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Generation of Dynamical Environmental Conditions using a High-Throughput Microfluidic Device
Published on: April 17, 2021
[Hospital flooding caused by torrential rain--what happened to analytical devices?]
Osamu Yamada1, Miwa Ishii, Kazuhiro Hayashi
1Medical Data Administration Office, Okazaki City Hospital, Okazaki 444-8553, Japan. yamada.osamu@okazakihospital.jp
Abstract:
At the end of August 2008, many areas in Japan were hit by concentrated downpour. Okazaki City, Aichi, where our hospital is located, suffered serious damage, including two fatalities. The resulting flooding inundated Okazaki City Hospital. Hospital functioning did not stop, but some devices were damaged by the water. There was no direct damage to the clinical laboratory area, but an abnormality in the measurement of Troponin-I occurred after the downpour. It was suggested that this measurement abnormality was caused by the pollution of the supplied water to the analyzer. In this report, I will describe the situation regarding the clinical laboratory during hospital flooding, and also report the unexpected measurement abnormalities that occurred after the downpour.
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