infection control practitioners |
Physicians or other qualified individuals responsible for implementing and overseeing the policies and procedures followed by a health care facility to reduce the risk of infection to patients and staff.
(12 Dec 1998) |
insect control |
The reduction or regulation of the population of noxious, destructive, or dangerous insects through chemical, biological, or other means.
(12 Dec 1998) |
internal-external control |
A general principle that man's attempts to control his personal environment are influenced by internal or external factors.
(12 Dec 1998) |
tick control |
Chemical, biological, or medical measures designed to prevent the spread of ticks or the concomitant infestations which result in tick-borne diseases. It includes the veterinary as well as the public health aspects of tick and mite control.
(12 Dec 1998) |
time-varied gain control |
In ultrasonography, an increase in receiver gain with time to compensate for loss in echo amplitude with depth, usually due to attenuation.
Synonym: attenuation compensation, depth compensation, time compensation gain, time-compensated gain, time-varied gain control, time-varied gain.
(05 Mar 2000) |
tonic control |
Nerve impulses that maintain a normal tonus or level of activity in muscle or other effector organs.
(05 Mar 2000) |
topographical control |
Those phenomena of cell behaviour in which the shape of the local substrate of the cell affects its behaviour.
See: contact guidance.
(18 Nov 1997) |
transcriptional control |
<molecular biology> Control of gene expression by controlling the number of RNA transcripts of a region of DNA. A major regulatory mechanism for differential control of protein synthesis in both pro and eukaryotic cells.
(18 Nov 1997) |
translational control |
<molecular biology> The control of protein synthesis by regulation of the translation step, for example by selective usage of preformed mRNA or instability of the mRNA.
(18 Nov 1997) |
facility regulation and control |
Formal voluntary or governmental procedures and standards required of hospitals and health or other facilities to improve operating efficiency, and for the protection of the consumer.
(12 Dec 1998) |
feedback control |
The regulation of the activity of an enzyme by one of its products.
(09 Oct 1997) |
feedforward control |
The process in which one of the products of a metabolic pathway induces an enzyme which participates in the metabolic pathway to act.
(09 Oct 1997) |
forms and records control |
A management function in which standards and guidelines are developed for the developing, maintaining, and handling of forms and records.
(12 Dec 1998) |
locus control region |
A regulatory region first identified in the human beta-globin locus but subsequently found in other loci. The region is believed to regulate transcription by opening and remodeling chromatin structure. It may also have enhancer activity.
(12 Dec 1998) |
locus of control |
A theoretical construct designed to assess a person's perceived control over his/her own behaviour; classified as internal if the person feels in control of events, external if others are perceived to have that control.
(05 Mar 2000) |