Nosocomial infection is a serious problem in the diagnosis, treatment and management of neonatal disease. Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is high risk place for nosocomial infections whose clinical features vary with age, nation and region. The improvemnts in hand hygiene measures and antibiotic stewardship and control of the risk are recommended to effectively prevent nosocomial infections in NICU and to improve the healthcare service in neonates.

Roles of reference method in clinical biochemistry were introduced.Reference method is an important component of the reference system.Reference methods are primarily used for the establishment and assurance of the traceability of measurement results through calibrating and evaluating routine methods and assigning values to reference materials.Calibration biases and non-specificities of routine methods and the commutability of reference materials are the major issues in the standardization of clinical biochemistry.Standardization also requires availability of commutable reference materials.Reference methods are irreplaceable tools to identify the issues and to characterize reference materials.

Good patient care requires accurate and comparable laboratory test results. To achieve standardization, a reference system consisting of a hierarchal framework of validated and reliable analytical methods linked by reference materials must be in place. Supported by national and municipal research programs, construction of reference systems has been pursued and progress been made. Candidate reference methods have been set up or developed for some important tests, and the methods have been used in the calibration or evaluation of routine methods, study of commutability of control materials and characterization of reference materials. Phenomenal roles of reference systems are expected in diagnostic reagent manufacturing, internal quality assurance and external quality assessments.

specifications are essential for total quality management in laboratory medicine. A consensus among worldwide professionals has been achieved and a hierarchy of strategies for setting analytical quality specifications has been proposed based on their relevance to medical decision-making. Quality specifications derived from biological variations have been widely accepted because of their objectivity and practicability and have more and more been used in the quality management in laboratory medicine.

Objective To find out the detection level of the blood routine test in clinical laboratories of basic medical institutions in Hefei ,and to analyze the results of inter‐laboratory comparison among township health centers and community health service cen‐ters in Hefei and explore the main factors .Methods Forty‐three township health centers and community health service centers were randomly selected to conduct field investigations and take blood routine test inter‐laboratory comparison .Results Both 41 .9% of the passing rate and the average score 72 .37 points in Inter‐laboratory comparisons were significantly lower than the An‐hui province clinical inspection center(94 .1% and 95 .97 points) ,the differences were statistically significant(P<0 .05);Comparing to the results of the Anhui province clinical inspection center ,there was statistically significant difference on parameter(WBC ,RBC , Hb ,HCT ,PLT) average pass rate of blood routine test(P<0 .05);the personnel primary education was low ,18 .80% of the staff in clinical laboratories were not professionals ;most of blood analyzers were domestic and 53 .49% of all instruments had been used for more than 5 years;the overall laboratory quality management level was low .Conclusion The blood routine test detection level in clinical laboratories of basic medical institutions in Hefei was far below than that of secondary and tertiary medical institutions .The daily laboratory internal quality control should be strengthened and the quality management system should be improved gradually .

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Objective To investigate the changes of plasma ghrelin,growth hormone (GH) and growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and gastric ghrelin in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease( COPD ) and to explore their clinical significances.Methods Plasma ghrelin,GH,GHRH,TNFα,IL-6 and C reactive protein (CRP) were measured in 40 COPD patients and 20 controls with chronic bronchitis. Correlated factors of plasma ghrelin,TNFα,IL-6,CRP were analyzed. Body composition was assessed with bioelectrical impedance analysis.The expression of gastric ghrelin in patients with COPD was detected.Results Plasma ghrelin was higher in the underweight patients than in the normal weight patients and in the controls [ ( 1.78 ± 0.46 ) ng/L,( 1.39 ± 0.46 ) ng/L,( 1.36 ± 0.39 ) ng/L,respectively].Plasma GH was lower in the underweight patients than in the normal weight patients and in the controls [(4.12 ±0.83) μg,/L,(5.17 ±0.72) μg/L,(6.49 ± 1.13) μg/L,respectively].Plasma GHRH was lower in the underweight patients than in the normal weight patients and in the controls [ (20.43 ± 4.41 ) ng/L,(23.47 ± 3.97) ng/L,( 27.48 ± 10.06) ng/L,respectively ].Plasma ghrelin was higher in the underweight patients than in the controls ( P ＜ 0.01 ).Plasma ghrelin was higher in the underweight patients than in the normal weight patients with COPD.Plasma ghrelin (log transformed) was negatively correlated with BMI and percentage of body fat in the COPD patients.Plasma GHRH was positively correlated with ghrelin in the underweight patients ( r =0.515,P ＜ 0.05 ),while no correlation was found between plasma G H and ghrelin in the underweight patients (r =0.415,P ＞ 0.05 ).Plasma ghrelin was positively correlated with TNFα and IL-6 in the underweight patients.The gastric expression of ghrelin showed no evident difference between the patients with COPD and the controls.Conclusions The plasma GH in COPD patients may not be correlated with ghrelin.The plasma ghrelin level may be a useful indicator for malnutrition in COPD patients.Plasma ghrelin might be involved in the pathogenesis of CODP by affecting the body energy metabolism.

