The American Association of Blood Banks mentions that Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB), once regarded as biological waste, can now be used to bolster a patient’s immune system. These stem cells are used to treat malignant diseases such as leukemia and non-malignant diseases such as immune deficiencies, severe aplastic anemia, and […]
Vaccination is the need of the hour. In the mission to inoculate the entire world, billions of doses of vaccines need to be safely shipped around the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that practices exposing refrigerated vaccines to sub-zero temperatures are widespread. A study by Burgess M.A. […]
Pre-analytical errors lead to specimen rejection and negatively affect patient safety. Healthcare laboratories receive patient specimens that are accepted based on certain sample rejection criteria. Every specimen may represent a life. Specimen rejection may endanger patient safety by compromising the quality of healthcare. What is the real risk of specimen […]
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters ~Epictetus Early this year, the news about the novel virus broke out. Little did we know that COVID-19 is going to engulf the globe and change the way we live. People known for being social creatures […]