Publications by authors named "O T A Lyons"

Background: Conflict is prevalent across healthcare settings but is especially common in paediatrics, where high emotional stakes and parental expectations often intensify disagreements. Conflict can lead to negative outcomes for hospitals, staff and patients. Effective conflict management training can mitigate these impacts, but evaluating such training programmes remains challenging due to a lack of standardised tools and best practices.

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In vitro screening of gallium-68(Ga)-siderophores in pathogens relevant to infections is valuable for determining species specificity, their effect on cell viability, and potential clinical applications. As the recognition and internalization of siderophores relies on the presence of receptor- and/or siderophore-binding proteins, the level of uptake can vary between species. Here, we report in vitro uptake validation in Escherichia coli with its native siderophore, enterobactin (ENT) ([Ga]Ga-ENT), considering different experimental factors.

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Gallium-68-labeled siderophores as radiotracers have gained interest for the development of infection-specific imaging diagnostics. Here, we report radiolabeling, screening, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of gallium-68-labeled schizokinen ([Ga]Ga-SKN) as a new potential radiotracer for imaging bacterial infections. We radiolabeled SKN with ≥95% radiochemical purity.

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