Keep on doing valuable work for all mankind.
Juha Wahlstedt
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
It´s 1st of May, the labor....atory day
Happy Labor Day to all medical laboratory professionals.
Keep on doing valuable work for all mankind.
Juha Wahlstedt
Keep on doing valuable work for all mankind.
Juha Wahlstedt
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
How does the Schilling test work?
If you are able to absorb B12 normally, you will absorb it through your gut cells and it will get into your bloodstream where it will circulate throughout your body and do its job. If you can’t absorb it correctly, then it won’t get in through your gut mucosa, and it will just stay in your gut and be excreted in your feces.
So, the Schilling test is kind of ingenious because it uses radioactive B12 (so you can measure where it comes out). Also, the patient gets injections of regular (non-radioactive) B12 at the same time to saturate any open B12 binding sites throughout the body.
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How does the Schilling test work?
Source: Pathology Student
So, the Schilling test is kind of ingenious because it uses radioactive B12 (so you can measure where it comes out). Also, the patient gets injections of regular (non-radioactive) B12 at the same time to saturate any open B12 binding sites throughout the body.
Read more:
How does the Schilling test work?
Source: Pathology Student
Whole Genome Sequencing as a Diagnostic Test
Extraordinary technological advances and decreases in the cost of DNA sequencing have made the possibility of whole genome sequencing (WGS) as a highly accessible clinical test for numerous indications feasible. There have been many recent, successful applications of WGS in establishing the etiology of complex diseases and guiding therapeutic decision-making in neoplastic and nonneoplastic diseases and in various aspects of reproductive health. However, there are major, but not insurmountable, obstacles to the increased clinical implementation of WGS, such as hidden costs, issues surrounding sequencing and analysis, quality assurance and standardization protocols, ethical dilemmas, and difficulties with interpretation of the results.
WGS should be carefully implemented in the clinic to allow the realization of its potential to improve patient health in specific indications. To minimize harm the use of WGS for all other reasons must be carefully evaluated before clinical implementation.
Read more:
Whole Genome Sequencing as a Diagnostic Test: Challenges and Opportunities
Source: Clinical Chemistry
WGS should be carefully implemented in the clinic to allow the realization of its potential to improve patient health in specific indications. To minimize harm the use of WGS for all other reasons must be carefully evaluated before clinical implementation.
Read more:
Whole Genome Sequencing as a Diagnostic Test: Challenges and Opportunities
Source: Clinical Chemistry
Monday, April 28, 2014
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever
Blood neutrophil-to-lymphocyte (N/L) ratio is a simple marker of inflammation that can be easily obtained from the differential leucocyte count and has been used to determine disease activity and diagnosis in patients with ulcerative colitis and acute appendicitis.
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a recurrent, autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease characterized with fever and serositis, which is accompanied by pain in the abdominal area, chest, and joints and the disease, is common among Mediterranean communities including Turks, Armenians, Jews, and Arabs.
This study shows that N/L ratio is higher in patients with active FMF compared with FMF patients in remission and controls, and a cut-off value of 2.63 can be used to identify patients with active FMF.
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Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients With...
Source: PubMed
Image credits: Pathologyoutlines
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a recurrent, autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disease characterized with fever and serositis, which is accompanied by pain in the abdominal area, chest, and joints and the disease, is common among Mediterranean communities including Turks, Armenians, Jews, and Arabs.
This study shows that N/L ratio is higher in patients with active FMF compared with FMF patients in remission and controls, and a cut-off value of 2.63 can be used to identify patients with active FMF.
Read more:
Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients With...
Source: PubMed
Image credits: Pathologyoutlines
Daily Hematology quiz questions
Improve your hematology skills and take the quiz daily.
Open quiz:
Wisr - Daily Hematology Quiz Questions
Source: Wisr
Image credits: The Windsor Star
Open quiz:
Wisr - Daily Hematology Quiz Questions
Source: Wisr
Image credits: The Windsor Star
What’s New with Hyperlipidemia in 2014?
