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Military Health System Health Care Glossary serves as the official repository and consolidated reference (as a secondary source) for terms and definitions used within the MHS. Some terms may have multiple and varying definitions based on the context and primary source of authority. Note that certain definitions may be approved only for limited use in a single primary reference document, while others may have broad applicability in multiple contexts and issuances. To determine the most appropriate definition in a particular context, consult all relevant source documents. Any disparities between this Glossary and primary sources are unintentional, and the primary source shall control.
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Unsatisfactory performance for the same analyte in two consecutive or two out of three testing events.
Repeated unsatisfactory overall testing event scores for two consecutive or two out of three testing events for the same specialty or subspecialty.
An unsatisfactory testing event score for those subspecialties not graded by analyte (bacteriology, mycoba...
Failure to attain the minimum satisfactory score for an analyte, test, subspecialty, or specialty for two consecutive or two of three consecutive testing events.
A mobile, flexible, rapidly responsive afloat MTF. It provides acute medical and surgical care in support of forward deployed troops in areas of hostility.
A doctor of dental medicine or doctor of dental surgery who is licensed by the recognized licensing agency of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands, and privileged to practice dentistry in a DOD MTF.
A certificate issued to a laboratory after an inspection that finds the laboratory to be in compliance with all applicable condition level requirements.
Refers to all the steps taken prior to the actual testing of a specimen (e.g. specimen collection, transport, accessioning).
A chromatography technique used to separate non-volatile mixtures.
A test system, assay, or examination that HHS has determined meets the CLIA statutory criteria for waiver.
A laboratory that has voluntarily applied for and been accredited by a private, non-profit accreditation organization approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The imposition of a principal or alternative sanction by the ASD(HA) or designee.
Any action less than limitation, suspension, or revocation of a CLIP certificate taken in response to a laboratory’s deficiencies in meeting CLIP requirements.
A school or program that:
All components of a test that are packaged together.
The process, operation, or method of determining the concentration of a substance in solution.
The instructions and all of the instrumentation, equipment, reagents, and supplies needed to perform an assay or examination and generate test results.
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