Medical terms starting with W

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• waived testCLIA category for tests cleared for home use, simple and accurate enough that errors are unlikely, or harmless if done…
• WBCShort for white blood cell (leukocyte). On a lab report it usually means the white cell count: how many are present in…
• whole bloodBlood with its cells and plasma together, kept unclotted with an anticoagulant; used for tests such as the CBC.
• winged collection setShort needle with plastic wings and flexible tubing, used with a holder or syringe for small, fragile or hand veins…
• work practice controlsSafer ways of doing a task that cut exposure risk, for example never recapping a used needle with both hands.
• wound cultureA sample collected with a special swab from an open wound or burn and sent to the lab to grow and identify the germs…
• wrong blood in tubeWBIT: a tube labeled with one patient's identity that holds another patient's blood, caused by identification or…