(n.) A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
(n.) Security; guaranty; bail.
(n.) Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
(v. t.) To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
Example Sentences:
(1) Both apertures were repaired with great caution using individual sutures without resection of the hernial sac.
(2) Potential revisions of the scale, as well as cautions for its use in clinical applications on its present form are discussed.
(3) Further work is required to determine whether such a risk exists but caution should be exercised by those exposed to aerosols generated during procedures on HIV-1 infected patients.
(4) Hoare was subsequently interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan police.
(5) Long courses of sucralfate should be used with caution or avoided in CRF.
(6) Thus, in spite of its excellent activity and unquestionable effectiveness, rifampicin should be used with caution in severe staphylococcal infections.
(7) The exaggerated buckles used do not allow these monkeys to serve as a clinical model and great caution is stressed in making clinical extrapolations.
(8) While LCA-immunoperoxidase staining reduces interobserver variability, results must be interpreted with caution since this antibody stains other leukocytes in addition to lymphocytes.
(9) Since not all of the plastics industries in the two countries participated in the studies and the number of cases was small, the result must be interpreted with caution.
(10) However caution must be used in interpreting that result, since subjects were allowed to adjust the telephone handset position to maximize the signal level in any given condition.
(11) A small risk of cholelithiasis exists with these drugs, and caution should be used when combining these drugs with HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors because the combination increases the incidence of hyperlipidemic myositis and rhabdomyolysis.
(12) Since vitamin C and aspirin seem to act synergistically in producing hemorrhagic lesions in the stomach, it is recommended that all individuals taking megadoses of vitamin C be cautioned against taking aspirin concurrently.
(13) It cautioned that any injectable drugs made by NECC, including those intended for use in eyes, are of "significant concern".
(14) However, when evaluating antiestrogens, which are cell-cycle specific, the results of the [3H]-thymidine incorporation method should be interpreted with caution.
(15) This finding imposes some caution in applying the results obtained in skinned cardiac cells to intact tissue.
(16) In CT diagnosis for this type of dissection, cautions should be employed not only in an inhomogenous density area in the mediastinum and pleural cavity but also in the presence of deviation of intimal calcification and relatively high density area of crescent shape in aortic wall on plain CT.
(17) And Myers is cautioned after a silly block 3.21am GMT 54 mins Besler with a long-throw for SKC but it's cleared.
(18) In light of the AIDS epidemic and the necessity for safe-sex practices, the topic of caution and prevention is an emerging and critical discourse for the sexual encounter.
(19) Consequently, the present results may mean that the studies using uptake of [3H]GABA, [3H]ACHC, or [3H]DABA as a specific marker for GABAergic neurons differentiating during the ontogenetic development of the central nervous system may have to be interpreted with caution.
(20) Although caution must be advised in the extrapolation of this phenomenon, which was observed in a manipulated artery during coronary angioplasty, the vasoconstrictor response to intracoronary thrombus formation in vivo may play an important role in the dynamic mechanisms of acute coronary heart disease syndromes.
Safety
Definition:
(n.) The condition or state of being safe; freedom from danger or hazard; exemption from hurt, injury, or loss.
(n.) Freedom from whatever exposes one to danger or from liability to cause danger or harm; safeness; hence, the quality of making safe or secure, or of giving confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm or loss, etc.
(n.) Preservation from escape; close custody.
(n.) Same as Safety touchdown, below.
Example Sentences:
(1) A tiny studio flat that has become a symbol of London's soaring property prices is to be investigated by planning, environmental health and fire safety authorities after the Guardian revealed details of its shoebox-like proportions.
(2) The hospital whose A&E unit has been threatened with closure on safety grounds has admitted that four patients died after errors by staff in the emergency department and other areas.
(3) Sixty-six patients were followed for 12 months in an open safety study.
(4) A previous trial into the safety and feasibility of using bone marrow stem cells to treat MS, led by Neil Scolding, a clinical neuroscientist at Bristol University, was deemed a success last year.
(5) Other recommendations for immediate action included a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the General Medical Council for doctors, with possible changes to their structures; the possible transfer of powers to launch criminal prosecutions for care scandals from the Health and Safety Executive to the Care Quality Council; and a new inspection regime, which would focus more closely on how clean, safe and caring hospitals were.
(6) It is clear that before general release of a new living feline infectious enteritis vaccine, there must be satisfactory evidence that concurrent infection will not affect the safety of the modified antigen.In cats infected with feline infectious enteritis there appears to be a short period, coinciding with the onset of leucopaenia, during which they are highly infectious.
(7) We evaluated the safety and efficacy of a conjugate vaccine that links the H. influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide to the outer-membrane protein complex (OMPC) of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B.
(8) Cadavers have a multitude of possible uses--from the harvesting of organs, to medical education, to automotive safety testing--and yet their actual utilization arouses profound aversion no matter how altruistic and beneficial the motivation.
(9) "Monasteries and convents face greater risks than other buildings in terms of fire safety," the article said, adding that many are built with flammable materials and located far away from professional fire brigades.
(10) In 20 adult patients with asthma, we evaluated bronchodilation to a single administration of metered-dose glycopyrrolate aerosol (GA) to ascertain its onset and duration of action along with evaluation of safety.
(11) Safety is increased through temporary discontinuation or dosage reduction of lithium in special risk situations.
(12) It is clearly demonstrated that, although it will be very difficult to single out effects of specific safety measures, the combined safety actions taken by a society are very effective in getting the safety factor under control.
(13) A total of 17 patients suffering from musculoskeletal disease were included in a double blind study to compare the efficacy and safety of piroxicam and indomethacin.
(14) Safety was assessed by clinical follow-up, continuous recording of arterial oxygen saturation during the procedure with a digital oximeter, and measuring FEV1, FEF25-75, and FVC just before and 5 min after bronchoscopy.
(15) For months, more than 170,000 mainly Syrian refugees travelling north from Greece have used Hungary as a thoroughfare to the safety of northern and western Europe.
(16) Prof Bryan Williams, chair of the working party that developed the chart, said: "Many changes in healthcare are incremental but this new National Early Warning Score (News) has the potential to transform patient safety in our hospitals and improve patient outcomes.
(17) In contrast, safety assessment is relatively standardized across many pharmacologic classes of agents.
(18) Concern about the safety of the patient and dental personnel does exist, however, due to the possibilities of mercury poisoning.
(19) To determine the efficacy and safety of hepatitis B vaccine (Hevac B) given intradermally, 125 Nigerians (aged 1 year to 45 years), who were negative for hepatitis B virus markers, and randomised into two groups were vaccinated.
(20) A compact attachment for microscope-type instruments is described enabling to introduce, rapidly and qualitatively, minute biological speciments into melted embedding medium and ensuring the safety of optics.