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Safety
100

Company that makes the ERYTRA

What is Grifols

100

FDA stands for 

Food and Drug Administration

100

Enforces regulations to ensure the safety and efficacy of biologics, drugs and devices including blood and blood components

What is the FDA

100

Act passed to assure safe and healthful working conditions


What is OSHA

100

Safety glasses, face shields or masks, splash barriers and goggles

What is PPE

200

Company that makes the Vision and Vision Swift

What is Ortho

200

NRC

What is Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

200

Provides information on how a blood products safety, purity, or potency may be affected

What is BPD -give definition 

200

Act that ensures privacy of healthcare information

What is HIPAA

200

Agency which provides unknown samples for proficiency testing


What is CAP

300

Technology that uses antibody or antigen coated microwells

What is solid phase

300

CAP

What is College of American Pathologists

300

Act to ensure lab tests are consistently reliable and of high quality


What is CLIA-give definition

300

Established methods for performing and administering processes to ensure consistent quality

What is SOP

300

Established methods for performing and administering processes to ensure consistent quality


What is an SOP

400

Technology that uses microbeads in microwells

What is Gel

400

AABB

What is Association for the Advancement of Blood and Biotherapies (new) 

American Association of Blood banks (old) 

400

Provides global standard for terminology, identification, and labeling

What is ISBT

400

Containment devices that facilitate safe handling of infectious materials


What is BSC

400

Involved in the assessment of medical waste

What is the EPA

500

This type of assay uses the emission of light from a chemical reaction.   

What is Chemilluminessence

500

CMMS

What is Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

500

Agency which regulates how much hospitals get paid for certain tests and inpatient stays


What is CMMS

500

Contain info including chemical names, hazards, ppe, and spill clean-up details

What is SDS

500

Program which encompasses the transfusion from patient draw until transfusion of blood component

What is Quality Assurance