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Abandonment
week 2 terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abandonment | cease to support or look after |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration; federal agency that creates workplace safety regulations and enforces the OSH Act of 1970 |
| assault | make a physical attack on |
| battery | the crime or tort of unconsented physical contact with another person, even where the contact is not violent but merely menacing or offensive |
| CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments; a federal act that specifies minimum performance standards for clinical laboratories |
| CAP | College of American Pathologists; board-certified pathologists serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine worldwide |
| burden of proof | the obligation to prove one's assertion |
| chain of custody | refers to the chronological documentation or paper trail, showing the seizure, custody, control, transfer, analysis, and disposition of physical or electronic evidence |
| JC | Joint commission; The Joint Commission is a United States-based nonprofit organization that accredits more than 20,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. |
| POL | Physicians Office Laboratory; small medical lab located within a physician office, group practice, of clinic |
| POCT | Point-of-Care Testing; testing outside the traditional laboratory setting, also called bedside testing, off-site testing, near-patient testing or alternative-site testing |
| HIPPA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996; Provides extensive documentation to assist covered entities and business associates |
| AABB | American Association of Blood Banks; international, not-for-profit association representing individuals and institutions involved in the field of transfusion medicine and cellular therapies |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control; national public health system |
| informed consent | permission granted in the knowledge of the possible consequences |
| credential | a document or certificate proving a person's identity or qualifications |
| NAACLS | National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences; agency that accredits educational programs for clinical laboratory personnel |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute; promotes the development and use of voluntary laboratory consensus standards and guidelines within the health care community |
| accreditation | give authority to (someone or something) when recognized standards have been met |
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