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Laboratory Techniques and Procedures

Medical Definition: Methods, procedures, and tests performed in the laboratory with an intended application to the diagnosis of disease or understanding of physiological functioning. The techniques include examination of microbiological, cytological, chemical, and biochemical specimens, normal and pathological.
Guide Notes: GEN: prefer specifics; Manual 26.7
Also Called: Laboratory Diagnosis,Laboratory Examinations and Diagnoses,Laboratory Procedures
Laboratory Techniques and Procedures Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Clinical Chemistry Tests - Laboratory tests demonstrating the presence of physiologically significant substances in the blood, urine, tissue, and body fluids with application to the diagnosis or therapy of disease.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cytodiagnosis - Diagnosis of the type and, when feasible, the cause of a pathologic process by means of microscopic study of cells in an exudate or other form of body fluid. (Stedman, 26th ed)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Hematologic Tests - Tests used in the analysis of the hemic system.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Immunologic Tests - Diagnostic techniques involving the demonstration or measurement of an immune response, including antibody production or assay, antigen-antibody reactions, serologic cross-reactivity, delayed hypersensitivity reactions, or heterogenetic responses.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Metabolic Clearance Rate - Volume of biological fluid completely cleared of drug metabolites as measured in unit time. Elimination occurs as a result of metabolic processes in the kidney, liver, saliva, sweat, intestine, heart, brain, or other site.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Occult Blood - Chemical, spectroscopic, or microscopic detection of extremely small amounts of blood.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Parasite Egg Count
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Sex Determination (Analysis) - Validation of the SEX of an individual by inspection of the GONADS and/or by genetic tests.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Specimen Handling - Procedures for collecting, preserving, and transporting of specimens sufficiently stable to provide accurate and precise results suitable for clinical interpretation.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Sperm Count - A count of SPERM in the ejaculum, expressed as number per milliliter.

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