Anne Bitton (asker) Oct 5, 2014:

Good point Neilmac. It is not likely to be crucial. I was just interested to see if someone knew for sure.

jude dabo Oct 4, 2014:

we are talking medics here.check below:Administrative Control-Any of the methods for managing patients with a potentially virulent or contagious infection—e.g., tuberculosis—which includes isolating them from others, expediting diagnostic workups, and treating them if they actually have the infection.Any sense?

neilmac Oct 4, 2014:

Do we really need to know? Admin is admin. Whether it refers to a process, a person or a department, my approach is that the people who do need to know 100% what it refers to here will be aware of its meaning.

Andy Watkinson Oct 3, 2014:

Can't understand the general consensus that it refers to a person.... and why does everyone take for granted its referring to a woman? Lab test reports don't usually contain the name of any individual - only the lab's details. Even if they did, they wouldn't assume the issuer's a woman. The consultant in question is already identified below. In ESP the default is masculine, anyway. It's obviously not a substantive but an adjective qualifying XXX. So what's XXX? Vía, alta, ficha, área, etc... administrativa.

Anne Bitton (asker) Oct 3, 2014:

OK, but I think administrator means the same really. I don't see a radical difference in English, and the advantage is that it is one word. I am stopping work now for a couple of days. Thanks!

Judith Armele Oct 3, 2014:

No, I wouldn't call it administrator because it's just an employee in charge of that task. If it is public, i would call it officer or administratiion officer.

Judith Armele Oct 3, 2014:

@Samuel tienes razón, funcionario es únicamente del sector público. Sin embargo, administrativa es la persona que trabaja en una oficina, ya sea pública o privada que realiza determinadas actividades administrativas (valga la redundancia). Equivoqué el sinónimo, pero no el concepto. Sigo pensando que el término se refiere a eso.

Anne Bitton (asker) Oct 3, 2014:

Spain. GENERALITAT VALENCIANA. In this case I wonder is "ADMINISTRATOR" would do the trick?

Judith Armele Oct 3, 2014:

From which country is it, Anne? I can assure you that in some places in Spanish you call administrativa or administrativo to the Employee in charge of some administrative stuff.

Anne Bitton (asker) Oct 3, 2014:

I think Judith is probably right. Perhaps I am over complicating. Perhaps it just reflects the fact that the administrative assistant who dealt with it was female? Perhaps the reference refers to a specific person.

Anne Bitton (asker) Oct 3, 2014:

It appears towards the end, after the person's name, age, date of consultation, fact that test was negative, etc.

Mantoux: Lectura negativa
Diagnósticos y Procedimientos
ADMINISTRATIVA (3 letters, hyphen 1 letter, 3 numbers)

Plan
Se emite informe del contacto con resultado de prueba negative
[stamp and signature of consultant]

justin taylor Oct 3, 2014:

More context Hi Anne,

Could you give more context around this term? Maybe place it within the heading where it appears and the surrounding text. Thanks!

Samuel Sebastian Holden Bramah Oct 3, 2014:

numeros Si nos das el reporte completo igual podemos ayudarte mejor... Yo no creo que se refiera a su profesion, pues en este caso no tendria mucho sentido pues no es una de las profesiones "de riesgo" en los cuales se suele adminostrar este test... de ahi la posible importancia de los numeros o lo que pueda ir junto a la palabra ADMINISTRATIVA... tambien si es transcripcion de notas maniscritas podria ser un error...