Response to Letter to the Editor "Biomarkers determination of the nurse in various work environments".

Abstract

W e are grateful to Huijun Zhao et al for the thoughtful comments on our recent article, ‘‘Nurse Work Environment and Stress Biomarkers: Possible Implications for Patient Outcomes.’’ They point out several technical details regarding the biomarkers that require clarification. First, the study procedures section failed to specify that it was serum that was used for the analysis rather than whole blood or plasma. We also inadvertently omitted the units and detection ranges of the cytokine biomarkers in our study. These were as follows: