field requires an abundance of technical knowledge; however, the importance of implicit or tacit knowledge gained through observation and practice is often discounted in this field, even though it is a critical part of reflective thinking, critical thinking, and …
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Identify Causes of Unacceptable Turnaround Time in Sample Recalls and Develop Corrective Actions to Improve Patient Service in the Clinical Laboratory
… project were to identify the causes of cancelled laboratory tests attributed to the preanalytical phase of testing, determine the most frequent, actionable cause, and work collaboratively to create a standard workflow to improve the quality of testing while concurrently saving wasted money and …
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The Design, Development and Evaluation of a Web-based Tool for Helping Veterinary Students Learn How to Classify Clinical Laboratory Data
… face the difficult task of learning to classify clinical laboratory data. In an effort to make this task easier, a computer and web based tool known as the Problem List Generator (PLG) was designed based on current literature dealing with learning theory and medical education which are reviewed …
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Qualify Microplate Reader’s Specification and Establish the Acceptance Criteria for Modified PicoGreen Kit in Measuring cell-free DNA Concentration in Clinical Laboratory
… agents (3,4,5,6). The current challenge in our laboratory is to measure cfDNA concentration from minimal volume of plasma after the extraction methods. Different methods of extraction yield various concentrations of dsDNA. Our laboratory develops the use of a modified PicoGreen kits and Biotek’s …
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Implementation and Cost Analysis of Performing Molecular Assays using FFPE Tissue Blocks in the Clinical Laboratory at VA Palo Alto Health Care System
… implementation of a new molecular platform in a clinical laboratory to process Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (FFPE) tissue blocks.</p> <p>At VA Palo Alto Health Care System, FFPE samples for BRAF, KRAS and EGFR mutation detection assays are usually sent out to reference laboratories. However, …
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Identification of Anaerobes in Clinical Specimens Comparison between the RapID ANA II System and the Bruker MALDI-TOF MS System utilized in the Clinical Laboratory
… for identifying anaerobic bacteria in the clinical laboratory over traditional methods such as the RapID ANA II System.</p> <p>A qualitative comparison is made, through the analysis of methodologies and specifications, to determine whether the RapID ANA II system or Bruker MALDI-TOF MS is …
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Quantitative analysis of K-ras mutation in urine as an indicator of disease status in patients with stage II or higher colorectal cancer
… (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 2008
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Testing times: New Zealand’s clinical laboratories under the 1990s health sector reforms
This thesis examines New Zealand’s clinical laboratory services during the 1990s, a recent period of major neo-liberally driven health sector change in New Zealand. Internationally, although estimates of expenditure on laboratory services vary, the importance attributed to their pivotal role in …
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Predictive Factors for Mortality in Young and Middle-Aged Patients with Ischemic Stroke // Предиктивни фактори за смъртен изход при пациенти с исхемичен мозъчен инсулт в млада и средна възраст
… In this age group, the disease has considerable clinical and social significance, as it frequently results in long-term disability, premature death, and a substantial socioeconomic burden. A retrospective cohort, single-centre study was conducted, including 168 patients admitted to the Second …
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Validation of TEG5000 Functional Fibrinogen Reagent as Abnormal Quality Control Material for TEG 6s PlateletMapping
… hemostatic analyzer at NorthBay Medical Center Clinical Laboratory. The Functional Fibrinogen reagent was manufactured for TEG 5000, model prior to 6s. This alternative will ensure that there will be no delay in the performance of periodic quality control due to the unavailability of quality …
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Development and Application of Reference Measurement Procedures for C-peptide and Insulin in Human Serum
… is to solve the current problems existing in the clinical laboratory derived from the lack of comparability of results when different methodologies are used. These may be caused by the lack of standardization or the presence of specificity problems in the used in-vitro diagnostic systems. These …
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Acinetobacter baumannii : an evaluation of five susceptibility test methods to detect tobramycin resistance in an epidemiologically related cluster
… susceptibility testing (AST) is used in the clinical laboratory to determine selected susceptibility profiles. The suspicion of a possible AST-related technical error when testing for susceptibility to tobramycin in A. baumannii precipitated this study.
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