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Enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)

open access: yesMedicina U.P.B., 2021
La infección respiratoria causada por el SARS-CoV-2 fue declarada pandemia por la OMS en marzo 11 de 2020. Este nuevo beta-coronavirus, producto probablemente de la mutación aleatoria de un coronavirus infectante de animales, ha impactado la humanidad ...
Jorge Eliécer Sara Ochoa   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The utility of measurement uncertainty in medical laboratories

open access: yesClinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 2020
The definition and enforcement of reference measurement systems, based on the implementation of metrological traceability of patient results to higher-order (reference) methods and/or materials, together with a clinically acceptable level of measurement ...
F. Braga, M. Panteghini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Final report on the force key comparison CCM.F-K3 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In the Force Key Comparison CCM.F-K3 the measurand force was compared at the two force steps 500 kN and 1 MN. 12 laboratories participated in this comparison which was organised by PTB as the pilot laboratory in two laboratory groups (group A and B).
Averlant, Philippe   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Improving quality in national reference laboratories: The role of SLMTA and mentorship

open access: yesAfrican Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2014
Background: The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research houses two reference laboratories: the virology and tuberculosis laboratories. Both were enrolled in the Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) programme.
Rosemary A. Audu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding and Addressing CLSI Breakpoint Revisions: a Primer for Clinical Laboratories

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Microbiology, 2019
The Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) has revised several breakpoints since 2010 for bacteria that grow aerobically. In 2019, these revisions include changes to the ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin breakpoints for the Enterobacteriaceae ...
R. Humphries, A. Abbott, J. Hindler
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Derangements of liver enzymes in a study of 201 COVID-19 patients in Abuja, Nigeria's federal capital territory

open access: yesNigerian Journal of Medicine, 2022
Background: Several studies reveal abnormalities in liver function tests of COVID-19 patients. However, there are little data on African patients.
Adaeze Chidinma Oreh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methods and analyzers for hemoglobin measurement in clinical laboratories and field settings

open access: yesAnnals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2019
This paper describes and compares methods and analyzers used to measure hemoglobin (Hb) in clinical laboratories and field settings. We conducted a literature review for methods used to measure Hb in clinical laboratories and field settings. We described
R. Whitehead   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Should archaeologists care about 14C inter-comparisons? Why? A summary report on SIRI [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Radiocarbon (14C) dating is used widely in many projects as a basis for the creation and testing of chronological constructs. 14C measurements are by their nature complex and the degree of sample pretreatment varies considerably depending on the material.
Cook, G.T., Naysmith, P., Scott, E.M.
core   +1 more source

Disease activity and cognition in rheumatoid arthritis : an open label pilot study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Acknowledgements This work was supported in part by NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre. Funding for this study was provided by Abbott Laboratories.
Birchall, Daniel   +6 more
core   +1 more source

International Laboratory Comparison of Influenza Microneutralization Assays for A(H1N1) pdm09, A(H3N2), and A(H5N1) Influenza Viruses by CONSISE [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The microneutralization assay is commonly used to detect antibodies to influenza virus, and multiple protocols are used worldwide. These protocols differ in the incubation time of the assay as well as in the order of specific steps, and even within ...
Engelhardt, OG   +9 more
core   +1 more source

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