Description for Using Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (mRDTs) The procedure of the test as contained in the manufacturer’s instructions as approved by the National guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of malaria‚ (FMoH‚ 2011) will be followed. its reliability was futher proven by Olaniyan‚ et al.‚ (2013). The RDT provided for the study has LOT number and expiry date which must be recorded. Preferably RDT of known quality assurance will be used. The device usually contains a cassette‚ an applicator
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Medical Terminology Paper #1 A Friend of mine went to a girls basketball game with his daughter one night a couple of weeks ago. While they were there‚ his daughter Nia was complaining of CRAMPING in her right GASTROCNEMIUS‚ it got so bad at one time her Dad (Scott) told her to point her toes upward to try and stop the CRAMPING. When she did‚ she had temporary PARALYSIS in her legs and fainted. He then took her home where she seemed to be fine for a while. After a while had passed she then went
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Should stem cell transplants be done? An in-depth look into stem cell transplants and cancers they can cure. Shannon Lamkins Western Governors University WGU Student ID # 000257114 Stem cell transplants are often one of the last choices a patient has to survive cancer. All have already gone through chemotherapy‚ radiation therapy or both and this is the next step in their treatment. Patients have two choices in transplants autologous or allogeneic. In
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Blood Type Lab Report Sherman Chen 3B Introduction: The purpose‚ nature‚ and expected findings of the activity. In this lab activity‚ we were first asked to find the blood types and then count the number of blood cells. In the first part of the lab‚ we had to find the ABO and Rh blood type of four simulated blood samples. We did this by observing the antigen/antibody reaction in each of the four samples of simulated blood; if there was agglutination it meant that was the blood type. In the
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Year13 SDD Major Project Project Proposal: Blood Bank Management System Student Names : Release No. Date : Revision Description Introduction: Blood Bank is one of the important departments. It plays an important role with blood collection and issue of blood/components. Its activities include blood donations‚ blood grouping‚ antibody screening‚ antibody identification‚ cross matching‚ blood infectious tests‚ component preparation‚ issuing compatible blood and Blood components
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Canadian Blood Services STRATEGIC ISSUES The main strategic issue affecting the Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is making sure their blood supply keeps up with demand. Because blood is such a necessity in the health care industry it is always in high demand‚ meaning the Canadian Blood Services needs to constantly have a large enough supply to fuel this demand. Therefore‚ new donor recruitment is high on the list of priorities. As they found in a recent study‚ most of the population didn’t realize
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Anna Garcia died of splenic sequestration crisis. Splenic sequestration can cause death within 1-2 hours of the rupturing of the spleen since it causes circulatory failure. She displayed commons symptoms of splenic sequestration such as an increased heart rate‚ pale lips and nails‚ fast breathing‚ excessive thirst and a distended stomach caused by an enlarged spleen. The increased heart rate was caused by high blood pressure and blocked arteries. The high blood pressure was caused by blocked arteries
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NTRODUCTION Superior vena cava syndrome (SVC) was first described in the 18th century in a patient with an aortic aneurysm caused by untreated syphilis [1]. By 1954‚ there were well over 250 cases documented in the literature of which approximately 40% were due to infectious causes such as tuberculous mediastinitis and syphilitic aneurysm [2]. Advances in medicine have eradicated many of the sequelae of the above diseases; however it appears more recently that the most common cause of SVC is malignancy
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MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 190-50100 KAKAMEGA FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES COURSE TILTE: INDUSTRIAL/FIELD ATTACHMENT COURSE CODE: SBL326 NAME: PAMELA K. MUKWEYI REG. No.: BTE/0517/08 DURATION: 9TH MAY – 20TH JULY 2012 SUBMISSION DATE: ATTACHMENT PLACE:CENTRE FOR MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH- KEMRI Scope/purpose The Industrial Attachment program fulfils part of the requirement in pursuing the degree
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Every minute of every day‚ someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor‚ a person like oneself who makes the choice to donate. When one makes a blood donation‚ they are joining a very select group. Currently only three out of every one hundred people in America donate blood. From its beginning‚ the American Red Cross has formed a community of service‚ of generous‚ strong‚ and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The American Red Cross blood donor embodies this
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