However, the use of whole blood eliminates the need for the separation of serum, an extra step for a lab technician and one in which contaminants can be introduced, and also provides a truer representation of systemic exposure.
American Airlines will use a variety of inspection techniques, including a tap test, in which technicians hit the part and listen for sounds that would indicate a void, said Thomas Haueter, the board's deputy chief of aviation safety.
The Guildhall School of Music & Drama is one of Europe's leading conservatoires, offering musicians, actors, stage managers and theatre technicians an inspiring environment in which to develop as artists and professionals.
Last month SBC also instituted a protocol in which technicians call ahead and arrange customer installations in a more efficient way.
In the past year its popular service DellConnect has handled 9 million sessions in which technicians remotely access customers' machines to fix bugs, kill viruses or make updates.
One common method for cleaning up oil spills is called in situ burning, in which technicians set the fuel slick on fire to vaporize its components.
The immensity of the effort and the competition with the Soviet space program engendered a less visible revolution, one in which technicians, engineers and scientists grappled with a daunting challenge.
The data from 1895 patients revealed cases in which technicians found newly hatched louse nymphs on the 14th day after treatment began, even though the second scalp application had occurred 7 days before.
The marketing of such a test conjures up the ultimate abuse of genetic medicine, a nightmare scenario in which technicians sort through fertilized eggs, discarding embryos that don't have the 'right' genetic stuff to be potential football stars.
The surprise twist in the episode, in which forensics technician Ryan O'Halloran is killed by fellow technician Dale Stuckey, was conceived by Neal Baer, the series executive producer and showrunner.
