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A Special feature on Pathology & Laboratory Diagnostics
APCON-2004
to impart training in newer diagnostic techniques
The national conference of Indian Association of Pathologists
and Microbiologists (IAPM), APCON-2004 to be held at Armed
Forces Medical College (AFMC) in Pune from November 20 to
25 aims to provide an insight into the diagnostic industry,
besides focusing on various legal and clinical management
aspects of lab medicine.
‘Government
needs to be proactive in framing a uniform accreditation system
for labs’
Prof (Col) Shrikant Nema currently professor and head, department
of pathology, Armed Forces Medical College has nearly three
decades of experience in the field of pathology and over two
decades as a teacher of pathology.
New
trends in automated haematology analysers
Eosinophils is significant in the diagnosis of allergy and
parasitic diseases, certain skin diseases like psoriasis,
recovery from acute infections, drug sensitivity, Hodgkin’s
disease, etc. The requests for basophilic analysis are few
and the value of the clinical information is questioned.
Addressing
bacterial contamination problems in blood banks
Bacterial contamination of blood products is a major concern
for blood banks. According to the American Association of
Blood Banks, “The frequency of transfusion-associated
bacterial sepsis is greater than that of any of the transfusion-transmitted
viruses currently tested for, in the US.
‘Regularisation
of path labs is a must’
Dr Arvind Lal, managing director, Dr Lal Path Labs (LPL),
has made his mark on the international laboratory map through
his contributions in improving laboratory medicine in India.
LPL today offers more than 1400 different investigations and
panels in the disciplines of molecular diagnostics, biophysics,
virology, flow cytometry, immunophenotyping, cyto genetics,
immunochemistry, biochemistry and many more.
Thyrocare
inaugurates modern specialised pathology lab in Mumbai
Thyrocare Technologies Ltd has recently inaugurated a 11,000
sq ft, state -of-the-art online processing laboratory (OPL)
in Andheri, Mumbai. OPL also boasts of being the first laboratory
in India to have installed 10 XL 300, automated biochemistry
analysers from Transasia Biomedicals.
Transasia
launches new products on its 25th anniversary
Driven by the philosophy of bringing the latest and best solutions
in clinical diagnosis within the reach of its customers, Transasia
celebrates its 25th anniversary by launching a whole new range
of solutions in the field of biochemistry, haematology and
immunology- venturing into new fields like cancer and HIV
detection.
Realising evidence-based diagnostics
Serum
Creatinine in assessing renal function
The VITROSr MicroSlide™ technology developed by Ortho-Clinicial
iagnostics, a Johnson & Johnson company, provides superior
clinical utility in assessing renal function in patients.
AGAPPE
making inroads in diagnostic industry
AGAPPE Diagnostics is one of the fastest growing diagnostics
company working with over 200 distributors. Launched in 1995,
with an aim to provide world class diagnostic kits at an affordable
price, the company since then has been successfully manufacturing
and distributing diagnostics reagents.
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