PRACTICE MANAGEMENT Flashcards
classification of biomedical waste
- human anatomical waste
- animal waste
microbiology biotechnology waste
Waste sharps
Discarded medicine and cytotoxic drugs
Solid waste, contaminated with blood and fluids
Solid waste, penetrated from disposable items other than waste sharps
Liquid waste
Incineration of biomedical waste
Chemicals used in production of biologic, waste or disinfection
waste that causes harm or injury to the environment
Hazardous waste
waste that contain strong enough pathogens, insufficient quantity to cause diseases
This includes materials, contaminated with blood or blood saliva
Infectious waste
includes elements, such as plastic covers or cops patient bibs, and others
No guidelines for their disposal
Non-infectious waste
Mechanism by which dental practitioners receive payment for their services
Dental finance
Things that cannot be burned or incinerated
amalgam
Latex
lead
Plastic
most efficient way of providing dental care and dentist overwhelmingly prefer for to practice under this arrangement
private fee for service
patient borrow some money from a bank
People in middle income group
Post payment plans or budget payment plans
Dentist and the patients are the first and second parties, and the third refers to a private carriers such as an insurance company
Private third-party pre-payment plans
stipulated flat sum that the patient must pay toward the call cost of treatment before benefits of the program go into effect
Deductible or front end payment
She usually charge for a given service by an individual dentist to private patients
Usual fee
Measured by time & space not by quantity or quality of dental service rendered
Retainer fee
Dependent on outcome
Contingent fee
Percentage of fee taken from rendered dental service
Commission fee
Four common elements of fears
unknown
Physical harm, or bodily injury
Loss of control
Helplessness and dependency