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Medial – Toward the middle, close to the center of the body

Median cubital vein – Vein located near the middle of the antecubital area. First choice for venipuncture
collection
Medical asepsis – The practice designed to reduce the number and transfer of pathogens as well as break
the chain of infection; clean technique

N95 or N99 respirator – A mask that helps protect the wearer from airborne diseases
Palpate – To feel with the fingers

Pathogen – Disease causing micro-organisms

Petechiae - Small hemorrhagic spots that appear under the surface of the skin
Peripheral blood smears – Also called blood films; they consist of a thin layer of blood smeared on a
microscope slide and then stained to allow microscopic examination

Phenylketonuria – Abbreviated PPK; a metabolic genetic disorder characterized by a deficiency in the
hepatic enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase; the form known as classic PKU causes permanent intellectual
disability seizures delayed development, behavioral problems, psychiatric disorders, a “mousy” odor,
lightening of skin and hair, and eczema

Phlebitis – Inflammation of a blood vessel
Plasma – Liquid portion of the blood in which blood cells are suspended

Plasmapheresis – Removal of blood plasma from whole blood

Point of care – At or near the site of patient care
Polycythemia vera – High red blood cell count

Protected health information – As defined by HIPPA, any information, whether oral or recorded in any
form, that is a created or received by a health care provider; also relates to the past, present, or future
physical or mental health or condition of any individual, the provision of health care to an individual, or
the payment for the provision of health care to an individual.

Quality assurance – Laboratory standards the CDC established to help maintain the highest level of test
accuracy possible
Quality control – A method of repeated assay of known standard materials and monitoring reaction
parameters to ensure precision and accuracy

Random specimen – A single urine specimen taken at any time
Reagents – Chemical substances known to react in specific ways; reagents are used to detect or
synthesize other substances in chemical reactions

Reference Laboratory - A laboratory that is outside a patient care facility; usually reference laboratories
can perform many more types of testing than are available at the average hospital laboratory
Recovery position – One of series of variations on a lateral recumbent or three quarters prone position of
the body, into which an unconscious, but breathing, casualty can be placed as part of first aid treatment

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