Chapter review Flashcards
What does CLIA stands for?
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
What is PPE?
Personal Protective Equipment
What does PPE include?
Gloves, gowns, eye protection, and masks.
What does TJC stands for?
The Joint Commission
What does CLSI stands for and what does it mean?
The Clinical Laboratory and Standards Institute; an organization that sets standards for laboratories.
What does CDC stands for?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Class A fires
Are from ordinary combustible materials, which require water or water-based solutions to extinguish.
Class B fire
Includes flammable liquids and vapors and requires and extinguished or method of stopping the fire that removes oxygen.
Class C fire
Is an electrical fire and requires that the method of extinguishing the fire is non-conductive.
Class K fire
Is in the kitchen.
When there is an electrical fire, which class of fire extinguisher is the proper one to use?
Class C
If blood splashes into the eye of a medical assistant, which step should be performed first?
Flush the eyes.
During a large fire, what is the proper action to take?
Crawl to an exit.
For a patient undergoing surgery, what question does the patient have the right to know?
How many procedures the surgeon has performed.
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?
Initials and time of the police officer, medical assistant, and both physicians.
For a venipuncture to be performed on a patient suspected of drunk driving, which is the proper cleansing agent?
Benzalkonium chloride
Which cleansing agent should be used to clean a counter that has been exposed to bodily fluids?
Bleach solutions
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?
Inform the physician.
Which statements would prompt a medical assistant to be concerned that a patient is abusing a controlled substance?
“I need to refill my oxycodone prescription again.”
What actions should a medical assistant take first when a patient states that she has been a victim of domestic abuse?
Inform a police officer.
