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More pathology in practice: a look in the current literature

More pathology in practice: a look in the current literature

A small sample of research interest in the areas of haemostasis, calprotectin testing and immunohistochemistry to be found in the current literature.
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  • / May 05, 2017
Clinical and laboratory haemostasis: update from UK NEQAS Blood Coagulation

Clinical and laboratory haemostasis: update from UK NEQAS Blood Coagulation

Consultant haematologist Jonathan Pattinson reports from the UK NEQAS for Blood Coagulation annual scientific meeting, which drew international support from scientists, clinicians and contributors.
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  • / Mar 01, 2017
Current pathology in practice: a brief look in the literature

Current pathology in practice: a brief look in the literature

A small sample of research interest on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Lean management and cancer screening to be found in the current literature
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Full and rapid automation upgrade with no interruption to service

Full and rapid automation upgrade with no interruption to service

Pathology in Practice speaks with Portsmouth Pathology Service’s Nathan Hunt and Beckman Coulter’s Tom Coulson about how Beckman smoothed the transition from a mature automation system to a modern Lean automation configuration to eliminate bottlenecks for consistent workflow.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Serology and its role in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

Serology and its role in the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis

A combination of three laboratory tests can help to identify rheumatoid arthritis patients sooner and enable clinicians to start tailored treatment promptly. Jason Cunningham provides an update and looks to the future.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Lean laboratories: the prerequisite to survive rising pressure?

Lean laboratories: the prerequisite to survive rising pressure?

Warnings that pathology services are unable to cope with demand are now national headlines. As pressure mounts, Dr Gene Elliott asks if decades-old car manufacturing ideas could now help laboratories support better patient outcomes, lower costs and meet hugely rising demand.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Improved techniques and technology for cellular and molecular pathology

Improved techniques and technology for cellular and molecular pathology

Contributors from Georgia, the UK, USA and Sweden made last year’s online Pathology 2016 event, organised by EuroSciCon, a truly international annual occasion.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
A FIT approach: improving sample integrity for faecal haemoglobin testing

A FIT approach: improving sample integrity for faecal haemoglobin testing

Faecal immunochemical testing is the latest advance in the screening programme designed to identify patient with colorectal cancer, but success relies on the quality of the sample, as Matthew Davies explains.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Antibiotic prescribing targeted with GAS test at Children’s Hospital

Antibiotic prescribing targeted with GAS test at Children’s Hospital

Antimicrobial resistance is a major problem in 21st-century medicine, the unwarranted treatment of infant pharyngitis being just one contributing factor. This has now been addressed using a lateral-flow immunochromatographic cassette test.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Acquire, learn, share, repeat: an Innovation Academy update

Acquire, learn, share, repeat: an Innovation Academy update

Recent advances in technology and data science mean that there is more data about people, their habits and their health than ever before, but clinical utility cannot be fully realised without successful integration and analysis.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Point-of-care testing: an expanding repertoire in accident and emergency

Point-of-care testing: an expanding repertoire in accident and emergency

Patience Kapuya shares the results of a study of A&E clinician use of various POCT devices, comparability of results with the central laboratory, and the value of additional tests to speed decision-making in the emergency situation.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with chlorine dioxide

Reducing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with chlorine dioxide

There is growing evidence to support the efficacy of disinfection with chlorine dioxide in the fight against healthcare-associated infections. One trust has achieved significant reductions in MRSA rates, resulting in major cost savings by implementing this disinfecting agent in its environmental cleaning process. Suzanne Callander and Louise Frampton report.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Measurand: the first step to measurement uncertainty evaluation

Measurand: the first step to measurement uncertainty evaluation

In this first of a series of articles on individual aspects of the assessment of uncertainty of measurement, Stephen MacDonald begins with consideration of the measurand.
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  • / Feb 02, 2017
Clostridium difficile: value of the GDH, toxin and tcdB testing algorithm

Clostridium difficile: value of the GDH, toxin and tcdB testing algorithm

Sarah Copsey-Mawer evaluates testing for glutamate dehydrogenase, toxin A/B and the tcdB gene, compared to the gold standards of toxigenic culture and cell cytotoxin neutralisation assay.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016
Current pathology in practice: a brief look in the literature

Current pathology in practice: a brief look in the literature

A small sample of research interest on Clostridium difficile infection, colorectal cancer and Mohs micrographic practice to be found in the current literature.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016
UN3373 sample packaging regulations: understanding your responsibilities

UN3373 sample packaging regulations: understanding your responsibilities

There are strict regulations governing how biological samples are packaged for mailing and it is vital that all staff understand the legislation and how to be fully compliant. If not, there could be serious consequences.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016
Support for the UK’s fastest service redesign to deliver modernisation efficiencies

Support for the UK’s fastest service redesign to deliver modernisation efficiencies

Through the rapid, smooth and seamless implementation of new automated equipment and systems, Beckman Coulter supported a South West London Pathology redesign across three large hospital sites. This article discusses how this was achieved and some of the efficiencies delivered.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016
Optimising workflow and patient treatment in the Mohs clinic in Cardiff

Optimising workflow and patient treatment in the Mohs clinic in Cardiff

Since 1992, the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, has been pioneering Mohs micrographic surgery, providing optimal patient care and rapid skin cancer treatment. Central to fast treatment time is cryosectioning, which, in Cardiff, is provided by the Thermo Scientific Cryostar NX70.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016
T helper 17 cells: roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

T helper 17 cells: roles in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis

Functionally polarised CD4-positive T-cell responses based on their profile of cytokine secretion are seen in many chronic autoimmune inflammatory diseases. The focus in this review is the disease-triggering role of a T-helper subset of lymphocytes.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016
Testing for colorectal cancer: a focus on FIT technology

Testing for colorectal cancer: a focus on FIT technology

Quantitative faecal immunochemical testing looks set to reassure patients and clinicians concerned about colorectal cancer. Reducing referrals, colonoscopy investigations and overall waiting times, FIT enables GPs to manage patients confidently in primary care.
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  • / Nov 18, 2016

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