Bio Med Ch 26&30 Flashcards
Litigation
The act of conducting legal proceedings such as a lawsuit or trial
Assessment
Process of evaluating a patients condition
Demographic
Info can include a persons address, phone number, and work info
Alert
Placed on the inside of a patients record to bring attention to a medical condition or allergy
Registration
Completed by new patient and includes personal info, who is responsible for payment, and insurance info
Forensics
Used to establish the identity of an individual on the basis of scientific methods
What specific info must the dental team receive from the patient before they can provide dental treatment
Patient registration, medical history, and informed consent
What term describes the collection of data to help the dentist make a correct diagnosis
Assessment
The patient record is a permanent document of whom
The dentist
Quality assurance is an important asset of a practice because
It describes the type of care a patient is receiving
The patient should be instructed to enter his or her name on the registration form as
Full first, last name, middle initial
Where would you file the patients registration form
In the front section of the patient record
The dental history section of a health history form provides the dental team with what information
Necessary dental treatment and care
Which medical condition would require an alert sticker to be placed on the inside of a patient record
The patient with an allergy to penicillin
What additional form with a patient complete and sign if he or she were having extensive surgical treatment completed by a specialist
Informed consent form
Excretion
The action by which a drug leaves the body
Superscription
The patients name, address, date, and RX on the prescription
Systemic
A drug that affects a specific system of the body
Dose
A specified quantity or volume of a drug or medicine
Drug
A substance that is used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of a disease
Distribution
The process or action of a drug when it is released throughout the body
Signature
Specific instructions on a prescription about how to take a prescribe medicine
Dosage
The amount of a drug to be administered according to time and specific bodyweight
Patent
A drug that can be obtained without a prescription
Anabiotic prophylaxis
A drug prescribed for the prevention of infective endocarditis
Subscription
Directions provided to the pharmacist for mixing a specific medication
Where do drugs come from
Plants animals and laboratories
Who is responsible for regulating the sale of medicines
FDA
What part of the prescription includes the name and the quantity of the drug
Inscription
By which route is a subcutaneous injection given
Under the skin
What schedule of drug is Tylenol with Codeine
Three
What is the term used to describe the bodies negative reaction to a drug
Adverse effect
What is an analgesic prescribe for
Reduction of fever, pain relief
What’s an example of an anabiotic
Erythromycin
What is a drug that is prescribed to slow the clotting of blood
Coumadin
ADPIE
Assessment, diagnosis, plan, implement, evaluate
Telephone guidelines regarding interaction with the pharmacy
Controlled substances cannot be prescribed over the phone, it’s illegal for a dental assistant to call in a prescription, notify Dentist immediately when pharmacist calls, take pharmacist name and phone number if Dentist unavailable, Never evaluate patients reaction to a drug
Ethical drugs
Wisen’s medicines that are regulated by legislation “prescription drugs”
Inscription
Main body of prescription name and quantity of the drug
Drug that has no current accepted medical usefulness/high potential for abuse
Schedule 1
A drug that has limited medical use/high risk for abuse and physical dependence
Schedule 2
A drug that has less abuse potential and accepted medical usefulness
Schedule 3
A drug that has low abuse potential and accepted medical usefulness
Schedule 4
A drug that has lowest abuse potential and accepted medical usefulness
Schedule 5
What does a professional need to write a prescription
DEA identification number
