Laboratory medicine best practices: systematic evidence review and evaluation methods for quality improvement.

Objective: To develop methods for systematically reviewing evidence for identifying effective laboratory medicine (LM) practices associated with improved healthcare quality outcomes.

Relevance: Although many evidence-evaluation systems have been developed, none are designed to include and rate healthcare quality improvement studies to identify evidence-based practices that improve patient safety and LM quality.

Methods: Validated evidence-based medicine methods established by governmental agencies, the Guide to Community Preventive Services, and others were adapted for the LM field.

Tris(tert-butyl isocyanide)bis[tris(4-methoxyphenyl)phosphine]cobalt(I) perchlorate dichloromethane disolvate and tris(tert-butyl isocyanide)bis[tris(4-methoxyphenyl)phosphine]cobalt(II) bis(perchlorate) dichloromethane disolvate: modification of a trigonal-bipyramidal structure with change of metal oxidation state.

The title complexes, [Co(C(5)H(9)N)(3)(C(21)H(21)O(3)P)(2)]ClO(4).2CH(2)Cl(2), (I), and [Co(C(5)H(9)N)(3)(C(21)H(21)O(3)P)(2)](ClO(4))(2).2CH(2)Cl(2), (II), respectively, crystallize in the hexagonal space group P6(3)/m and the monoclinic space group P2(1)/n, respectively.

2,2'-[(Propane-1,3-diyldinitrilo)bis-(phenyl-methyl-idyne)]diphenol.

In the title mol-ecule, C(29)H(26)N(2)O(2), there are two strong intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds involving the hydr-oxy and imine groups, forming S(6) ring motifs. The dihedral angles between adjacent phenyl rings and phenol-containing planes are 85.27 (19) and 91.

N,N'-Bis[(2-hydroxy-phen-yl)(phen-yl)methyl-idene]propane-1,2-diamine.

In the the title compound, C(29)H(26)N(2)O(2), two strong intra-molecular O-H⋯N hydrogen bonds involving the hydr-oxy and imine groups generate S(6) ring motifs. The dihedral angles between the pairs of terminal benzene rings are 89.8 (2) and 87.

4-Nitro-anilinium triiodide monohydrate.

In the title compound, C(6)H(7)N(2)O(2) (+)·I(3) (-)·H(2)O, the triiodide anions form two-dimensional sheets along the a and c axes. These sheets are separated by the 4-nitro-anilinium cations and water mol-ecules, which form part of an extended hydrogen-bonded chain with the triiodide along the c axis, represented by the graph set C(3) (3)(14). The second important hydrogen-bonding inter-action is between the nitro group, the water mol-ecule and the anilinium group, which forms an R(2) (2)(6) ring and may be the reason for the deviation of the torsion angle between the benzene ring and the nitro group from 180 to 163.

Diaquatetrakis(tert-butyl isocyanide)cobalt(II) bis(perchlorate): an example of cobalt(II) coordinated by only four alkyl isocyanide ligands.

The title compound, [Co(C5H9N)4(H2O)2](ClO4)2, crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/m. The cation has space-group-imposed 2/m symmetry, while the perchlorate ion is disordered about a mirror plane. The two slightly non-equivalent Co-C bonds [1.