[Industrial first aid equipment: a historical analysis (1840-1914) ]. / Gli strumenti di pronto soccorso in azienda: un'analisi storica (1840-1914).

Even if references to the tools required to intervene after an accident can be found in the works of Bernardino Ramazzini (1633-1714) or Johann Peter Frank (1745-1821), it was only with the development of industrial manufacturing that the need to study means to prevent and intervene in cases of accident became evident. In October 1894 the III Congrés International des Accidents du Travail et des Assurances Sociales was held in Milan. The following year, the Milanese trade union movement acknowledged the necessity to address the problem of industrial accidents. In 1896 the Association for Medical Assistance in  Industrial Accidents was founded in Milan. A specific medical institute was set up, appropriate first aid tools were collected and first aid rooms in the main Milanese factories were inaugurated. Nevertheless, few data seem to be available regarding the manufacture and use of this equipment in industry. We analyzed more than fifty catalogs of European industrial products, between 1843 and 1914, to study the evolution of first aid equipment for industrial use. They reflect and attest to the evolution of medicine and surgery, although some models seem to be related to certain industrial categories (railways, electrical appliances), some were similar to ordinary first aid boxes, others were strictly related to surgery; some could only be used by physicians, and others only by workers. Identification, conservation, and reappraisal of these tools is essential for historians of occupational health because these objects were normally not preserved. The catalogues of industrial production are also precious sources, since they are rarely preserved in public libraries and deserve to be used for historical studies.

Adhesion. Adhesive dentistry: the good, the bad, and the ugly.

For more than 30 years, Compendium has provided its readers with university-based continuing education and editorial, demonstrating the latest advances in clinical procedures and techniques. Using the same peer-reviewed format and influence/direction from Compendium's distinguished editorial board, Special Report will provide insight on the latest advances in product technologies and the resulting benefits to both you and your patients. A discussion by the author on new clinical/laboratory research and product development strategies, as well as what the results could mean for dental treatment, will also be included. Focusing on one product category per issue provides a detailed review of the category and a comprehensive resource to help guide your treatment planning process.

Expression and characterization of a recombinant kinesin antigen from an old Indian strain (DD8) of Leishmania donovani and comparing it with a commercially available antigen from a newly isolated (KE16) strain of L. donovani.

Recently we had prepared a recombinant antigen (Ld-rKE16) from a newly isolated Indian strain of Leishmania donovani (MHOM/IN/KE16/1998) with high sensitivity and specificity and the same has been commercialized. While comparing the sequence data of kinesin gene of this (KE16) strain and its expressed protein with another commercially available recombinant antigen (Lc-rK39) from kinesin gene of L. chagasi we found significant genetic and amino acid variations. This prompted us to undertake the present study to unravel whether the kinesin gene and its expressed protein from another old but Indian isolate of L. donovani (MHOM/IN/DD8/1968) had any genetic and amino acid heterogeneity. Sequencing of the kinesin gene revealed that the kinesin gene of DD8 strain is 3016bp long and has immunodominant region consisting of 4.8 tandem repeats, 117 base pairs each. Further blast analysis of the immunodominant regions of 5 strains of L. donovani revealed that it has only 79% homology with L. chagasi, and 80% homology with L. infantum; while it had 82% homology with Sudan strain of L. donovani, 82% with another (Morena) strain of Indian L. donovani but highest homology of 83% with L. donovani KE16 strain of India. We also evaluated the diagnostic potential of the recombinant DD8 antigen (Ld-rDD8) and compared the results with that of Ld-rKE16. The study revealed that Ld-rKDD8 antigen was less sensitive and specific as compared to rKE16 antigen for the diagnosis of visceral and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis. This was probably due to prolong in vitro culture maintenance of the DD8 strain.

American Diabetes Association. Resource guide 2005. Insulin delivery.

Syringes...pumps...jet injectors...pens...infusers...they all do the same basic thing--deliver insulin. These items carry insulin through the outermost layer of skin and into fatty tissue so it can be used by the body. This section will also cover injection aids, products design to make injecting easier.