AHA statistics 2014 in USA
What’s New with Hyperlipidemia in 2014?
Source: Brian V. Reamy, MD, FAAFP, Col(Ret), Associate Dean for Faculty & Professor of Family Medicine Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Image credits: Nur Jameel C.
- 787,000 deaths from Cardiovascular disease (CVD)
- 1 of every 3.0 deaths in U.S. is from CV disease
- 1 death q. 40 sec from CVD
- CVD kills more than ALL forms of cancer combined
- Number 1 killer of women
- ~50% of African‐American adults have some CVD
What’s New with Hyperlipidemia in 2014?
Source: Brian V. Reamy, MD, FAAFP, Col(Ret), Associate Dean for Faculty & Professor of Family Medicine Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD
Image credits: Nur Jameel C.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Sunday Gram Staining Challenge
CASE: 74 years old farmer from Poland has high fever one week after thoractomy. Gram staining sample from Pleural fluid was taken and the findings are in the image.
What are the findings? (Click image to enlarge)
Correct answer: Neutrophils (4+) and gram positive cocci (3/4+).
Staphylococcus aureus.
What are the findings? (Click image to enlarge)
Correct answer: Neutrophils (4+) and gram positive cocci (3/4+).
Staphylococcus aureus.
Blood Smear Nails
"As a laboratory scientist, I spend at least one day a week at the microscope counting cells. The little red blood cells look like pink cheerios. They come in different shapes depending on the condition of the patient. We count and differentiate the white blood cells into categories in order to give the doctors a good idea of a diagnosis. I painted my nails to resemble what we see when we look at a stained blood smear."
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eleven shakes of a persimmon tree: science
Source: Eleven shakes of persimmon tree
Image credits: Emily
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eleven shakes of a persimmon tree: science
Source: Eleven shakes of persimmon tree
Image credits: Emily
Handmade Blood Cells
Beautiful red blood cell, leukocyte and platelet
by Kylee´s Kraft Closet
Source: Facebook/Kylee´s Kraft Closet
Image credits: ChaoticKylee
by Kylee´s Kraft Closet
Source: Facebook/Kylee´s Kraft Closet
Image credits: ChaoticKylee
Saturday, April 26, 2014
My Friends at the Lab
Lab glove art by Valeska C Cisternas Rodriguez
Source: Facebook
Image credits: Valeska C Cisternas Rodriguez
Source: Facebook
Image credits: Valeska C Cisternas Rodriguez
Manual Microscopy: Not a Lost Art
Dr. Natasha Sharda (NS), from the Division of Nephrology, University of Arizona, discusses her abstract for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2014 Spring Clinical Meetings. Open poster: Manual Microscopy: Not a Lost Art
We currently live in the era of technology, constantly surrounded by man-made machines, hand held devices and internet access to which the hospital is no exception. In many ways technology has enhanced the practice of medicine from electronic medical records to automated urinanalysis machines. These advances have been made in attempts to enhance efficacy and reduce human error. However, this begs the question what about computer error? Although advantageous in many ways, can a computer system surpass direct observation and cerebral reasoning? Our research project “Manual Microscopy: Not a Lost Art” sets out to answer this question. It compares reported ranges of granular and muddy brown casts using manual microscopy to that obtained by an automated system in a population of admitted patients experiencing acute kidney injury. Overall it is important to quantify these casts as they may provide prognostic insight.
Read more:
Late-Breaking Abstract: Microscopy? Where Do We Stand
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
We currently live in the era of technology, constantly surrounded by man-made machines, hand held devices and internet access to which the hospital is no exception. In many ways technology has enhanced the practice of medicine from electronic medical records to automated urinanalysis machines. These advances have been made in attempts to enhance efficacy and reduce human error. However, this begs the question what about computer error? Although advantageous in many ways, can a computer system surpass direct observation and cerebral reasoning? Our research project “Manual Microscopy: Not a Lost Art” sets out to answer this question. It compares reported ranges of granular and muddy brown casts using manual microscopy to that obtained by an automated system in a population of admitted patients experiencing acute kidney injury. Overall it is important to quantify these casts as they may provide prognostic insight.
