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W A Brunton

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PubMed1995

Active surveillance of health and safety in microbiology laboratories.

In microbiology laboratories highly infectious material is handled alongside complex and potentially dangerous equipment, and staff are therefore at risk of infections and accidents. Acts of parliament and regulations exist to protect staff in the workplace, including those exposed to biological agents. The current monitoring of health and safety in laboratories seeks to ensure that employers and employees comply with existing regulations, but this form of passive surveillance is of limited value because it does not highlight shortcomings in techniques, equipment, premises, or personnel. We propose a scheme for the surveillance of health and safety in microbiology laboratories that will actively seek information about laboratory incidents and practices, in order to enable appropriate preventive measures to be instituted.

Accidents, Occupational↗
PubMed1977

An assessment of a reflectance meter system for measurement of plasma or blood glucose in the clinic or side ward.

The Reflomat System for rapid estimation of plasma or blood glucose concentration has been evaluated. The System gave a linear response throughout its analytical range and the recovery of glucose added to glucose-free plasma was 97-105%. Addition of sodium fluoride to plasma produced a 7-15% reduction in the estimated glucose concentration. Plasma glucose concentration estimated with the Reflomat agreed closely with results of a glucose oxidase and a hexokinase based method, and blood glucose concentration measured with the Reflomat agreed well with results of a glucose oxidase method.

Blood Glucose↗
PubMed1972

If cows could fly.

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History, 19th Century↗