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| Laboratory Haematology |
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Description |
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BloodLine |
Dedicated to furthering and enhancing the fields of hematology
and oncology. Access morphology atlas, case studies, lectures,
and much more. |
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Haem.net |
Haem.net
is a portal to haematology information on the internet - the site
contains original articles, discussion forums, news and many links.
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Morphology |
These
are a series of images of blood films, bone marrow aspirates and
bone marrow biopsies. Click on an image to see the full sized
image and descriptive text. http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/patleesh/morph/slides.htm#index |
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Physiology
of the Haemopoetic System |
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The
Malaria Foundation |
The Malaria Foundation International web site was established
in 1995 to provide an interactive, central location to access
information about malaria. |
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WHO/TDR
Malaria Database |
This is an information resource for scientists
working in malaria research. It contains a wide variety of information
ranging from sequences to conference news. http://www.wehi.edu.au/MalDB-www/who.html |
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Case Studies. |
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Case Studies. |
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Case Studies and other information on cell biology. |
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Case studies, tutorials,and quizzes. |
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This popular web resource received over 66 million
hits in 2000. This site includes over 1900 images along with text,
tutorials, laboratory exercises, and examination items for self-assessment
that demonstrate gross and microscopic pathologic findings associated
with human disease conditions. |
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Hoslink |
This site is intended to provide
links to other sites with information related to Medical and Biomedical
Professional activities. It consists of four main menus, Hosp
(Hospital disciplines), Path (Pathology), Free (Free stuff relating
to the web and downloadable files) and Text (Textbooks CD's, DVD's,
Novels, Software etc. from Amazon.co.uk). The Pathology pages
have links to downloadable Pathology documents and Protocols as
well as numerous links to other pathology web sites. The Free
Stuff pages contain hundreds of links to free software, tutorials,
web sites etc. |
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Haematology.org: The Educational Haematology Website |
Each Image has a question, and a commentary associated with
it. The commentary can be displayed or hidden by clicking the
mouse pointer over the button labelled. http://www.haematology.org |
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LabExplorer |
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Medical
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Morphology and case studies. |
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Lab
Results for Haematological Disorders |
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Division
of Laboratory Medicine at |
Malaria: An On-line Resource |
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Atlas of Hematology |
| Blood Transfusion
Practice |
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| Website |
Description |
| Haem
Net |
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British
Blood Transfusion Society |
The
main object of the Society is to advance the study of blood transfusion
(including immunohaematology) for the public benefit, and to promote
research and development into all aspects of blood transfusion
practice. |
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International
Society of Blood Transfusion |
The
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) is a scientific
society, founded in 1935 and joining over 1000 professionals involved
in blood transfusion and transfusion medicine from more than 100
countries. |
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Case studies, tutorials,and quizzes. |
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BLOODBOOK.COM
Links |
This lengthy page of bloodbook.com lists some of the most useful blood
related resource websites on the internet. |
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BLOODBOOK.COM |
a web site dedicated to the exchange of accurate information about your
health as controlled by your Blood.
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| Immunophenotyping |
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| Website |
Description |
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University of |
Flow cytometric
diagnosis of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. |
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| Website |
Description |
| National Health Service |
This
is the official gateway to National Health Service organisations
on the Internet. http://www.nhs.uk/ |
| Department
of Health |
This
site gives you the latest news and information about the Department
and its work. It also offers you easy access to the wide range
of publications, policy and guidance produced by the Department. http://www.doh.gov.uk/ |
| NHS
Direct Online |
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| National
Institute for Clinical Excellence |
It
is part of the National Health Service (NHS), and its role is
to provide patients, health professionals and the public with
authoritative, robust and reliable guidance on current “best practice”.
The guidance will cover both individual health technologies (including
medicines, medical devices, diagnostic techniques, and procedures)
and the clinical management of specific conditions. http://www.nice.org.uk/ |
| Pathology
Modernisation |
The
Pathology Modernisation Programme (PMP) is a ten-year strategy
to modernise and rationalise pathology services. Pathology is
essential for effective diagnosis with some 60% of diagnosis based
on pathology. It underpins delivery of NHS priorities and is essential
in delivering fast and accurate diagnoses and effective medication
for patients. The NHS Plan depends on pathology services, especially
for cancer, A & E and waiting times targets.
