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Forced Vital Capacity

Functional Residual Capacity of air

The amount of active chlorine available to kill microorganisms.

A measurement of graduating catheter size. 3 Fr (French) = 1 millimeter, 6 Fr=2millimeters…

A full body drape is required to meet the CDC Guideline for Central Line…

The amount of air (approximately 2.4 L for an adult) remaining in the lungs…

The base or deepest part of an organ; the portion farthest from the mouth…

A skin infection involving an entire hair follicle and nearby skin tissue.

Joining of two or more into a single entity; the surgical joining of two…

An instrument used in medical diagnosis for observing the internal structure of opaque objects…

Family of synthetic broad-spectrum antibiotics derived from nalidixic acid.

A saline solution used with vascular in-line catheters to push any blood back into…