Category: B

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

The components (“ingredients”) of human blood, for example, red cells, white cells, plasma, and the antihemophilic fraction. Blood components can be separated out by a process called “fractionation.” When whole blood is not needed, each blood component can be administered by itself, with greater benefit and safety to the patient than whole blood. Furthermore, each…

The determination of the quantities or levels of various chemicals in the blood. For each chemical, such as sugar (glucose) or cholesterol, there is a range of quantity (amount per unit of blood volume) which is found in the normal, well individual. Amounts of the chemical above or below the normal range are associated with…

The entire process of obtaining, drawing, processing, storing, and distributing blood and its components. One of the medical specialties for which residency programs have been approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).  

A person who, under the supervision of a physician or other qualified scientist, carries out one or more of the functions necessary in a blood bank. The blood bank technologist typically is a medical technologist with special training and experience in the specific tasks involved with collecting, processing, storing, and distributing blood. A technologist trained…

A process in which living cells or their components are used to produce a desired end product.  

The hospital department responsible for medical instruments and equipment. The responsibility may involve testing of equipment being considered, recommendations regarding purchase, maintenance of equipment, training in its use, and, on occasion, the design and construction of equipment. The hospital’s biomedical engineering staff is found in this department. There is some trend to rename this department…

A substance produced by a living organism, as distinguished from a chemical substance, which is produced by chemistry. Both chemical and biological substances are used in diagnostic procedures and the treatment of disease.  

Medicine made from biological substances. These medicines include serums, vaccines, antigens, and antitoxins.  

An engineer who specializes in biological applications of engineering principles.