http://www.doh.gov.uk/pathologymodernisation/index.htm |
| Central
Office of Information |
Press
releases from all |
| Useful
NHS Links |
Useful
NHS links sites. http://www.nhs.uk/usefullinks/default.asp |
| Foreign
& Commonwealth Office |
The
mission of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is to promote
the national interests of the |
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Waiting lists and waiting times for NHS Hospitals in |
| Audit Commission |
The Audit Commission is an independent body responsible for
ensuring that public money is used economically, efficiently and
effectively. http://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/home/ |
| Commission for Health Improvement |
The Commission for Health Improvement's aim is
to improve the quality of patient care in the NHS. For CHI the
patient's experience of the NHS is at the heart of its work. http://www.chi.nhs.uk/ |
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This site gives information about HSE's roles and responsibilities
as an organisation. http://www.hse.gov.uk/ |
| Standards and Reference
Methods |
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| Website |
Description |
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National
Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards |
NCCLS is a globally recognized,
voluntary consensus standards-developing organization that enhances
the value of medical testing within the healthcare community through
the development and dissemination of standards, guidelines, and
best practices. http://www.nccls.org/ |
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International
Organization for Standardization |
The
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide
federation of national standards bodies from some 140 countries,
one from each country. The mission of ISO is to promote the development
of standardization and related activities in the world with a
view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services,
and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual,
scientific, technological and economic activity. http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage |
| WHO
Regional Office for |
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are
an inseparable component of a quality assurance programme. They
denote laboratory integrity, ensure consistency and reliability,
minimize errors and are a reflection of the policy of a laboratory
in regard to quality. SOPs are a pre-requisite for accreditation
of a laboratory. http://w3.whosea.org/haem/c6h.htm |
| UK & International Professional Organisations |
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| Website |
Description |
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An academic body representing
the majority of Medical Laboratory Scientists in |
| American
Association of Pathogists' Assistants |
The
AAPA now has more than 600 active members, including graduates
of the nationally recognized pathologists’ assistant training
programs, "on-the-job" trained individuals who have
successfully met entrance requirements, training program students,
and a few "honorary" and "sustaining" members.
http://www.pathologistsassistants.org/ |
| Association
of Clinical Biochemists |
A
professional body dedicated to the practice and promotion of clinical
science. http://www.acb.org.uk/ |
| Association
of Clinical Pathologists |
http://www.pathologists.org.uk/main.html |
| British Blood Transfusion Society |
The
main object of the Society is to advance the study of blood transfusion
for the public benefit, and to promote research and development
into all aspects of blood transfusion practice. http://www.bbts.org.uk/ |
| British
Society for Haematology |
The
principal objective of the BSH is to advance the practice and
study of haematology and to facilitate contact between persons
interested in haematology. http://www.blacksci.co.uk/uk/society/bsh/default.htm |
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The
College of American Pathologists (CAP) is a medical society serving
more than 15,000 physician members and the laboratory community
throughout the world. http://www.cap.org/ |
| Council
for Professions Supplementary to Medicine |
CPSM
including the Shadow Health Professions Council. http://www.cpsm.org.uk/ |
| Institute
of Biomedical Sciences |
Learn
that you may Improve: http://www.ibms.org/ |
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The
IHM is the largest |
| International
Society of Blood Transfusion |
The
International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT) is a scientific
society, founded in 1935 and joining over 1000 professionals involved
in blood transfusion and transfusion medicine from more than 100
countries. http://www.isbt-web.org/isbt.html |
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The objects for which the College is incorporated shall be
to advance the science and practice of pathology, and promote
study and research work in pathology and related subjects and
publish the results of such study and research. http://www.rcpath.org/
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| World
Health Organisation |
WHO
definition of HEALTH: Health is a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity. http://www.who.int/home-page/index.en.shtml |
| World
Health Organisation – Health Technology |
The Programme on Health
Technology http://www.who.int/pht/index.html |
| Medical & Scientific
Search Engines & Journals |
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| Website |
Description |
| BioMedNet |
Sign
up for your customizable email alerting service which will notify
you when new reviews have been added to your virtual journals
or to the subject areas you're interested in. http://reviews.bmn.com/ |
| BIOME |
BIOME
is a collection of gateways that provide access to evaluated,
quality Internet resources in the health and life sciences, aimed
at students, researchers, academics and practitioners. http://biome.ac.uk/ |
| Google |
A
general purpose search engine covering more than 2 billion web
pages. http://www.google.com/ |
| Journal
Links by Journal Title |
Journals
in PubMed for which links to the full text have been provided
