blood screening
Analyzing bodily fluid
Blood screening is the testing of blood samples to detect diseases, infections, or other conditions.
Donated blood undergoes screening for HIV, hepatitis, and other transmissible agents before transfusion.
The term also covers routine diagnostic tests: The blood screening revealed high cholesterol.
Newborn screening programs test infants for genetic disorders.
- crossmatchingPre-transfusion blood verification
- hepatitis CViral liver inflammation, specific strain
- anemiaRed cell deficiency
- leukemiaMalignancy of blood-forming tissues
- needle stickAccidental puncture from syringe
lab work · PCR testing · immunoassays · HIV · syphilis · communicable diseases · centrifugation · spectrophotometry · platelet count · serology · microarrays · hemoglobin levels · infection control · malaria · epidemiology · diabetes · cholesterol · prenatal testing
- bloodplasma, platelet, platelets, hemoglobin, RBC
- public healthdisease prevention, immunization, disease control, health education, epidemiology
- blood bankingtransfusion, crossmatch, crossmatching, phlebotomy, donor
- DNA testsDNA test, paternity test, genetic test, DNA sample, genotyping
- patient safetypatient safety, medication safety, drug safety, infection control, hand hygiene
- Hepatitishepatitis B, hepatitis C, chronic hepatitis, viral hepatitis, hep A
blood screeningphysical exam
Medical evaluation of health
physical examination · clinical observation · visual inspection · palpation · auscultation
blood screeningtreatment
Care for an ailment
therapy · surgical intervention · blood transfusion · medical intervention · medication administration
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