Publications by authors named "C R Schweiger"
External quality assessment (EQA) enhances patient safety through the evaluation of the quality of laboratory-based and point of care testing. Regulatory agencies and accreditation organizations utilize the results and the laboratory's response to them as part of assessing the laboratory's fitness to practice. In addition, where EQA samples are commutable and the assigned value has been determined using reference measurement procedures (RMPs), EQA data contributes to the verification of metrological traceability of assays as part of the post-market surveillance of diagnostic (IVD) medical devices (IVD-MDs).
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- The European Union is implementing regulations for diagnostics and public health that will establish European Reference Laboratories (EURLs) to work alongside National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) by 2024 and 2025, respectively.
- NRLs, which have functioned under national laws, are encouraged to collaborate as part of a network to improve the authorization and monitoring of in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) and manage communicable disease threats.
- A study highlighted the misuse of the term "reference laboratory" in scientific literature, leading to confusion about the roles of EURLs and NRLs, but the new EU regulations aim to clarify these roles and enhance the safety and quality of IVDs and public health surveillance.
Objective: To describe the findings of children with Robin Sequence (RS) who received sensory-motor-oral stimulation combined with early sucking during mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO), compared with children who did not receive the intervention.
Design: A quasi-experimental study. Setting: A tertiary public hospital.
Objective: To evaluate the combined impact of videofluoroscopic swallow study (VFSS) and therapeutic feeding and swallowing interventions on clinical outcomes in children with oropharyngeal dysphagia (OPD).
Methods: This was an uncontrolled longitudinal analytical study in which OPD patients were evaluated before and after VFSS. Children ≤ 24 months of age diagnosed with OPD in a clinical setting and undergoing VFSS for investigation and management of OPD were included in the study.
Objectives: To make recommendations on the diagnosis and treatment of post-extubation laryngitis (PEL) in children with or without other comorbidities.
Methods: A three-iterative modified Delphi method was applied. Specialists were recruited representing pediatric otolaryngologists, pediatric and neonatal intensivists.