Role of Hematological Parameters in the Early Diagnosis of Neonatal Sepsis.

The major cause of neonatal mortality and morbidity is bacterial sepsis. Blood culture is the most reliable method in neonatal sepsis. This study was conducted to study the usefulness of hematological parameters in the early diagnosis of neonatal sepsis and to assess the most sensitive and specific variables in diagnosing neonatal sepsis.

A Study of the Utility of Vertical Quality Audits in a Blood Transfusion Centre as a Quality Improvement Tool: Comparison and Differences between Vertical and Horizontal Audits.

Blood transfusion services is the important part of the modern healthcare system without which efficient medical care is not possible. Blood bank quality audits become an important assessment tool to check the efficiency of the quality system in terms of realization of quality policy, fulfilment of designed targets and implementation of quality system documents. To study the utility of vertical quality audits as a quality improvement tool, to compare vertical and horizontal audits and explore the differences between them.