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08-04-2015, 01:47 AM
Drones Shown Effective for Delivery of Patient Pathology Lab Samples
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Drones, also k**wn as*unmanned aerial systems, will change the face of many industries and may in many ways affect how our society functions. They can give us a new perspective on the world around us and go places that are hard to reach, dangerous, or challenging to pass through. For medicine, drones may end up ferrying diag**stic tests, *****, and life saving devices to patients far away from clinical facilities that*require urgent care. **w a new study published in journal PLOS ONE aims to answer whether drones are a practical way of transporting lab specimens for analysis to*distant clinics.
The researchers took chemistry, hematology, and coagulation specimens*from 56 adults and flew half the samples on a drone while the others remained on the ground. Some of the samples flew for only six minutes, while others were in the air for almost 40.*The results from the samples were compared against each other, essentially showing that there’s little difference in quality of samples that took flight.
Here’s a more comprehensive summary of *the study findings:
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Results from flown and stationary sample pairs were similar for all 33 analytes. Bias and intercepts were
http://cdn.medgadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/medical-drones.jpg
Drones, also k**wn as*unmanned aerial systems, will change the face of many industries and may in many ways affect how our society functions. They can give us a new perspective on the world around us and go places that are hard to reach, dangerous, or challenging to pass through. For medicine, drones may end up ferrying diag**stic tests, *****, and life saving devices to patients far away from clinical facilities that*require urgent care. **w a new study published in journal PLOS ONE aims to answer whether drones are a practical way of transporting lab specimens for analysis to*distant clinics.
The researchers took chemistry, hematology, and coagulation specimens*from 56 adults and flew half the samples on a drone while the others remained on the ground. Some of the samples flew for only six minutes, while others were in the air for almost 40.*The results from the samples were compared against each other, essentially showing that there’s little difference in quality of samples that took flight.
Here’s a more comprehensive summary of *the study findings:
<blockquote>
Results from flown and stationary sample pairs were similar for all 33 analytes. Bias and intercepts were