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| Foreign objects visible through a microscope, but unrelated to the specimen ,are called artifacts and may be misinterpreted when the specimen is examined |
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| A centrifuge is a device for spinning a specimen at high speed until it separates into its component part. |
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| Certification of waiver tests |
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| the Certification of waiver tests are laboratory tests defined as |
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| control samples are similar to standards in that they are specimens like those taken from a patient and have known values . |
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| Physicians office laboratory |
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| other physicians choose to have some tests completed by the refer laboratory and some completed in the office in the physicians office laboratory |
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| Qualitative test response |
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| generally positive and negative control samples are used with test that yield a qualitative test response ( the concentration of a test substance in a specimen) are formulated to show when results fall within a normal range |
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| Quality assurance program |
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| - is designed to monitor the quality of a patient care a medical laboratory provides . |
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| are chemicals or chemically treated substances used in test procedures |
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| Some scientist prefer to have all laboratory tests performed by a reference laboratory, a laboratory owned and operated by an organization outside the practice . |
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| A standard is a specimen like the patient specimens you would normally process With the equipment , except that the valve for each standard is already known. |
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| the condition in which pathogens are absent or controlled. |
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| a reservoir host who is unaware of the presence of a pathogen and spreads the disease while exhibiting no symptoms of exposure |
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| an infection in which abnormality or malfunctions in routine body process causes normally beneficial or harmless microorganisms to become pathogenic . |
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| an infection that is caused by the introduction of a pathogen from outside the body |
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| Material safety data sheet |
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| a form that is required for all hazardous chemicals or other substances used in the laboratory and that contains information about the products name, ingredients, chemical characteristics, physical and health hazard , guidelines for safe handling and procedures to be followed in the event of exposure . |
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| a microorganism capable of causing disease . |
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| Personal protective equipment |
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| any type of protective gear worn to guard against physical hazards . |
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| an animal, insect, or human who’s body is susceptible to growth of a pathogen . |
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| a combinations of universal precautions and body substance isolation guidelines, used in hospitals for the care of all patients |
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| An individual who has a little or no immunity to infection by a particular organism |
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