The procedure for obtaining a specimen from a victim of a crime, identifying the specimen correctly, keeping it under uninterrupted control of authorized personnel, and ensuring that the specimen has not been altered or replaced is called establishing ________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
chain of custody
Establishing chain of custody is required for medicolegal issues such as evidence of rape and for drug tests for illicit drug use.
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The fire environment can be so complex that temperature or ________ data collected in one location may not be representative of the entire room.
A) relative B) radioactive C) radiometric D) relevant
A plasma sample appears hemolyzed or red. Which of the following is true?
a. The patient has extravascular hemolysis. b. The patient has increased haptoglobin. c. The patient has increased hemopexin. d. The plasma hemoglobin is greater than 50 mg/dL.
Private companies publish __________, which automate the coding process so that computerized or web-based software is used instead of coding manuals
a. converters b. encoders c. multiplexers d. transducers
A new notice of privacy practices was implemented when?
A. 2014 B. 2013 C. 2012 D. It has not been implemented yet.