Managing Risks Due to Ingredient Variability in Food Production.

Managing the design of products and the efficient execution of the manufacturing processes needed to produce them is an endeavor fraught with all manner of risks for manufacturing enterprises large and small. In certain industries, such as the food manufacturing industry, the problems and risks can be even greater. This is because the processes necessary for a food product's manufacture must be designed not only to meet quality, cost, and efficiency targets, but also to have an innate flexibility to cope with the unavoidable variability in the characteristics of the ingredients used to produce the desired product.

Ochsner in Literature-nonfiction.

The Ochsner institutions and their physicians have figured in nonmedical works of nonfiction. A listing of these, with a description of each work, is provided.

Ochsner in literature - fiction.

OCHSNER AND ITS PHYSICIANS HAVE FIGURED IN WORKS OF FICTION: novels, plays, and music. A listing of these works, along with a description of each work, is provided.

Managing familial risk in genetic testing.

Increasing numbers of people are seeking genetic testing and uncovering information that directly concerns their biological relatives as well as themselves. This familial quality of genetic information raises ethical quandaries for physicians, particularly related to their duty of confidentiality. In this article, the American Medical Association's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs examines the informed consent process in the specific context of genetic testing, giving particular consideration to the handling of information that has consequences for biological relatives.