Glossary

An implantable electronic device which periodically stimulates the phrenic nerves in the chest so that the diaphragm contracts and the ...

Defined by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as "a finished, labeled product which contains as ingredients plant material or ...

Standard language in a contract, often in small print. Boilerplate may be distinguished from language which has been written specifically ...

A term used to indicate the role of the executive committee and the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization. ...

The nonprofit health care prepayment plans (health insurance plans) which originated with hospitals and physicians, respectively. In many areas the ...

A facility which carries out the storage and distribution functions for a blood bank.  

A charge levied against the recipient of blood. It is called a deposit because the intent is to encourage the ...

The testing steps taken to determine the group and type of blood available for transfusion, and its safety, and to ...

An increasing number of medical and surgical procedures in which techniques are being developed to decrease or eliminate the use ...

The issuance, sale, or exchange of blood (both whole blood and blood components) by a blood bank.