October 2005 | Vol. 23, No. 10

5th Edition of SVU Glossary of Terms Handbook Now Available

The SVU Products Committee is pleased to announce that the 5th Edition of SVU’s very popular Glossary of Terms handbook, featuring the terminology for the vascular ultrasound technologist/sonographer, is now available both “free” online for Members as a benefit of membership and for sale as a printed, compact handbook.

This new edition of the Glossary of Terms handbook includes a section on key prefixes and suffixes used in the profession, and also a new five-page section on key acronyms used in the vascular ultrasound profession. Did you ever wonder what CMS means? With this new handbook, you will know that it means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Two versions are available:

• SVU members can access an online version of the Glossary of Terms handbook for free on the Members’ Only page of the SVU website.
• Members and nonmembers who would like to purchase the printed, compact, and easy-to-use 86-page glossy version of the Glossary of Terms, 5th Edition, can do so by accessing the handbook’s order form also on the website. Members receive a discounted price for the new 5th Edition Glossary and volume discount are also available. This is a handy reference book that everyone will want to have, so order multiple copies for all of the vascular technologists/ sonographers in your lab

Call India Gorden at the SVU national office at 800-788-8346 if you have any questions on the new 5 th Edition of SVU’s Glossary of Terms handbook” or would like to have an order form sent to you.