Denise Pavao Aug 4, 2016:

Hi Liz,
I thought valider could mean "verify" in the right context. Maybe I'm wrong there. In the labs I've worked in we've always used "verify" for results, and validate for procedures, assays, test methods, etc. It's possible that other institutions use "validate" and "verify" interchangeably - it just hasn't been my experience.

liz askew (asker) Aug 4, 2016:

http://www.synonymo.fr/synonyme/valider

verify and validate are two separate concepts

liz askew (asker) Aug 4, 2016:

Hi Denise,
But this means "validated" not verified.
http://dictionnaire.reverso.net/francais-anglais/valider

Denise Pavao Aug 2, 2016:

@ Liz
To be clear, I would say verified rather than validated.

Denise Pavao Aug 2, 2016:

@Liz

I also agree with your initial interpretation. Every time a lab test is done, before it is "finalized," the result must be looked at by a set of eyes (in the computer or on a paper print-out) and "verified." Essentially the results are reviewed to see if anything further needs to be done based on the laboratory's procedures and protocols. (Some tests that are done on instruments are "auto-verified if they are not critical results.) So while an assay or test method or instrument is validated, a test result or lab report is verified by a laboratory technician or technologist (or auto-verified) before being released to the physician.

blkh Jul 31, 2016:

sorry to use Frenche : les résultats biologiques ont été validés par untel

dwt2 Jul 30, 2016:

@liz I agree with your first suggestion

liz askew (asker) Jul 30, 2016:

Hi,
I have come across "biologically validated"

but what does this actually mean?