A list

Safety Data Sheets

Provide information about working with or handling a particular chemical substance.

Airborne

Transported or carried through the air.

Bacteria

Unicellular microorganism concerned with the fermentation and putrefaction of matter; disease-causing agent.

Exudative

Pertaining to any fluid that filters from the circulatory system into lesions or areas of inflammation.

Control

Testing of machines and testing kits in the laboratory to detect any deficiencies prior to testing patient specimens.

Physician's Office Laboratory (POL)

A designated room in the physician’s office where laboratory procedures and tests are performed by qualified persons.

Quality Control (QC)

Inclusive laboratory procedures as standards to provide reliable performance of equipment, including test control samples, documentation, and analyzing statistics for diagnostic tests.

Proficient

Well advanced in an art, occupation, skill, or branch of knowledge; unusually knowledgeable.

Binocular

Pertaining to the use of both eyes; possessing two eyepieces, as with a microscope.

Vector

An organism (such as an insect) that transmits a pathogen.

Susceptible

Having little resistance to a disease or foreign protein.

Petechial

Small, purplish, hemorrhagic spots on the skin.

Malaise

Feeling of discomfort or uneasiness.

Incubation

The interval between exposure to infection and the appearance of the first symptom.

Fomite

An object (such as clothing, towels, or utensils) that may harbor a disease agent and is also capable of transmitting it.

Communicable

Capable of being transmitted from one person or species to another; also known as contagious.

Spores

Hard capsules formed by certain bacteria that allow them to resist prolonged exposure to heat.

Pruritic

Pertaining to an itching sensation.

Morphology

A branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.

Point of Care Testing (POCT)

Testing performed outside of a laboratory that produces a rapid and reliable result.