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Hi Dr.giuseppe Giocoli: U may find the databank of SpPins and SnNouts textbook'website at ;www.library.utoronto.ca/medicine/ebm/ ,of help in regard to UR Q of accuracy & utility of tests. best wishes. Dr.samia al-habib, Riyadh ,Saudia arabia --- "Dr. Giuseppe Giocoli" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear List members, > > I wish to indicate as a very impressive the paper > "Laboratory-related > outcomes in healthcare" (DE Bruns, Clin Chem 2001; > 47: 1547-52). > > It should be recognized that clinical chemists have > been very active in the > all areas of test evaluation. As far as I know, this > is much less true for > clinical microbiologists. > Evidence about accuracy and utility of microbiology > tests seems much > scattered and indirect: a few examples: > Jennifer M Best, et al.Interpretation of rubella > serology in pregnancy: > pitfalls and problems BMJ 2002;325:1478 > William C. Miller, et al. Selective Screening for > Chlamydial Infection: > Which Criteria to Use? > Am J Prev Med 2000;18(2) > Surveillance For Lyme Disease … MMWR 2000; > 49(SS03);1-11 > Besides, clinical papers reporting about the > additive value of some > microbiology tests for IDs. > > But clinical microbiologists do not seem very > enthusiastic about dealing > with these problems. > I wonder whether anyone knows about publications > specifically (in part or > totally) devoted to: > > 1. diagnostic accuracy of laboratory or > point-of-care microbiology tests; > 2. outcomes of the same. > > Many thanks. > Giuseppe > > Dr. Giuseppe Giocoli > Gruppo di Lavoro EBM > Associazione Microbiologi Clinici Italiani > Via Sarca, 19 > 25015 DESENZANO d/G (BS) Italia > http://www.amcli.it __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/