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SPECIMEN COLLECTION [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Centesis and Samplings
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Pharyngeal swabbing is the preferred method of specimen collection, which involves swabbing the area behind the nasal cavities, mouth, and larynx.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ponctions et prélèvements
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
DEF

Prélever des produits pathologiques avec un écouvillon stérile, en vue d'un examen bactériologique ou cytologique.

CONT

Insérer l'écouvillon à travers le sphincter anal et dans le rectum. Écouvillonner la zone entière en faisant des mouvements de rotation de l'écouvillon.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Centesis y muestras
  • Microbiología y parasitología
CONT

Como único antecedente de importancia refirió trabajar con roedores de laboratorio, por lo que se decidió tomar una muestra con hisopo de uno de estos animales […]

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Record 2 2011-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
OBS

FDA requests more information on OraSure PMA(oral specimen collection device, premarket approval application). Saliva-based AIDS test studied for insurance industry.

OBS

Term and context extracted from the data base.

OBS

A trademark of Epitope Inc.’s OraSure.

Key term(s)
  • OraSure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
OBS

Marque de commerce de Epitope Inc.'s OraSure.

Key term(s)
  • OraSure

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

collection : an assembly of objects or specimen for the purpose of education, research or interest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
DEF

Collection de roches et de sédiments.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geología
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Record 4 2010-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

Microtainer Brand Capillary Blood Collection Tubes. For specimen collection, transport and centrifugation.... Designed for single-tube skin puncture blood collection on infants [and] children, [and on] geriatric, cancer and burn patients.

Key term(s)
  • blood tube

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

The faculty will review the clinical presentation of Shiga-toxicity along with the epidemiology of Shiga-toxin producing organisms. Other topics will include recommended methods for specimen collection and handling, laboratory tests for detecting and identifying the organism and its toxins, and procedures for reporting positive isolates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

La toxine de Shiga est une protéine produite par la bactérie Shigella dysenteriae, responsable d'une forme aiguë de dysenterie chez l'homme.

Spanish

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