Process of Occupational Therapy: Pt 1 Flashcards
The ability of the occupational therapist to act upon a referral is determined by _____ and/or _____
State licensure laws
Third-party reimbursers
Screenings are designed to determine the ______ and to obtain a _____
the need for an in-depth evaluation
preliminary understanding of the individual’s needs, limitations, assets and resources
T or F an interpreter must ALWAYS be used if the OT and client do not share a common language
T
List three types of normative data
Age, gender, diagnostic groupings
Standard precautions combine the major features of ___ and ____
Universal Precautions (UP), and Body Substance Isolation (BSI)
Standard precautions include:
Hand hygiene, gloves, gown, mask, eye protection, face shield, and safe injection practices.
T or F: Assume that every person is potentially infected or colonized with an organism that could be transmitted in the healthcare setting,
T
What kind of soap should be used if in contact with spores (clostridium difficile, or Bacillus anthracis)?
antimicrobial
Contact precautions should be used in addition to standard precautions for clients known or suspected to be ____ or _____
infected or colonized with serious illness transmitted by direct patient contact.
What are contact precautions?
Isolation room
Gloves (remove before leaving client’s room)
Gown
Single patient use equipment
Limit movement and transport of patients to essential purposes only.
Validity measures?
Whether or not a tool measures what it was intended to measure
Face validity
How well an assessment tool “appears” to measure its stated purpose
Content validity
Does the assessment’s tool content represent the content that it intends to measure.
Criterion validity
Compares the assessment tool to another one with already established validity.
What are the two types of criterion validity?
Concurrent
Predictive
