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DEFINITION
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| NPO | Nothing by Mouth |
| ICU | INTENSIVE CARE UNIT |
| CCU | CRITICAL CARE UNIT |
| Hematology | |
| Histology | |
| Cytology | |
| Coagulation | |
| Pathologist | |
| Proxemics | |
| HIPPA | |
| MEDICAID | |
| TAT | |
| Reference laboratories | |
| CLIA 1988 | |
| Hematology, also spelled haematology, is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood | |
| the study of the microscopic structure of tissues | |
| the branch of biology concerned with the structure and function of plant and animal cells. | |
| the action or process of a liquid, especially blood, changing to a solid or semi-solid state | |
| Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. | |
| the branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel it necessary to set between themselves and others | |
| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | |
| Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with limited income and resources | |
| Turn around time | |
| Reference laboratory” is defined as the laboratory that receives a specimen from another laboratory and that performs one or more tests on such specimen. | |
| The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 | |
| Minor | lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance. |
| Respondeat superior | Respondeat superior is a doctrine that a party is responsible for acts of their agents |
| Tort | a wrongful act or an infringement of a right (other than under contract) leading to civil legal liability. |
| Invasion of privacy | is the intrusion into the personal life of another, without just cause, which can give the person whose privacy has been invaded a right to bring a lawsuit for damages against the person or entity that intruded. |
| Vicarious liability | is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility of the superior for the acts of their subordinate or, in a broader sense, the responsibility of any third party that ha |
| Negligence | failure to take proper care in doing something. "some of these accidents are due to negligence" |
| Malpractice |
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