Read more:
Late-Breaking Abstract: Microscopy? Where Do We Stand
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Casein Media for Microbes
Casein Plates contain the major milk protein found in milk. Organisms were grown on Casien agar for 72 hours at 37C to look for the presence of the exoenzyme proteases/caseases . Pseudomonas aeruginosa, casein hydrolysis, as noted by a zone of clearing around the organism, as well as a green diffusable pigment pyocyanin. Serratia marcesens, casein hydrolysis as well as red colony pigment prodigiosin E. coli, growth but no casein hydrolysis.
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Casein Media
Source: Reblogged from Microbeworld
Image credits: Tasha Sturm
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Casein Media
Source: Reblogged from Microbeworld
Image credits: Tasha Sturm
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
The 2014 Laboratory of the Year
It's finally here! Every year, nominations are entered into the ADVANCE Laboratory and Laboratory Professional of the year contest. The laboratorians are judged based on leadership, commitment, passion and excellence in the work place; while the laboratories are judged based on how they have demonstrated innovation, a drive to improve, teamwork and support for their employees. ADVANCE continues to highlight these individuals and facilities in celebration ofMedical Laboratory Professionals Week.
Littleton Regional Healthcare, Laboratory of the Year:
In his nomination, Robert Mach, MBA, RT(R), executive director of operations at Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH), describe the LRH laboratory as routinely going "above and beyond." This isn't simply an indication of the staff's success in patient care or in their active role in the surrounding community. Instead, he referred to the dedication to improvement each member of the laboratory tem displays on a daily basis, regardless of any singular area of performance - especially when it comes to putting the patients first.
Read more:
And the Winners are...
Source: Advance
Image credits: LRH
Littleton Regional Healthcare, Laboratory of the Year:
In his nomination, Robert Mach, MBA, RT(R), executive director of operations at Littleton Regional Healthcare (LRH), describe the LRH laboratory as routinely going "above and beyond." This isn't simply an indication of the staff's success in patient care or in their active role in the surrounding community. Instead, he referred to the dedication to improvement each member of the laboratory tem displays on a daily basis, regardless of any singular area of performance - especially when it comes to putting the patients first.
Read more:
And the Winners are...
Source: Advance
Image credits: LRH
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Strange Laboratory Experiments
I don´t want to know...
Original image:
People in white coats
Source: People in white coats
Image credits: Benoit Leblanc
Original image:
People in white coats
Source: People in white coats
Image credits: Benoit Leblanc
Monday, April 21, 2014
Gram Stain Cookies
Awesome cookies for the celebrations
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
20-26 April, 2014
View original image:
Micro Lab Techs have a Baking Contest 2010!
Sourse NMLPW Blog
National Medical Laboratory Professionals Week
20-26 April, 2014
View original image:
Micro Lab Techs have a Baking Contest 2010!
Sourse NMLPW Blog
TB or not TB?
A 56-year-old man diagnosed as having acquired immunodeficiency syndrome was admitted to a hospital with fever, progressive cachexia, and multiple skin lesions. He complained of a cough productive of yellow sputum but no hemoptysis. An erythematous fluctuant mass located on the right thigh was aspirated, yielding purulent fluid. A Gram stain of this fluid revealed an abundance of leukocytes but no bacteria. Numerous unstained bacillus footprints or ghost bacilli were noted (figure).
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Ghost mycobacteria on Gram stain
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
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Ghost mycobacteria on Gram stain
Source: Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Evolution of the Liquid Biopsies Spaces
The focus of this GEN Market & Tech Analysis report is to present some of our most recent analysis of publication trends across a number of biomarker classes with an eye toward categorizing them into segments especially as they relate to liquid biopsies.
