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Spring 2013 course
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| AHCCCS | Arizona Healthcare Cost Containment System |
| APC | Ambulatory Patient Classification |
| certification | evidence that an individual has mastered fundamental competencies in a particular technical area |
| CLIA '88 | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 |
| HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
| HMOs | Health Maintenance Organizations |
| ICD-9-CM | International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, Clinical Modification |
| MLS | Medical Laboratory Scientist |
| PHI | Protected Health Information |
| PHS | Public Health Service |
| Phlebotomy | Incision into the vein for the purpose of drawing blood |
| polycythemia | a disorder involving the overproduction of red blood cells |
| proxemics | the study of an individual's concept and use of space |
| reference laboratories | large independent laboratories the receive and test specimens from many different facilities |
| assault | an act or threat causing another to be in fear of immediate battery |
| battery | intentional, harmful, or offensive touching or use of force on a person without that person's consent or legal justification |
| breach of confidentiality | failure to keep privileged medical information private |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| CQI | Continuous Quality Improvement |
| delta check | comparison of current results of a lab test with previous results of the same test on the same patient |
| GLPs | Good Laboratory Practices |
| NPSGs | National Patient Safety Goals |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QC | Quality Control |
| QSE | Quality System Essentials |
| Quality Indicators | Guides used as monitors of all areas of patient care |
| BBP | blood borne pathogen |
| Biohazard | Short for biological hazard; anything potentially harmful to health |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control |
| Chain of Infection | a number of components or events that, when present in a series, lead to an infection |
| engineering controls | devices (sharps containers, needles with safety features) that isolate or remove BBP hazard from the workplace |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| fomites | inanimate objects that can harbor material containing infectious agents (countertops, keyboards) |
| HAI | healthcare associated infection |
| HazCom | (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard |
| HICPAC | Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
| Infectious/Causative Agent | pathogen responsible for causing an infection |
| neutropenic | pertaining to an abnormally small number of neutrophils in the blood |
| NIOSHA | National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
| nosocomial infection | infection acquired in a healthcare facility |
| parenteral | administration by any route other than the digestive tract |
| percutaneous | through the skin |
| permucosal | through mucous membranes |
| reservoir | the source of an infectious microorganism |
| transmission-based precautions | precautions used in addition to SP for patients known or suspected to be infected or colonized with highly transmissible or epidemiologically specific pathogens |
| vector transmission | transmission of an infectious agent by an insect, arthropod, or animal |
| vehicle transmission | transmission of an infectious agent through contaminated food, water, drugs, or the transmission of blood |
| adip; lip | fat |
| aer | air |
| angi | vessel |
| arthr | joint |
| bili | bile |
| bronch | bronchus |
| bucc | cheek |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chondr | cartilage |
| coron | crown, circle |
| cyan | blue |
| crin | to secrete |
| cry | cold |
| cutane | skin |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| derm; dermat | skin |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestines |
| erythr | red |
| esophag | esophagus |
| estr | female |
| gastr | stomach |
| gluc; glyc | sugar, glucose |
| hem; hemat | blood |
| hist | tissue |
| hepat | liver |
| kerat | hard, cornea |
| leuk | white |
| melan | black |
| morph | form |
| my | muscle |
| nat | birth |
| necr | death |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| onc | tumor |
| oste | bone |
| path | disease |
| ped | child |
| phag | eat, swallow |
| phleb | vein |
| pneumon; pulmon | air, lung |
| ren | kidney |
| scler | hard |
| thromb | clot |
| thorac | chest |
| tox | poison |
| ur; urin | urine |
| vas | vessel |
| ven | vein |
| viscer | organ |
| a-, an-, ar- | without |
| ab- | away from |
| ana- | again, upward, back |
| aniso- | unequal |
| anti- | against |
| bi- | two |
| bio- | life |
| brady- | slow |
| cata- | down |
| cyan- | blue |
| dia- | across, through |
| dys- | difficult |
| endo- | in, within |
| epi- | on, over, upon |
| exo-, extra- | outside |
| hetero- | different |
| homo-, homeo- | same |
| hyper- | too much, high |
| hypo- | low, under |
| intra- | within |
| inter- | between |
| iso- | equal, same |
| macro- | large, long |
| mal- | poor, bad |
| micro- | small |
| mono- | one |
| neo- | new |
| poly- | many, much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| per- | through |
| peri- | around |
| semi- | half |
| sub- | below, under |
| tachy- | fast, rapid |
| tri- | three |
| -ac, -al | pertaining to |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -ic, -tic | pertaining to |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ase | enzyme |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -cyte | cell |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -gram | recording, writing |
| -ia | state or condition |
| -ism | state of |
| -ist | one who specializes in |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -ium | structure, tissue |
| -rhage | bursting forth |
| -logist | specialist in the study of |
| -logy | the study of |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -meter | instrument that measures or counts |
| -ole | small |
| -oma | tumor |
| -osis | condition |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -oxia | oxygen level |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -rrhage | excess/abnormal flow |
| -spasm | twitch, involuntary muscle movement |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling, standing |
| -tomy | cutting, incision |
| -ule | small |
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