Cholestech LDX - Reference(S) and Bibliography

43GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Cholestech LDX System Procedure Manual
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Standard, Secondary – reference material, the analyte concentration of which has been
ascertained by reference to a primary standard.
Standard Deviation – statistical measurement of the degree of variation from the mean of a
series of measurements. It is a measure of precision or reproducibility.
Test – procedure for detecting the presence or amount of an analyte.
Titer – quantity of a substance required to produce a reaction with a particular amount of
another substance. The amount of one substance required to correspond with a particular
amount of another substance.
Agglutination titer is the highest dilution of a serum that
causes clumping of particulate antigens.
Throughput – applied to analytical instruments specifying the number of tests that can be
performed in a given time.
Toxicology – study of the origin, nature, and effects of poison. Toxicological analyses are
used to detect the amount of a substance that can be poisonous at a particular
concentration.
Turbidity – (adjective
turbid ) cloudiness; distribution of a substance in a solution, making it
unclear or cloudy.
Value – number, in units of the method, obtained for an analyte in a particular sample.
See
Result .
Venipuncture – procedure for collecting a blood sample from a vein (“venous blood”).
Whole Blood – blood mixed with an anticoagulant but not spun down in a centrifuge.
8.1 Reference(s) and Bibliography
1. National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. Physician’s Office Laboratory
Procedure Manual; Tentative Guideline
. Villanova, Pa.: NCCLS; 1989. NCCLS
publication POL2-T, Vol. 12, No. 5.
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