Clinical laboratory personnel

Health-care providers, clinical laboratory personnel, infection control professionals, and health departments play critical and complementary roles in recognizing and responding to illnesses caused by intentional release of biologic agents. The syndrome descriptions, epidemiologic clues, and laboratory recommendations in this report provide basic guidance that can be implemented immediately to improve recognition of these events. 

Uses of chemically defined media for producing antibiotics were reviewed. An excellent book on the biosynthesis of antibiotics was published.A practical book for physicians and clinical laboratory personnel became available. ... 

Those professionals would be from Emergency Operations Centers, HazMat Teams, Fire Departments, Health Departments, Civil Support Teams (CST), Military Personnels, various Intelligence Organizations, Clinical Laboratories, and Environmental Laboratories. 

Procedures should be organized and indexed in the form of manuals and must be written in compliance with National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) GP2-A2 (3). Technical procedures designed for use at the bench should be complete, easy to follow, and readily available to testing personnel. These procedures must contain the following information for each assay performed ... 

Ott MG, Zober A. 1996. Morbidity study of extruder personnel with potential exposure to brominated dioxins and furans. IE Results of clinical laboratory studies. Occup Environ Med 53(12) 844-846. 

The application of GC for use in the clinical laboratory is relatively new, due possibly to the shortage of qualified personnel to perfect and standardize GC as a routine clinical laboratory procedure. This occurred, even though highly sensitive and specific methodology of GC was available for many determinations. The methods presented in this chapter are taken from current literature and from the authors laboratory. Although the methods presented are not the only ones used in clinical chemistry, in the authors opinion they are the simplest and most reliable. 

Infection control issues raised by these biological agents of concern raise serious threats to health care professionals, including clinical and laboratory personnel who may encounter patients or clinical specimens suspected of harboring highly lethal bacteria or viruses. 

Laboratory personnel collecting or processing clinical specimens from confirmed, probable, or suspected patients. 

The qualifications of personnel are determined by regulatory agencies and by the availability of suitable staff. In the United States, the qualifications for director, technical supervisor, and medical technologists are provided in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. ... 

The procedure protocol should be written according to specific guidelines, such as those from the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS). The laboratory procedure is one of the most important aids during orientation and trainmg of new personnel along with continuing assessment for trained personnel. 

The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) set standards designed to improve the quality of all laboratory testing. In the first portion of this chapter, we discuss the CLIA requirements that apply to most Immunohistochemistry laboratories, and explain topics such as certification, test complexity, patient test management, proficiency testing, personnel, quality control, quality assurance, and compliance. 

Study site personnel, e.g. qualification, experience, training, availability specific allocation of responsibilities Facilities, e.g. offices, wards, archives, pharmacy, clinical laboratory study medication/device storage areas clinical laboratories access to source documents ethics committee/IRB requirements... 

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