& sorted by title and years of full text availability. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/journals/loftext_noprov.html |
| Pub
Crawler |
A web service where registered users can set-up profiles
which include search queries for NCBI's
PubMed and GenBank. These searches will be carried out at specific
times & written to a HTML-file that which is only accessible
by the owner of the profile. http://www.gen.tcd.ie/pubcrawler/www.html |
| Pub
Med |
A
service of the National Library of Medicine (USA), provides access
to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and
additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many
sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi |
| WHO
Library Catalogue |
The WHO Library catalogue provides bibliographic references
for WHO documentation. |
| Haematology
Journals on the Inernet |
Links to many haematology journals. http://www.haematologica.it/journals.htm |
| Quality Assurance |
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| Website |
Description |
| ClinicalPathology
Accreditation |
CPA provides a means to accredit Clinical Pathology Services
and External Quality Assessment Schemes (EQA). It involves an
external audit of the ability to provide a service of high quality
by declaring a defined standard of practice, which is confirmed
by peer review. Within this site is a current list of CPA approved
Clinical Pathology Services and External Quality Assessment Schemes
(EQA). http://www.cpa-uk.co.uk |
| Commission for Health Improvement |
The Commission for Health Improvement's aim is
to improve the quality of patient care in the NHS. For CHI the
patient's experience of the NHS is at the heart of its work. http://www.chi.nhs.uk/ |
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The
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide
federation of national standards bodies from some 140 countries,
one from each country. The mission of ISO is to promote the development
of standardization and related activities in the world with a
view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services,
and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual,
scientific, technological and economic activity. http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.frontpage |
| Education, Tutorials
and Quizes |
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| Website |
Description |
| Lab
Tests Online |
A
public resource on clinical lab testing from the laboratory professionals
who do the testing. http://www.labtestsonline.org/ |
| Assay
Finder |
‘AssayFinder’
helps providers of unusual assays register themselves and the
details of their assays. Registered providers are given a password
to be used for updating their entries on the site. http://www.assayfinder.com
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| The
NHS Direct Health Encyclopaedia |
Provides
information on illnesses, conditions, tests and treatments. http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/nhsdoheso/index.asp |
| National
Electronic Library for Health |
The Programme is working with NHS Libraries to develop a
digital library for NHS staff, patients and the public. |
| Pharma-Lexicon |
The world’s ‘largest database’ of medical, pharmaceutical,
biotechnology, veterinary, dentistry, agrochemical and healthcare
abbreviations. |
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Provides access to tutorials and lecture notes on many relevent
subjects. |
| Haemtologists
in Training |
http://www.hit.gb.com/ |
| In Vitro Diagnostic Suppliers |
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| Website |
Description |
| Abbott Laboratories |
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| Bayer |
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| Beckman Coulter |
http://www.beckmancoulter.com/Default.asp?bhfv=5 |
| Sysmex |
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| BIVDA |
The
British In Vitro Diagnostics Association represents the IVD Industry
in the |
| Laboratory Information
Systems |
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| Website |
Description |
| S-Cat |
S-CAT
is a sister scheme to GCat and covers wider IT consultancy and
specialist services not available through GCat. S-CAT is based
on framework contracts, which CCTA has established with a number
of service providers following the conduct of an advertised procurement
under EC procedures. http://www.s-cat.gov.uk/home/ |
| G-Cat |
GCat is OGCbuying.solutions' on-line catalogue providing
public sector organisations with a fast and simple route to procure
and contract for a wide range of IT and Telecommunications products
and associated services. There are no limits on the value of orders
that can be placed under the scheme.
http://www.gcat.gov.uk/ |
| Gartner |
Gartner provides clients with the full range
of research and consulting services required to drive the efficient
and effective use of IT in healthcare. http://www3.gartner.com/1_researchanalysis/focus/health_fa.html |
| Health Economics
& Epidemiology |
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| Website |
Description |
| The Office of Health Economics |
Statistics
on health and health care services continues to be scattered across
many sources. The Office of Health Economics (OHE) Compendium
of Health Statistics 2001 brings them together in one place: clearly
structured and easily accessible. The Compendium provides a "one-stop"
data source. http://www.ohe.org |
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The
National Statistics website contains a vast range of official
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| WHO
Statistical Information service |
Health and health-related statistical information
from the WHO Global Programme on Evidence for Health Policy. http://www.who.int/whosis/ |
| Centre
for Health Economics |
The
Centre for Health Economics (CHE) is a specialist health economics
research unit within the |
| Statistical Tools |
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| Website |
Description |
| Statistics
at Square One |
This free online textbook was written
by T D V Swinscow, revised by M J Campbell, |
| iPathologyTM |
The
Effect of Disease Prevalence on the Predictive Value of Diagnostic
Tests. http://www.ipathology.com/Disease%20Prevalence%20Notes.htm |