This is the first report in a series of several to be published by GEN over the coming months focusing on the emerging and rapidly evolving field of liquid biopsies. Focused herein are the various classes of circulating biomarkers, which provide the starting material for the development of liquid biopsies We’ve focused on circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating DNA, circulating RNA, and exosomes for the analysis presented herein. These four analyte classes represent the current state of the art vis-Ã -vis circulating biomarkers, and there is much debate as to which marker[s] will provide prognostic and predictive utility across a wide swath of disease classes in the future—hence the vigorous research interest in all these spaces.
Read:
Evolution of the Liquid Biopsies Space, Part One
Source: GEN
This is the first report in a series of several to be published by GEN over the coming months focusing on the emerging and rapidly evolving field of liquid biopsies. Focused herein are the various classes of circulating biomarkers, which provide the starting material for the development of liquid biopsies We’ve focused on circulating tumor cells (CTCs), circulating DNA, circulating RNA, and exosomes for the analysis presented herein. These four analyte classes represent the current state of the art vis-Ã -vis circulating biomarkers, and there is much debate as to which marker[s] will provide prognostic and predictive utility across a wide swath of disease classes in the future—hence the vigorous research interest in all these spaces.
Read:
Evolution of the Liquid Biopsies Space, Part One
Source: GEN
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Smartphone App Uses Selfies to Check Your Cholesterol Level
A team of engineers has designed a smartphone accessory and app that allows users to monitor their own blood cholesterol levels. Think of it as a sort of cholesterol selfie — or maybe a healthie?
As researchers from Cornell University explain in a paper in the journal Lab on a Chip, all you need — aside from their attachment and a smartphone — is a reagent test strip and a willingness to draw your own blood. Cholesterol tests tend to rely on reagent strips that turn different colors, depending on the cholesterol levels of the blood placed on them. The researchers’ achievement was to design an attachment to be placed over the smartphone flash and camera that can illuminate and capture the color of the strip, rendering unnecessary specialized equipment or an in-person health professional. The lab is working on a smartphone app that can determine vitamin D levels, too.
Read more:
Smartphone App Uses Selfies to Check Your Cholesterol Level
Source: Mashable
As researchers from Cornell University explain in a paper in the journal Lab on a Chip, all you need — aside from their attachment and a smartphone — is a reagent test strip and a willingness to draw your own blood. Cholesterol tests tend to rely on reagent strips that turn different colors, depending on the cholesterol levels of the blood placed on them. The researchers’ achievement was to design an attachment to be placed over the smartphone flash and camera that can illuminate and capture the color of the strip, rendering unnecessary specialized equipment or an in-person health professional. The lab is working on a smartphone app that can determine vitamin D levels, too.
Read more:
Smartphone App Uses Selfies to Check Your Cholesterol Level
Source: Mashable
Saturday, April 19, 2014
Erythrocytes with coarse basophilic stippling
In the latest Case Record of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a 59-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of fatigue, abdominal pain, new anemia, arthralgias, abnormal liver function, and emotional lability. A peripheral-blood smear showed polychromasia and coarse basophilic stippling of erythrocytes.
Acute abdominal pain has a broad differential diagnosis that includes both intraabdominal and extraabdominal causes. Life-threatening intraabdominal catastrophes, such as gastrointestinal perforation, intestinal infarction, and a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, cause illness within minutes or hours.
Read more:
Case 12-2014 — A 59-Year-Old Man with Fatigue, Abdominal Pain, Anemia, and Abnormal Liver Function
Source: NEJM
Acute abdominal pain has a broad differential diagnosis that includes both intraabdominal and extraabdominal causes. Life-threatening intraabdominal catastrophes, such as gastrointestinal perforation, intestinal infarction, and a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, cause illness within minutes or hours.
Read more:
Case 12-2014 — A 59-Year-Old Man with Fatigue, Abdominal Pain, Anemia, and Abnormal Liver Function
Source: NEJM
Scientists Create World's Tiniest Bunny
Scientists in Japan recently used a promising new 3D printing material to create objects so small that they are the size as a single bacteria. The researchers were able print shapes that are measured in mere micrometers, including the world’s tiniest rabbit. While the demonstration may be playful, the application certainly isn’t – this new technology may someday be used to print cells and micro-electrodes for medical purposes.
