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Preface Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke, and premature death, and it affects approximately one-third of adults in the United States. Approximately, another one-third of the adults in the United States have prehypertension, which is also associated with a...
Preface Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become the most feared complication of blood transfusion. Fear of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has triggered a series of radical changes in transfusion medicine. These changes have focused mostly on the transmission of...
This practice covers a protocol for the assessment of the hemolytic properties of continuous, intermittent, and pulsatile flow blood pumps used in circulatory assist, including extracorporeal, percutaneous, and implantable devices. An assessment is made based on the pump's effects on the...
1.1 This practice covers a protocol for the assessment of the hemolytic properties of continuous, intermittent, and pulsatile flow blood pumps used in circulatory assist, including extracorporeal, percutaneous, and implantable devices. An assessment is made based on the pump's effects on the...
1.1 This practice covers a protocol for the assessment of the hemolytic properties of continuous, intermittent, and pulsatile flow blood pumps used in circulatory assist, including extracorporeal, percutaneous, and implantable devices. An assessment is made based on the pump's effects on the...
This document covers portions of the life cycle of an automated multichannel hematology system and provides guidance for validation, verification, calibration, quality assurance (QA), and quality control (QC) through standardized approaches to ensure good laboratory science and clinical relevance....
A comprehensive review of the impact of dietary nutraceuticals on platelet function and its relationship to cardiovascular disease Nutraceuticals and Human Blood Platelet Function offers a summary of the most current evidence on the effects of anti-platelet factors isolated mainly...
For a given current path through the human body, the danger to persons depends mainly on the magnitude and duration of the current flow. However, the time/current zones specified in the following clauses are, in many cases, not directly applicable in practice for designing...
For a given current path through the human body, the danger to persons depends mainly on the magnitude and duration of the current flow. However, the time/current zones specified in the following clauses are, in many cases, not directly applicable in practice for designing...
This part of IEC 60479 provides basic guidance on the effects of shock current on human beings and livestock. For a given current path through the human body, the danger to persons depends mainly on the magnitude and duration of the current flow. However, the...
This part of IEC 60479 provides basic guidance on the effects of shock current on human beings and livestock For a given current path through the human body, the danger to persons depends mainly on the magnitude and duration of the current flow. However, the time/current...
This guideline addresses handling and processing of blood specimens for examination procedures using serum, plasma, or whole blood in the clinical laboratory. The variables associated with precentrifugation, centrifugation, and postcentrifugation phases of specimen handling and...
This guideline addresses handling and processing of blood specimens for examination procedures using serum, plasma, or whole blood in the clinical laboratory. The variables associated with precentrifugation, centrifugation, and postcentrifugation phases of specimen handling and...
Preface Like other new endoluminal treatments, endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) has generated a great deal of interest - and, along with it, considerable controversy. Some of this controversy surrounds the complications of EVAR and what to do about them. Resolving these contentious issues...
Preface Carotid artery stenosis (CAS) is a major cause of ischemic stroke. Each year in the US and Europe alone, there are nearly two million strokes and CAS is estimated to account for up to 20% of these events. Carotid disease is also a leading cause of transient ischemic attacks or...
Specimen Quality The primary goal of this standard is to improve and ensure the quality of blood spots collected from newborns.1 Unacceptable and poor quality specimens place an unnecessary burden on the screening facility, cause unnecessary trauma to the infant and anxiety to the infant's...
This part of ISO 3826 addresses symbols that may be used to convey certain items of information related to medical devices dedicated to blood collection processes and storage. The information may be required on the device itself, as part of the label, or provided with the device. Many...
This part of ISO 3826 addresses symbols that may be used to convey certain items of information related to medical devices dedicated to blood collection processes and storage. The information may be required on the device itself, as part of the label, or provided with the device. Many...
This document is intended for use by members of the clinical laboratory testing community involved in the collection and measurement of lead in blood and urine. A background section on the clinical significance of lead concentration measurements is included to help laboratorians and others...
