Essays about: "Clinical Microbiology Laboratories"

Found 4 essays containing the words Clinical Microbiology Laboratories.

  1. 1. Aggregating predictions of a yeast semantic segmentation model : Reducing a pixel classifier into a binary image classifier

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Ali Muquri; [2023]
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    Abstract : The introduction of machine learning in clinical microbiology is important for aiding clinical laboratories with highly repetitive tasks that are fatiguing, error-prone, and require long employee training time due to the complex nature of the task. A challenging task that belongs to the subareas that need assistance is yeast detection in fluorescence microscopy where various yeast morphologies exist. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sepsis-associated Escherichia coli whole-genome sequencing analysis using in-house developed pipeline and 1928 diagnostics tool

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : Geivi Lember; [2021]
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    Abstract : Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that is caused by a dysregulated host response to infection. Timely detection of sepsis and antibiotic treatment is important for the patient’s recovery from sepsis. READ MORE

  4. 3. Reduced turnaround time for blood culture: : Experiences from an improvement process

    University essay from HHJ. Kvalitetsförbättring och ledarskap inom hälsa och välfärd

    Author : Marita Skarstedt; [2012]
    Keywords : Quality improvement; clinical microsystem; MALDI ToF; Rapid susceptibility test-ing; turnaround time;

    Abstract : Background Customer satisfaction is important for clinical microbiology laboratories and the most important service aspect is the reliability of responses. One important indicator of the quality of care is turnaround time for a sample referred to a laboratory. READ MORE

  5. 4. Evaluation of phenotypic and genotypic extended-spectrum beta-lactamase detection methods

    University essay from Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

    Author : Louise Svärd; [2007]
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    Abstract : The emergence and spread of resistance in Enterobacteriaceae is a growing concern in human medicine today. Enterobacteriaceae producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) have become efficient at inactivating β-lactam antibiotics especially the newer third generation cephalosporins. READ MORE