Essential Clinical Tests, Pharmacovigilance, and Medication Safety
Significance and Interpretation of Hematological Tests
Hematological tests evaluate numerous conditions involving blood and its components. They are crucial for diagnosing conditions such as inflammation, anemia, infection, hemophilia, blood-clotting disorders, leukemia, and monitoring response to chemotherapy.
A hematology test is essentially any blood test that requires blood or blood parts, offering vital information to a doctor about the patient’s blood health.
Common Hematology Tests
- Complete Blood
Laboratory Safety, Biohazard Management, and Chemical Handling
Biosafety and Biosecurity Definitions
Laboratory biosafety is the term used to describe the containment principles, technologies, and practices that are implemented to prevent unintentional exposure to pathogens and toxins, or their accidental release.
Laboratory biosecurity describes the protection, control, and accountability for valuable biological materials within laboratories, in order to prevent their unauthorized access, loss, theft, misuse, diversion, or intentional release.
Biohazardous Waste
Read MoreThe Construction of Normality: Biopolitics and Control
The Standard Human: Statistical Fictions and Biopolitical Control
Thesis: The standard human is a constructed ideal shaped by processes of statistical classification and biopolitical control. Using concepts like l’homme moyen and biopolitics, we can see how bureaucracies and infrastructures defined “normality,” excluded those who didn’t fit, and upheld systems of power that continue to regulate bodies today.
1. Statistical Norms and the Average Man (L’Homme Moyen)
L’homme moyen (Adolphe
Read MoreWHO’s Health 21 Strategy: 21 Targets for Global Public Health
Global Health Development and the ‘Health for All’ Movement
- In 1977, the World Health Assembly established a major social goal for governments and the WHO: the attainment by all people of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that would allow them to lead a socially and economically productive life.
- In 1981, the Assembly unanimously adopted the Global Strategy for ‘Health for All’ by the Year 2000. This marked the birth of the “Health for All” movement.
- “Health for All” does not
Assistive Devices in Rehabilitation: Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Psychological Adjustment
Prescribing Appliances in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
In Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMR), the prescription of appliances such as orthotics and prosthetics plays a vital role in enhancing mobility, function, and independence in individuals with temporary or permanent physical impairments. These assistive devices are essential tools in the rehabilitation process, designed to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities, and to replace lost limbs or body parts.
Understanding Orthotics
Orthotics
Read MoreUpper Limb Prosthetics: Harness Systems and Amputation Levels
Prosthetic Harness Systems: Control and Function
A **harness system** is a critical component of body-powered prostheses, particularly for upper limb amputees. It enables users to control their prosthetic device through movements of their shoulders, residual limb, or other body parts.
Components of a Harness System
- ***Harness***: A flexible or rigid framework that fits around the user’s body, typically the shoulders, chest, or residual limb.
- ***Cables***: Connect the harness to the prosthetic device,