Chapter review

Question 1

What does CLIA stands for?

Answer 1

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

Question 2

What is PPE?

Answer 2

Personal Protective Equipment

Question 3

What does PPE include?

Answer 3

Gloves, gowns, eye protection, and masks.

Question 4

What does TJC stands for?

Answer 4

The Joint Commission

Question 5

What does CLSI stands for and what does it mean?

Answer 5

The Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute; an organization that sets standards for laboratories.

Question 6

What does CDC stands for?

Answer 6

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 7

Class A fires

Answer 7

Are from ordinary combustible materials, which require water or water-based solutions to extinguish.

Question 8

Class B fire

Answer 8

Includes flammable liquids and vapors and requires and extinguished or method of stopping the fire that removes oxygen.

Question 9

Class C fire

Answer 9

Is an electrical fire and requires that the method of extinguishing the fire is non-conductive.

Question 10

Class K fire

Answer 10

Is in the kitchen.

Question 11

When there is an electrical fire, which class of fire extinguisher is the proper one to use?

Answer 11

Class C

Question 12

If blood splashes into the eye of a medical assistant, which step should be performed first?

Answer 12

Flush the eyes.

Question 13

During a large fire, what is the proper action to take?

Answer 13

Crawl to an exit.

Question 14

For a patient undergoing surgery, what question does the patient have the right to know?

Answer 14

How many procedures the surgeon has performed.

Question 15

A police officer opens a rape kit and hands it to a medical assistant, who present it to two physicians performing the examination. What information should be on the custody form?

Answer 15

Initials and time of the police officer, medical assistant, and both physicians.

Question 16

For a venipuncture to be performed on a patient suspected of drunk driving, which is the proper cleansing agent?

Answer 16

Benzalkonium chloride

Question 17

Which cleansing agent should be used to clean a counter that has been exposed to bodily fluids?

Answer 17

Bleach solutions

Question 18

What is the first action a medical assistant who has observed a health care professional abusing controlled substances in a physician’s office should take?

Answer 18

Inform the physician.

Question 19

Which statements would prompt a medical assistant to be concerned that a patient is abusing a controlled substance?

Answer 19

“I need to refill my oxycodone prescription again.”

Question 20

What actions should a medical assistant take first when a patient states that she has been a victim of domestic abuse?

Answer 20

Inform a police officer.