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Korea*

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Korea*

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Korea*

We analyzed the predonation tests and the characteristics of plateletpheresis of the candidates and donors during 18 month at Korea University Guro Hospital from 1993 to 1995. Among the 810 candidates tested for predonation tests, 115(14.2%) candidates were deferred due to incompatible factors. The most common incompatible factor is elevated alanine aminotransferase(4.6%, ALT > 64 Iu) followed by incompatible ABO discrepancy (4.1%), positive HBsAg(3.3%), low platelet count(2.2%). 43.1 percent of the platelet donation candidates were processed plateletpheresis. 43(18%) of prospectively reviewed 240 plateletpheresis donors were relatives of the recipients. The percent of redonation was only 14% and its mean interval was 11.4 days. The result showed the plateletpheresis candidates have the relatively safety compared to that of the directed donation, social support of plateletpheresis donation program is strongly needed because of low redonation rate and characteristics of plateletpheresis donation.
Alanine ; Blood Platelets ; Directed Tissue Donation ; Fibrinogen ; Humans ; Korea ; Plateletpheresis* ; Prospective Studies ; Tissue Donors*

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DNA Nucleotidylexotransferase*

BACKGROUND: Korea university Gyro Hospital has run the KULAB system successfully since 1985, the increasing amount of hospital information made us the need for new system with larger capacity. We began to transform the KULAB, LIS only to the wly developed KUMNET-LAB, OCS system and we report our experience. METHODS: We used 5290 (Sequent, USA) with main memory of 128 megabyte and hard disk of 6.3 gigabyte as main completer, ORAGLE 7.2 (Oracle, USA) as database, fifteen 486 PCs, eight printers and seven barcode printers in the laboratory. A LAN was built. Pro-C was used in interface between the outpatient cashier and LIS. The Power builder (PentaKorea, USA) and Forms (Oracle, USA) and visual basic were used in interface between LIS and autoanalyzer. It took one month to analyse laboratory work flow and 2 months to programming by 2 programmers from the commercial vendor, ICM (Information & Communication Management Inc.). All laboratorian had taken part in job analyses and evaluations. RESULTS: Our laboratory information system was successfuly implemented without any major problem. The specimen type and emergency status were added to the test code. And the field indicating the sequential position on screen was added to the master to control the position of the test codes on screen. Bar code system was introduced to ample identification as well as specifically assigned specimen number. CONCLUSION: The KULAB system had been used from 1985 through 1995 was successfully transfered to the more efficient new LIS, KUMNET-LAB which is one of the basis of the OCS system (KUMNET).
Automatic Data Processing ; Clinical Laboratory Information Systems ; Commerce ; Emergencies ; Humans ; Korea* ; Local Area Networks ; Memory ; Outpatients ; Workflow

OBJECTIVE: A cytogenetic survey of the mentally retarded children in Seoul City Welfare Center for the Mentally Retarded and St Peter school has been undertaken. METHODS: The chromosome analysis was carried out in 92 males and in 66 females as a total of 158 cases. RESULTS: Abnormal karyotypes were observed in 22.2% of the total cases (35/158). Autosome and sex chromosome anomaly were observed in 20.3%(32/158) and 1.9%(3/158) respectively. Of 35 cases of anomaly, 91.4%(32/35) was autosome anomaly and 8.6%(3/35), sex chromosome anomaly. CONCLUSION: Down syndrome karyotype was the most frequent anomaly among autosome anomalies which was 62.5%(20/32) and other autosome anomalies were observed in 37.5%(12/32).
Abnormal Karyotype ; Child* ; Cytogenetics* ; Down Syndrome ; Female ; Humans ; Karyotype ; Male ; Mentally Disabled Persons* ; Seoul ; Sex Chromosomes

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DNA* ; Genome* ; Nucleopolyhedrovirus* ; Promoter Regions, Genetic*

No abstract available.
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell*

This pathology laboratory data management system is developed at the department of pathology and laboratory medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, as an extension of Korea University laboratory Data managment and communication system. This is built in hospital computer for business, with the connection to the hospital business information system by software. The pathology department is only using terminals and printers, which enables us to maintain the lowest cost to maintain and operate the system. It has been written in COBO1 and utilized TOTAL Data Base and SNOMED (microglossary for surgical pathology). The input keys include patient hospital registration number, laboratory test code and SNOMED code or direct English written diagnostic words through dual masters of SNOMED.