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(for testing laboratory specimens) A method of laboratory testing in which the series of steps in the test method is performed with an automated analyzer.
Automated method
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Abstaining from food or fluids (except water) for a specified amount of time before the collection of a specimen.
Fasting
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The state in which body systems are functioning normally, and the internal environment of the body is in equilibrium; the body is in a healthy state.
Homeostasis
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Occurring in the living body or organism.
In vivo
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the clinical analysis and study of materials, fluids,or tissues obstained from patients to assist in diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Laboratory test
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a method of laboratory testing in which the series of steps in the test method is performed by hand.
manual method
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(for laboratory test) a certain established and acceptable parameter or reference range within which the laboratory test results of a healthy individual are expected to fall.
Normal range
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The liquid part of the blood consisting of a clear, yellowish fluid that comprises approximately 55% of the total blood volume.
Plasma
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Numerous laboratory tests providing related or complementary information used to determine the health status of a patient.
Profile
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The application of methods to ensure that test results are reliable and valid and that errors are detected and eliminated.
Quality control
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A laboratory test performed routinely on apparently healthy patients to assist in the early detection of disease.
Routine test
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The clear, straw-colored part of the blood (plasma) that remains after the solid elements and the clotting factor fibrinogen have been separeted out of it.
Serum
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A small sample of something taken to show the nature of the whole.
Specimen
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