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SOP

Standing Orders Program

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Spaulding Classification

Spaulding Inanimate Objects Classification Critical: Level: Heat Sterilization; Risk: Very High; Objects: touch bone…

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Specialty mask

This is a mask which has a special feature – for instance, anti-fogging.

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Specificity

Ability of a test to not detect a disease when not present. Thus a…

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Spina Bifida

A limited defect in the spinal column, characterized by the absence of vertebral arches,…

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Spinal canal

The opening in a vertebra, between the neural arch and the vertebral body, within…

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Spinal cord

That part of the central nervous system contained within the spinal canal of the…

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Spinal ligaments

Include: anterior longitudinal ligament, interspinous ligament, ligament flavum, posterior longitudinal ligament, and supraspinous ligament.…

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Sepsis

Commonly called a blood stream infection. The presence of bacteria (bacteremia) or other infectious…

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Septic shock

Septic shock is a serious medical condition caused by decreased tissue perfusion and oxygen…

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Septicemia

Condition that exists when bacteria enters the bloodstream and spreads through all of the…

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Sequela

A condition following as a consequence to a disease.

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