Discuss the two concepts that apply to screening tests for diseases.
What will be an ideal response?
There are two concepts that apply to screening tests for diseases: sensitivity refers to the probability that the test correctly identifies a person as having a disease when the person does have the disease while specificity is the probability that a test correctly identifies a person as NOT having a disease when the person actually does NOT have the disease.
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In the revision to the Hazard Communication Standard, OSHA created a new name for Material Safety Data Sheets. What is the new acronym?
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