For both substances, a microbiological measurement procedure has been the historical standard for defining accuracy, whereas competitive binding assays are now the predominant methods in clinical laboratories.
Sputum plugs were harvested and processed for differential cell analysis [ 13], quantitative microbiology, measurement of QSSMs [ 14, 15] and routine hospital microbiological culture [ 12].
The reviewers abstracted data including study design and duration, population, activities to promote hand hygiene in both intervention and comparison groups, hand hygiene outcomes, clinical and microbiological outcomes, measurement methods, and settings.
Gravimetric, microbiological, and electrochemical measurements and corrosion product analyses indicate that in seawater the observed corrosion phenomenon is composed of two different phases.
Clinical and microbiological records, and measurements of CRP and WBC during SE were analyzed.
Efforts to define diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers of TB have largely focused on microbiological and immunological measurements or identification of bacterial macromolecules [ 30- 35].
We used three different methods for measurements: microbiological sampling from healthcare workers hands, inspection of the hand hygiene technique, reduction measure of the disinfectant amount.
As a reference group for microbiological and serological measurements, subjects without RA were recruited from among subjects planned for first consultation at the Department of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene of the University Medical Center Groningen.
The microbiological testing and measurement of airborne particles were performed both at rest and in operation.
