| A | B |
|---|
| Universal Precautions | assumption that blood or OPIM could be infectious |
| Standard Precautions | CDC recommendations for infection control within healthcare facilities |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| MSDS | material safety data sheets |
| OPIM | other potentially infectious material, such as bloody body fluids |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| POCT | point-of-care testing |
| POL | physician's office laboratory |
| PPE | personal protective equipment |
| don | to put on |
| ambulatory setting | outpatient facility versus hospital or bedridden facility |
| analyte | substance being tested, such as glucose in a blood specimen |
| biohazard | danger related to exposure to infectious and bloodborne pathogens |
| chemical hazard | danger related to exposure to toxic, unstable, explosive, or flammable substances |
| CLIA-waived tests | tests that provide simple, unvarying results and require a minimum amount of judgment and interpretation |
| bloodborne pathogen | infectous microorganisms that are transmitted by the blood or bloody body fluid from an infected host into the blood of a susceptible host |
| critical value | test result far from the reference range indicating a threat to a patient's health |
