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AHHA Healthcare in Brief

Queensland claims 'world first' in medical artificial intelligence with new tech detecting diseases in blood
The University of Queensland has developed an AI microscope capable of scanning blood tests and photographing them in high resolution, identifying microscopic diseases in the blood samples, automatically emailing the result to a pathologist for confirmation.

A Status Report on AI in Laboratory Medicine
Labs will have to tackle problems with data, computing power, and trust before a revolution takes hold.
Controlling Your Chaos
As laboratory medicine professionals keep absorbing new tasks, they need practical advice to manage their time and projects.

A Survey of Basic Instrument Components Used in Spectroscopy, Part 4: Instrument Services and Testing
In this Part 4 survey article describing instrument services and testing, we look into spectroscopy electronics, including printed circuit board (PCB) design and manufacturing, a description of spectroscopy instrument design services, a summary of instrument testing services, and a description of the firmware and software aspects of instrumentation.

A Review of Ethical Issues Related to Laboratory-Based Diagnostics
The objective of this study was to review and introduce general ethical issues that any person may encounter during the test requesting, performance, and reporting of laboratory-based diagnostic testing.

Ethics in Medical Laboratory Practice Legge, M 2020, 'Ethics in medical laboratory practice', New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, vol. 74, no. 2, pp. 70-71, retrieved from Health Collection, Informit.

Biocompatability: Chemistry, Biology and Risk Brandwood, A 2019, 'Biocompatability: chemistry, biology and risk', Australasian Biotechnology vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 44-45, retrieved from EBSCOhost Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre Plus database.
The Strategic Management Stage of ISO 15189:2012 Management System Standard: An Implementation Update Mok, D, Chowdhury, S, 2019, 'The strategic management stage of ISO 15189:2012 management system standard: an implementation update', New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 103-107, retrieved from InfoRMIT Health Collection.
What Bacteria are Present on the Mobile Phones of Students? Tailor, B, Nikita, N, Naicker, A, Naivalu, T & Arvind, R 2019, 'What bacteria are present on the mobile phones of students?, New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science, vol. 73, no. 3, p. 98-102, retrieved from InfoRMIT, Health Collection database.

Changing Standards in Clinical Trials
DNA Extraction and Polymerase Chain Reaction Gupta, N 2019, 'DNA extraction and polymerase chain reaction', Journal of Cytology, vol. 23, no. 2, p. 116, retrieved from Gale Onefile: Health and Medicine database.
Three Guiding Principles for Successful Collaborative Partnerships

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