Read more:
Scientists Create World's Tiniest Bunny Using New 3D Shaping Material
Source: Phys.org
Image credits: Optical Materials Express
Read more:
Scientists Create World's Tiniest Bunny Using New 3D Shaping Material
Source: Phys.org
Image credits: Optical Materials Express
How the immune system protects children from malaria
According to a study published today in PLOS Pathogens, children who live in regions of the world where malaria is common can mount an immune response to infection with malaria parasites that may enable them to avoid repeated bouts of high fever and illness and partially control the growth of malaria parasites in their bloodstream. The findings may help researchers develop future interventions that prevent or mitigate the disease caused by the malaria parasite.
Each year, approximately 200 million cases of malaria occur worldwide, resulting in roughly 627,000 deaths (mostly children less than the age of 5 years living in sub-Saharan Africa). In 2013, 97 countries had ongoing malaria transmission, according to the World Health Organization. Unlike individuals who are newly exposed to malaria, people living in malaria-endemic regions often do not experience malaria-induced fever and manage to control parasite numbers in the bloodstream. To better understand why, researchers analyzed immune cells from children in Mali who are bitten by malaria-infected mosquitos more than 100 times per year, yet experience malaria fever only two times per year on average. The scientists collected blood samples from children on three occasions: before the start of the six-month malaria season; seven days after each child had been treated for his or her first malaria fever of the season, when symptoms had cleared; and after the subsequent six-month dry season, when little to no malaria transmission occurs.
Read more:
Study Sheds Light on How the Immune System Protects Children from Malaria
Source: NIH News
Image credits: NIAID
Each year, approximately 200 million cases of malaria occur worldwide, resulting in roughly 627,000 deaths (mostly children less than the age of 5 years living in sub-Saharan Africa). In 2013, 97 countries had ongoing malaria transmission, according to the World Health Organization. Unlike individuals who are newly exposed to malaria, people living in malaria-endemic regions often do not experience malaria-induced fever and manage to control parasite numbers in the bloodstream. To better understand why, researchers analyzed immune cells from children in Mali who are bitten by malaria-infected mosquitos more than 100 times per year, yet experience malaria fever only two times per year on average. The scientists collected blood samples from children on three occasions: before the start of the six-month malaria season; seven days after each child had been treated for his or her first malaria fever of the season, when symptoms had cleared; and after the subsequent six-month dry season, when little to no malaria transmission occurs.
Read more:
Study Sheds Light on How the Immune System Protects Children from Malaria
Source: NIH News
Image credits: NIAID
Friday, April 18, 2014
Red Cell Cupcakes
Awesome cupcakes by Rosita Leonor Perez Camargo
Source: Instagram
Image credits: Rosita Leonor Perez Camargo
Image credits: Rosita Leonor Perez Camargo
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Osmosis and Optimism
Why doesn´t osmosis work like this?
A dream of an unknown medical laboratory science student
A dream of an unknown medical laboratory science student
Meditation @ Microbiology Lab
A stunning tower of petri plates and peace of mind.
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Hitting the red button of evolution
Source: Student science
Image credits: Zachary Blount
Read more:
Hitting the red button of evolution
Source: Student science
Image credits: Zachary Blount
A Malaria Outbreak Without Mosquitoes
A Taiwanese businessmen traveled to Nigeria in 1995 and inadvertently caused a small outbreak in a general teaching hospital in Taipei, a country free of malaria since its eradication in the 1960s. Until this uncommon outbreak, every single case of malaria in Taipei had been directly traced to an individual’s recent travels to an endemic region.
Two weeks after the hospital admission of this ill businessman, an additional four patients developed unusual fevers that were identified as being malarial in origin. Yet none of these group of five patients shared a history of blood transfusions nor any common exposures, aside from treatment within the same hospital, that would predispose them to malaria.
