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Diagnostic Hybrids Announces FDA Clearance Of D3(R) FastPointTM L-DFATM RSV/MPV Identification Kit
Diagnostic Hybrids, a leading developer of in vitro diagnostic fluorescent staining kits and cell culture products, announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) (510k) clearance of its D3 FastPointTM L-DFATM RSV/MPV Identification Kit, which allows for the identification of respiratory syncytial virus and human metapneumovirus from a patient’s specimen in under 25 minutes…
The identification of framed messages in the New York State Smokers’ Quitline materials
Research suggests that smoking cessation messages are most persuasive when framed in terms of the benefits achieved from quitting (i.e. gain-framed) than when framed in terms of the costs of not quitting (i.e. loss-framed). It is unknown, however, if these findings about optimal message frames have been translated into public health practice. The current study examined message framing in telephone counseling sessions with smokers calling the New York State Smokers’ Quitline (NYSSQ). We conducted a content analysis of all NYSSQ print material and 12 Quitline service calls. Two independent raters coded each message within these documents as being gain-framed, loss-framed or non-framed. Messages from the service calls also were coded for their function (e.g. information provision, information gathering). Interrater reliability was acceptable (kappa > 0.80). Of the 997 print messages evaluated, 21.6% were gain-framed, 13.8% were loss-framed and 64.6% were non-framed. For the service calls, only the messages with an information provision function included framed content. Of the 420 information provision messages, 10.2% were gain-framed, 1.7% were loss-framed and 88.1% were non-framed. The loss-framed and non-framed messages indicate missed opportunities for providing gain-framed messages within the Quitline services, thus emphasizing a possible gap between research and practice.
Seegene’s Seeplex(R) RV Multiplex PCR Tests Prove Effective For The Identification Of The New Influenza A H1N1
Building on its widely distributed multiplex PCR technology platform, Seegene is now providing healthcare systems worldwide with a powerful diagnostic test for effective identification of the new influenza A virus (swine H1N1). The Seeplex? RV Detection* assays provide a wide range of screening capabilities for Influenza A, while simultaneously testing for up to 18 other respiratory viruses in a single multiplex PCR test.
Student evaluation of a primary care clerkship: Quality assurance and identification of potential for improvement
Background:In Germany, like many other countries, general practice clerkships have only recently become mandatory during medical education. The biggest chal-lenges for the organisation of such clerkships are achieving a minimum level of stan-dardisation, and developing and maintaining a system of quality assurance. The aim of this study is to assess the instructional quality in teaching practices using a benchmark system.Methods:Before commencing, students anonymously assessed the importance of core aspects of the mandatory primary care clerkship. After the clerkship, they evalu-ated learning opportunities and teaching performance. Based on this data, a bench-mark system was developed to identify areas of strength and weakness for all prac-tices as well as individual teaching practices.Results:A total of 695 students evaluated 97 family practices belonging to a teach-ing network. Prior to the clerkship, most students considered recognition of frequent diseases (85 %) and communication skills (65 %) the most important learning goals. After the clerkship, nearly 90 % of students confirmed that the general practitioner (GP) was good or excellent at teaching these two goals but only two-thirds thought the GP’s teaching performance good or excellent in preventive medicine and screen-ing. In an exemplary analysis, we identified the 2 best and the 2 worst practices that consistently received scores far above or below average, respectively.Conclusion:We were able to identify areas of weakness in teaching and identified specific GPs who did not meet the students’ needs and expectations. This evaluation seems to be a useful quality assurance tool to identify the potential for improvement and faculty development.
Towards a basic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in acute stroke ? identification of salient findings by the inexperienced examiner
Background:Dysphagia is common after stroke. Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is a powerful tool for dysphagia assessment. The purpose of this study was to assess whether a previously established endoscopic examination protocol based on the identification of typical findings indicative of stroke ? related dysphagia may be learned and adopted by clinicians so far inexperienced in this field.Methods:After receiving a structured lecture on this topic, participants were asked to rate video sequences of endoscopic swallowing examinations of acute stroke patients. The first part of the testing (“single findings-rating”) comprised of 16 single sequences, the second part (“complete examination-rating”) presented the key sequences of 8 complete examinations. Before the second part was started, results of the first were discussed.Results:At the “single findings-rating” 88.8% of video-sequences were assessed correctly, while at the “complete examination-rating” the average performance had improved to 96%. Furthermore, no overlooking of relevant pathologies was noted in the second part of the testing.Conclusion:This study suggests that the presented endoscopic examination protocol is reliably interpreted by inexperienced clinicians after a short lecture and may therefore easily and successfully be adopted in dysphagia management of acute stroke care.
Identification Of Genes Linked To Spinal Disc Degeneration
Lumbar disc degeneration is an uncomfortable condition that affects millions of people, but two University of Alberta researchers have identified some of the genes that are causing problems. Michele Crites-Battie and Tapio Videman, in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, have discovered eight genes that are directly related to disc degeneration. “We found more genes associated with disc degeneration than was discovered in 30 prior studies,” said Videman.
Towards a basic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in acute stroke – identification of salient findings by the inexperienced examiner
Background:Dysphagia is common after stroke. Fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) is a powerful tool for dysphagia assessment. The purpose of this study was to assess whether a previously established endoscopic examination protocol based on the identification of typical findings indicative of stroke – related dysphagia may be learned and adopted by clinicians so far inexperienced in this field.Methods:After receiving a structured lecture on this topic, participants were asked to rate video sequences of endoscopic swallowing examinations of acute stroke patients. The first part of the testing (“single findings-rating”) comprised of 16 single sequences, the second part (“complete examination-rating”) presented the key sequences of 8 complete examinations. Before the second part was started, results of the first were discussed.Results:At the “single findings-rating” 88.8 % of video-sequences were assessed correctly, while at the “complete examination-rating” the average performance had improved to 96%. Furthermore, no overlooking of relevant pathologies was noted in the second part of the testing. Conclusion:This study suggests that the presented endoscopic examination protocol is reliably interpreted by inexperienced clinicians after a short lecture and may therefore easily and successfully be adopted in dysphagia management of acute stroke care.
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