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Document ID (ISN)25316
CIS number 76-1056
ISSN - Serial title 0140-6736 - Lancet
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Thomson S., Inwood M.J.
Title Laboratory-acquired hepatitis B.
Bibliographic information 28 Feb. 1976, Vol.1, No.7957, p.489.
Abstract Letter to the editor proposing a method to overcome the high risk of hepatitis when Coombs test material is transferred from test tubes to slides for microscopic reading. An inversion microscope equipped with a viewing holder for 10x75mm tubes is used, allowing agglutination patterns to be directly assessed in the tube, so avoiding transfer of hazardous material. Visual assessment is considered as accurate as the traditional slide and pipette method, and the cost of the microscope is quickly recovered in savings due to the fact that additional slides and pipettes are not required.
Descriptors (primary) laboratory work; health hazards; agglutination tests; infectious hepatitis
Descriptors (secondary) light microscopy
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Liver diseases
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)