Read more:
Microbial Misadventures: A Malaria Outbreak Without Mosquitoes - Body Horrors
Source: Discover Magazine
Image credits: Wikimedia
Two weeks after the hospital admission of this ill businessman, an additional four patients developed unusual fevers that were identified as being malarial in origin. Yet none of these group of five patients shared a history of blood transfusions nor any common exposures, aside from treatment within the same hospital, that would predispose them to malaria.
Read more:
Microbial Misadventures: A Malaria Outbreak Without Mosquitoes - Body Horrors
Source: Discover Magazine
Image credits: Wikimedia
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Atlas of Clinical Hematology - Free eBook
From the reviews of the sixth edition: "With over 1000 illustrations the 6th revised edition covers the whole spectrum of haematology. The quality of the illustrations and the clarity of the accompanying texts make the Atlas a valuable companion to the haematology and oncology professions."
This 6th edition of the atlas has integrated the 2001 WHO classification and made use of figures and descriptions to document recently described types of leukemia and lymphoma. The latter include leukemias of dendritic cells, rare lymphomas and persistent polyclonal B lymphocytosis, which takes a special place in the classification.
The volume covers all the microscopic methods in hematology that form the basis of diagnosis as well as the results of modern immunologic, cytogenetic and molecular-genetic investigation. Special emphasis is placed on the cytogenetic and molecular-genetic characterization of biological entities that might form the basis for innovative therapies.
Normal results and pathological findings are compared, and the various findings made during therapy are depicted. All in all the Atlas of Clinical Hematology represents a complete and helpful reference work which should be present in every hematologic and oncologic department as well as in clinical laboratories for online diagnostics and scientific research.
DOWNLOAD HERE (pdf):
L. Heilmeyer, "Atlas of Clinical Hematology" - Free eBooks
Source: Alaa M. Khudair , Teacher Assistant – Medical Technology Department – IUG
This 6th edition of the atlas has integrated the 2001 WHO classification and made use of figures and descriptions to document recently described types of leukemia and lymphoma. The latter include leukemias of dendritic cells, rare lymphomas and persistent polyclonal B lymphocytosis, which takes a special place in the classification.
The volume covers all the microscopic methods in hematology that form the basis of diagnosis as well as the results of modern immunologic, cytogenetic and molecular-genetic investigation. Special emphasis is placed on the cytogenetic and molecular-genetic characterization of biological entities that might form the basis for innovative therapies.
Normal results and pathological findings are compared, and the various findings made during therapy are depicted. All in all the Atlas of Clinical Hematology represents a complete and helpful reference work which should be present in every hematologic and oncologic department as well as in clinical laboratories for online diagnostics and scientific research.
DOWNLOAD HERE (pdf):
L. Heilmeyer, "Atlas of Clinical Hematology" - Free eBooks
Source: Alaa M. Khudair , Teacher Assistant – Medical Technology Department – IUG
Artificial blood made from human stem cells
Prof Mark Turner has devised a technique to culture red blood cells from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells – cells that have been taken from humans and ‘rewound’ into stem cells. Biochemical conditions similar to those in the human body are then recreated to induce the iPS cells to mature into red blood cells.
There are plans in place for the trial to be concluded by late 2016 or early 2017, he said. It will most likely involve the treatment of three patients with Thalassaemia, a blood disorder requiring regular transfusions. The behaviour of the manufactured blood cells will then be monitored.
Read more:
Artificial blood 'will be manufactured in factories'
Source: The Telegraph
Image credits: Alamy
There are plans in place for the trial to be concluded by late 2016 or early 2017, he said. It will most likely involve the treatment of three patients with Thalassaemia, a blood disorder requiring regular transfusions. The behaviour of the manufactured blood cells will then be monitored.
Read more:
Artificial blood 'will be manufactured in factories'
Source: The Telegraph
Image credits: Alamy
My first spectrophotometer
Have you seen a spectrophotometer with analog dosplay?
