| Hippocrates | Father of medicine |
| Marcelo Malphigi | Father of Modern Anatomic Pathology |
| Jean Baptiste van Helmont | Gravimetric testing of urine specimen |
| Hans and Zacharias Janssen | 1st compound microscope |
| Anton van Leeuwenhoeke | Father of Microscopy |
| Robert Hooke | Discovery of cells from cork |
| Hermann Von Fehling | First quantitative test for sugar in urine |
| Rudolf Virchow | Cell theory and Father of Modern Pathology |
| Louis Pasteur | Father of Modern Bacteriology |
| Robert Koch | Koch’s Postulate: Proved that microorganisms transmit disease |
| Edward Jenner | Father of Immunology |
| Alexander Flemming | Invented penicillin from Penicillum notatum |
| Paul Ehrlich | Discovered Salvarsan “magic bullet” as a cure for Syphilis |
| M. Ruth Williams | Historian who noted that medical technology began during the medieval period |
| Vivian Herrick | Historian who discovered ancient writing about intestinal parasites such as Teania and Ascaris |
| Dr. William Burdou Sunderson | Initiated the use of laboratory animals for experimentation |
| Dr. William H. Welsh | Father of American Pathology |
| George Papaniculao | Described the Pap’s staining technique |
| Republic Act 5527 | Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 |
| AABB | American Association of Blood Banks |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| CLSI | Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| source of danger | Hazard |
| exposure to the danger | Risk |
| biological substance that poses a threat to the health of living organisms | BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS |
| LAI | Laboratory-Acquired Infections |
| Ingestion | consumption of a substance by an organism |
| Inoculation | act or an instance of introduction of a substance into the body |
| Contamination | presence of a minor and unwanted substance or impurity in the skin or mucous membrane |
| Inhalation | act of drawing air or other substances into the lungs |
| Universal Precautions | approach to infection control to treat all human blood and body fluids as if they were known to be infectious |
| alternative to Universal Precautions | Standard Precautions |
| recommended to provide additional precautions beyond Standard Precautions to interrupt transmission of pathogens in hospitals | Transmission-Based Precautions |
| Measures employed when handling biohazardous materials to avoid infecting oneself, others or the environment | Biosafety |
| Measures employed to protect biohazardous materials, with critical relevant information, against the theft or diversion of those who intend to pursue intentional misuse. | Biosecurity |
| The principle of holding or be capable of holding or including within a fixed limit or area | Biocontainment |
