Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 2001, Issue7, 79 (7) Page-I: Bulletin of the World Health Organization the International Journal of Public Health

By Richard G. A. Feachem

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Title:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization : 2001, Issue7, 79 (7) Page-I: Bulletin of the World Health Organization the International Journal of Public Health
Author:	Richard G. A. Feachem
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
A Working Group on Appropriate Technology in Health Laboratories was convened by the WHO Regional Office for Europe in collaboration with the Government of the United Kingdom, in London from 2 to 5 October 1979. The purpose of the meeting was to review the organization of health laboratory services in Europe and to discuss the roles and basic requirements of laboratories at local, regional and central levels. It was attended by temporary advisers and observers from nine countries, who had relevant experience of a spectrum of disciplines - clinical biochemistry, haematology and blood banking, microbiology, histopathology, immunology and food and environmental hygiene (see Annex I1 for list of participants).

Table of Contents
CONTENTS Page 1 . Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 . General characteristics of health laboratory operations . . . . . . . . 3 2.1 Workload and the quality of performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.2 Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 . Special features of the clinical laboratory sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1 Clinical biochemistry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.2 Haematology and blood transfusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.3 Microbiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 3.4 Immunology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.5 Histopathology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.6 Food hygiene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.7 Role of industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 4 . Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.1 The laboratory's contribution to health care . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.2 Cost-consciousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4.3 Choice and use of laboratory tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.4 Choice and use of appropriate technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 4.5 Interaction with industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15