Medicolegal and Ethical Aspects of Providing Blood Collection and Transfusion Services ( Chapeter 27) Flashcards
Is defined as any wrong doing for which action for damage may be brought
Tort
The details of how laws are to be put into action are provided in ________
Regulations
Is the basis for most lawsuits
Tort Liability
Civil lawsuits arise because someone disrespects another’s right by :
Battery and Assault Negligence Breach of Contract Intruding on anothers property or privacy Misbehaving in other similar ways
Is a Doctrine that protects the patient or donor by requiring that information be provided in a manner of understandable to the patient under circumstances that permit the px to ask questions.
Doctrine of Inform consent
The most common tort
Negligence
Liability for negligence is found when all of the ff. elements are present
1 A duty was owed to the injured party
2 The duty was not met by injuring party
Because the duty was not met , the injured party was harmed
3 Faiure to meet the duty owed was directly responsible to cause the harm suffered by the injured party
4 Some measurable harm occured
Under this doctrine the actions of employess are attributable to the employer or person who directs their action
Doctrine of respondeat superior
2 types of Standard of Care
Ordinary Standard of Care
Professional Standard of Care
The HBV cases stimulated nearly every state legislature to enact protection for blood banks through _______
Blood Shield Statutes
Is established by court decisions sometimes related to interpretations and applications of statutes and regulations
Case law
Federal Regulations that apply specifically to blood banking are found in _______
Title 21 , Code of Federal Regulations . Part 600-699 ,Part 200-299 and Part 800-899
Statutorily defined limit of time during which a lawsuit can be filed
Statue of Limitation
Enummerate Specific Donor Issues
Screening
Donor Requested by patient
Untimely Notification
Component Collection
