Glossary

An announced on-site evaluation by an ASME appointed team to review and report evidence of compliance of the applicant with regard to the requirements of the ASME BPE Standard ”before” issuance or renewal of a certificate.

Studies designed to obtain information from a large number of respondents through written questionnaires, telephone interviews, door-to-door canvassing, or similar procedures.

The characteristic of a host organism such that it is incapable of suppressing or retarding an injurious pathogen or other factor.

Undissolved solids that can be removed by filtration. Determined by a filter paper before and after filtration of a water sample.

A specific category of pharmaceutical product that must be in a colloidal dispersion (suspension) for proper action. For example, Kaolin/Pectin works as an adsorbant because its high surface area in suspension.

A type of culture in which (single) cells and/or clumps of cells grow and multiply while suspended in a liquid medium.

Use of resources, in an environmentally responsible, socially fair and economically viable manner, so that by meeting current usage needs, the possibility of its use by future generations is not compromised.

Management system (set of interrelated elements) to establish a sustainability policy and sustainability objectives and to achieve those objectives.

(also see: Green Chemistry)

Construction that maximizes the use of renewable energy resources, and minimizes noise pollution, erosion of the site and roads, destruction of vegetation by project vehicles, and negative impacts on air, soil, and water.

A term now in common use in architecture and refers to design that reduces energy and water consumption, uses environmentally innocuous materials, and is in harmony (aesthetic, environmental, and cultural) with the surroundings.

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.(also see: Sustainability)

Something that can be continued or a practice that maintains a condition without harming the environment. An example of sustainable is the practice of reduce, reuse and recycle.

Specific Ultraviolet Absorption

Small Volume Parenteral

Software

Sterile collection device, non-toxic and non-inhibitory to the growth of the microorganisms being sampled, consisting of a specific matrix of suitable size, mounted on an applicator.

Sample may contain more than one actual swab (25 cm2 maximum for a single swab)

The phenomenon of two entities performing a joint function that neither entity can perform alone.

An intimate partnership between two organisms, in which the mutual advantages normally outweigh the disadvantages.

(IEEE) A static analysis technique in which program execution is simulated using symbols, such as variable names, rather than actual values for input data, and program outputs are expressed as logical or mathematical expressions involving these symbols.

(IEEE) A record of the source statements and branch outcomes that are encountered when a computer program is executed using symbolic, rather than actual values for input data.

Occurring at regular, timed intervals, i.e. timing dependent.

A culture in which the majority of the cells are dividing at the same time or are at a specific phase of the cell cycle.

A method of electrical transfer in which a constant time interval is maintained between successive bits or characters. Equipment within the system is kept in step on the basis of this timing.