American Diabetes Association. Resource guide 2005. Blood glucose meters and data management system.

Before you buy a blood glucose meter (also known as a blood glucose monitor), check with your doctor and diabetes educator. Make sure the one you choose is well suited to your particular needs. You might want to have one at home and one for use at school or the office.

LabVelocity: online tools for life science products, protocols, technical information, MEDLINE searches, and laboratory calculations.

As the pace of life science discovery increases, so do the demands on researchers. To remain competitive in the life science industry, researchers must use every tool at their disposal to keep up with new products, protocols, news, and literature in their field. While there are now myriad Web sites that assist researchers with this problem, many suffer from confusing user interfaces, poorly designed search engines, and a narrow information focus. Here, we present LabVelocity, a user-friendly Web site that provides a free multidisciplinary information-gathering service for the life science research community. Using LabVelocity, a researcher can quickly find the products, protocols, technical references, news, MEDLINE abstracts, and interactive software tools necessary for an experiment. This aggregation of information can streamline experimental planning and is especially useful when researchers want to set up a new laboratory or to venture outside their field of expertise.

Business software for nurse executives.

Nurse executives are encouraged to be innovative with computer applications for effective management. Business software systems useful for nurse executive are compared in this article.

Using computer software to improve group decision-making.

This article provides a review of some of the work done in the area of knowledge-based systems for strategic planning. Since 1985, with the founding of the Center for Knowledge-based Systems for Business Management, the project has focused on developing knowledge-based systems (KBS) based on these models. In addition, the project also involves developing a variety of computer and non-computer methods and techniques for assisting both technical and non-technical managers and individuals to do decision modelling and KBS development. This paper presents a summary of one segment of the project: a description of integrative groupware useful in strategic planning. The work described here is part of an ongoing research project. As part of this project, for example, over 200 non-technical and technical business managers, most of them working full-time during the project, developed over 160 KBS prototype systems in conjunction with MBA course in strategic planning and management decision making. Based on replies to a survey of this test group, 28 per cent of the survey respondents reported their KBS were used at work, 21 per cent reportedly received promotions, pay rises or new jobs based on their KBS development work, and 12 per cent reported their work led to participation in other KBS development projects at work. All but two of the survey respondents reported that their work on the KBS development project led to a substantial increase in their job knowledge or performance.

NIOSH-certified particulate respirators. National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health.

AIDS: A chart is provided of respirators used for tuberculosis (TB) control, certified under 42 CFR Part 84 by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) as of October 2, 1995. The chart includes the supplier name and phone number, respirator type and trade name, and exhalation valve availability. The models include N95 filtering facepiece respirators and P100 elastomeric half-mask respirators.^ieng

CT technology overview.

I hope that you will find the product matrix to be a useful tool for making comparisons between vendors and scanners. Please keep in mind that the vendors have directly provided the specific answers to the questions within the matrix. Neither the author nor Radiology Management shall be held responsible for any misrepresented or erroneous data.

1991 laboratory systems review.

Healthcare Informatics Clinical Systems Editor Dennis Winsten and Managing Editor Karol Marlowe conducted an annual survey of laboratory systems to find out what solutions are being offered. Also, a wrap-up of trends in the laboratory information systems marketplace.

'92 LIS review. 6th annual state-of-the-lab.

The annual survey of laboratory information systems conducted by Healthcare Informatics and Dennis Winsten & Associates Inc., is intended to provide the prospective purchaser of an LIS a "quick look" at many of the important characteristics of vendors and their products. The survey also may be used by industry watchers to evaluate the ebb and flow of vendor fortunes and the strength of the LIS marketplace.

Resource guide addendum--1997.

The following is an addendum to the 1997 Healthcare Informatics Resource Guide in our December 1996 issue. The companies listed below made a special effort to inform us of their absence from the original Resource Guide. As a service to the companies and our readers alike, we are publishing company information as it would have appeared in the 1997 Resource Guide.