This study was aimed to investigate the efficacy ofTong-Bu San-Sheng(TBSS) Decoction to reduce the toxicity and side effects of chemotherapy, as well as prolong progression-free survival (PFS) for advanced lung squamous carcinoma patients who received chemotherapy. A total of 83 lung squamous carcinoma cases were divided into two groups by patients’ wishes. The control group contained 41 cases were treated by the chemotherapy of gemcitabine plus cisplatin (GP). The trial group contained 42 cases were treated by chemotherapy plus Chinese herbal medicine TBSS decoction. The toxicity and side effects of chemotherapy, as well as short-term outcome were evaluated. PFS of patient was recorded. The results showed that there were no differences on granulocytopenia (P = 0.115) or short-term outcome (P = 0.081) for patients of both groups after chemotherapy. The percentages of nausea, vomiting and thrombocytopenia in the trial group were lower than that in the control group (P = 0.037,P = 0.040). The PFS of patients in the trail group were prolonged compared to patients in the control group (4.31 ± 0.24 VS 3.78 ± 0.16 month;P = 0.043). It was concluded that Chinese herbal medicine TBSS decoction cannot reduce granulocytopenia caused by chemotherapy, or improve the tumor response rate (RR) of short-term outcome. However, it can prolong PFS, relieve nausea, vomiting and thrombocytopenia during chemotherapy.

Objective To explore the correlation between menarche age and metabolisyndrome (MS) in natural menopause women .MethodThree thousand two hundred and founatural menopausal women aged 45-64 yearold were selected from 7 ad-ministrative villagein Taixing areand performed the questionnaire investigation ,physical measurementand biochemical test. The respondentwere divided into differengroupof lesthan 14 yearold ,15-16 yearold and more than 17 yearold according to the menarche age .The Mdiagnostistandard by the International DiabeteFederation (IDF ,2005) and the modified diagnostistandard based on the Asian by the third treatmenreporof the national cholesterol education program adultreatmengroup (NCEP ATPⅢ ,2005) were adopted and the Logistiregression analysiwaused foanalyzing the correlation between menarche age and M.ResultThe Mcrude prevalence rate in thigroup wa35 .39% (IDF ,2005) and 20 .57% (NCEP ATP Ⅲ ,2005);the Logistiregression analysishowed thathe conclusion by the two kindof Mdiagnostistandard waconsisten,I .e .earliemenarche age (lesthan 14 yearold) increased the Moccurrence[aftemultivariable adjusting OR=1 .41(1 .10-1 .82) and 1 .55 (1 .16-2 .08)] ,in addition ,earliemenarche age also significantly increased the central obesity risk in women ,while latemenarche age (＞16 yearold) had no correlation with M.Conclusion The earliemenarche age irisk factoof M.So the health publici-ty and education ,prevention and control on the menopausal women with earliemenarche age should be strengthened .

Objective To determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome ( MS) in women who had gone through natural menopause, and to provide basic data for developing effective prevention and intervention of metabolic syndrome in Taixing area Jiangsu province. Methods A cluster sample of natural postmenopausal women aged 45 to 64 years were sampled and assessed by questionnaires, physical measurements, and biochemical tests; and analyzed according to the International Diabetes Federation ( IDF, 2005) diagnostic criteria for MS. Results The crude prevalence of metabolic syndrome was 35. 25% and the standardized prevalence rate was 31. 47% after age being adjusted. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome was increased with age ( P < 0. 01). The constituent ratio of the combinations of 3, 4, and 5 components in MS was 21. 45% , 10. 73% , and 3. 07% , respectively. Conclusion The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among older women after menopause is high and increasing with aging. Public education should be strengthened to improve the quality of life in postmenopausal women and prevention and intervention should be adopted earlier as well.