As a young mom who is also part of the medical field, I understand the concerns and questions that arise when your child develops a fever. It’s natural to feel worried, but it’s essential to remember that fever itself is not a disease, but rather a sign that the body is fighting off an infection.… Continue reading
Author: Mifrah Ziyard
Abnormal colors of urine
UFR ( Urine Full Report ) is a test generally carried out at all clinical laboratories. It’s also known as urine analysis. It’s used to screen or diagnose substances or cellular materials in urine associated with metabolic disorders, renal function and urinary tract infection ( UTI ). UFR mainly includes three main examinations. Physical /… Continue reading
Meningococal Septicaemia – Case study presentation
This is my case study presentation created for my final year case study examination. I would like to share this with you all. Don’t forget to click the play button as it includes voice as well. Your comments and feedbacks are appreciated. Meningococal Septicaemia View more webinars from Mifrah Ziyard
Hemolytic Disease of Newborn – HDN
HDN is caused by hyper immune IgG immunoglobulin during pregnancy. The hyper immune immunoglobulins are able to cross the placenta and bind with corresponding antigens on the surface of fetal RBC. Eventually this will lead to hemolysis of fetal RBC. This is also called as Erythroblastosis fetalis. There are two instances where hyper immune immunoglobulins… Continue reading
Biopsies
Biopsy is a piece of tissue or whole organ removed from body for histological studies. They are removed on the purpose of diagnosis of disease or prognosis of treatments. Meanwhile, the extend of disease and the second pathology of disease could be able to detect by examination biopsies. The biopsy is also used to match… Continue reading
G6PD Deficiency and Chronic Kidney Disease
Glucose – 6 – phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD deficiency) is the most common enzymopathy in human. This enzymopathy affects more than 400 million people worldwide4-5. It has a wide geographical distribution, reaching higher prevalence in certain parts of Africa, the Mediterranean and Asia. The incidence of G6PD deficiency over 1{766ae208bec50026fbb7b483ffd0131874bc817b7f7b0d78a9a3f95ea0e64b58} is distributed in the Mediterranean… Continue reading
Electron Microscope
Electron microscope is a instrument used to study the fine details of cell structure by which magnification is done by emitting a electron beam at high voltage through electromagnatic lenses in a vaccum chamber. There are two types of electron microscopes; Transmission electron microscope (TEM) and Scanning electron microscope. In Transmission electron microscope, the electron… Continue reading
Quality Control on MacConkey Agar
Description MacConkey agar is used for isolation and differentiation of gram negative enteric bacilli from specimen containing swarming strains of Proteus spp. This is a useful medium to differentiate Lactose fermenters from non-lactose fermenting organisms. The selective agents of MacConkey Agar inhibit the growth of gram positive organisms. Principle of Medium Peptone is source of… Continue reading
Radio Active Waste Disposal
All radio active waste should be properly disposed with a minimum of delay. They must not allow to accumulate in the laboratory.A record must be kept for radiological waste disporsal containing type of waste, date, nuclide activity and means of disposal. In the nuclear medicine laboratory, wastes are divided in to following groups and they… Continue reading
Lateral Flow Technology in Laboratory Practice
The lateral flow technology (test) is also known as Immunochromatographic Technology (test). There are varieties of strips designed using lateral flow technology for detecting many analytes quantitatively in direct patient samples. A specific antibody to a specific analyte present in the sample is impregnated in the lateral flow test strip. These test strips are usually… Continue reading