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 (such as at the bedside or near the site of patient care) that produces a rapid and reliable result