I was using this Beckmann gray photometer during my trainee at hospital laboratory. This instrument was vintage already, but still in routine use.
Like this it goes:
Image credits: Trivox tripod
I was using this Beckmann gray photometer during my trainee at hospital laboratory. This instrument was vintage already, but still in routine use.
Like this it goes:
- Warm up
- Adjust zero
- Select wavelenght
- Blank adjust
- Read standard and specimen and avoid parallax error
- Clean up
Image credits: Trivox tripod
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
International Biomedical Laboratory Science Day
International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science (formerly known as IAMLT) established BLS Day in 1996 at the World Congress in Oslo, Norway to promote and celebrate the key role of Biomedical Laboratory personnel in diagnostic and preventive health care systems.
The purpose with the BLS Day is to increase the awareness of the role that Biomedical Laboratory Scientists have in providing health care. BLS' play an important role in diagnosis, quality development and assurance, treatment, research, development, and public health care.
International BLS Day gives our profession a day to promote and celebrate ourselves as a profession.
The theme is selected by the International Body (IFBLS) related with health issues and support the WHO Millennium Development Goals.
BLS Day is the day for Laboratory personnel to promote awareness of our profession and the key role played by Biomedical Laboratory Scientists in the diagnosis and treatment of patients and research in the modern medical sciences.
Read more:
International Biomedical Laboratory Science Day, April 15th
Source: IFBLS
The purpose with the BLS Day is to increase the awareness of the role that Biomedical Laboratory Scientists have in providing health care. BLS' play an important role in diagnosis, quality development and assurance, treatment, research, development, and public health care.
International BLS Day gives our profession a day to promote and celebrate ourselves as a profession.
The theme is selected by the International Body (IFBLS) related with health issues and support the WHO Millennium Development Goals.
BLS Day is the day for Laboratory personnel to promote awareness of our profession and the key role played by Biomedical Laboratory Scientists in the diagnosis and treatment of patients and research in the modern medical sciences.
Read more:
International Biomedical Laboratory Science Day, April 15th
Source: IFBLS
Monday, April 14, 2014
Lab Graffiti
Recycled glove box stencils and gram stain 'paint'.. Lab graffiti!
by Dayna McPherson
Source: Facebook
Image credits: Dayna McPherson
by Dayna McPherson
Source: Facebook
Image credits: Dayna McPherson
Positve Lab Test
Once upon a time at the Pepsi company
You are fired Jack!
The lab results just came back, and you tested positive for Coke
Source: Artizans
Image credits: Dan Reynolds
You are fired Jack!
The lab results just came back, and you tested positive for Coke
Image credits: Dan Reynolds
Sunday, April 13, 2014
WBC Counter Mobile Application
This app is WBC differential Counter
- touch cells
- count
- notice 100, 200, 500 ,1000 cells count
- calculate real number!
You can select vibration and/or sound.
Download here:
WBC Counter for Android phones
Source: Google play/Android
- touch cells
- count
- notice 100, 200, 500 ,1000 cells count
- calculate real number!
You can select vibration and/or sound.
Download here:
WBC Counter for Android phones
Source: Google play/Android
What Do Scientists Really Exclaim?
A cartoon postcard to clarify what the scientists are really exclaiming...
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So I made a postcard of the Truth about...
Source: Tumblr.
Image credits: Twisted Doodles
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So I made a postcard of the Truth about...
Source: Tumblr.
Image credits: Twisted Doodles
Vintage Cell Counter
Clay Adams 5 Key Single Knob Counter
A counter with six window readout. Perfect working order, 5 key range 0-999. The 6th window is a running Total with a bell ring at increments of 100. Dual reset knobs. Includes 5 paper "key name" inserts.
Do you remember these?
Source: axsopasmic.com
A counter with six window readout. Perfect working order, 5 key range 0-999. The 6th window is a running Total with a bell ring at increments of 100. Dual reset knobs. Includes 5 paper "key name" inserts.
Do you remember these?
Source: axsopasmic.com