78 research outputs found
Entirely flexible on-site conditioned magnetic sensorics
The first entirely flexible integrated magnetic field sensor system is realized consisting of a flexible giant magnetoresistive bridge on-site conditioned using high-performance IGZO-based readout electronics. The system outperforms commercial fully integrated rigid magnetic sensors by at least one order of magnitude, whereas all components stay fully functional when bend to a radius of 5 mm
Plan for Quality to Improve Patient Safety at the Point of Care
The U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM) much publicized report in “To Err is Human” (2000, National Academy Press) stated that as many as 98 000 hospitalized patients in the U.S. die each year due to preventable medical errors. This revelation about medical error and patient safety focused the public and the medical community's attention on errors in healthcare delivery including laboratory and point-of-care-testing (POCT). Errors introduced anywhere in the POCT process clearly can impact quality and place patient's safety at risk. While POCT performed by or near the patient reduces the potential of some errors, the process presents many challenges to quality with its multiple tests sites, test menus, testing devices and non-laboratory analysts, who often have little understanding of quality testing. Incoherent or no regulations and the rapid availability of test results for immediate clinical intervention can further amplify errors. System planning and management of the entire POCT process are essential to reduce errors and improve quality and patient safety
Back to basics: Validation of automated as compared to manual slide staining in the cytopathology laboratory
Quality in point-of-care testing: what drives the system?personnel, regulatory standards, or instrumentation?
The Relationship of Intralaboratory Bias and Imprecision on Laboratories’ Ability to Meet Medical Usefulness Limits
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