Sac 1 Flashcards
Checklist examples
- Admission and discharge of the patients
- Placing order for equipments
- Telephone answering protocols
- Photocopying electronic records
- Basic healthcare work health and safety procedures
Why use checklists
- Ensure all tasks are complete
- Assist with time management
- Reduce medical mistakes
- Assists in following policies and procedures
- A sense of confidence that the right steps were taken
Policies and procedures
Policies and procedures are designed to influence and determine all major decisions and actions, and all activities take place within the boundaries set by them
Policies and procedures examples
- Workplace health and safety
- Emergency procedures
- Recording information
- Cleanliness and hygiene
- Following instructions
Why use p+p
- To meet legal requirements
- Self protection
- To provide for confidentiality
- Safety
- Mandates from local, state and federal bodies
Root words
Fundamental meaning of a medical term. It usually describes a body part
Combining vowels
Used to ease pronunciation
Prefix
Attached to the beginning of a medical term to modify its meaning, by giving additional information about the location of an organ, the number of parts or time involved
Suffix
Attached to the end of a medical term root word to add meaning, such as a condition, disease process or procedure
CBC
complete blood count
ECG
electrocardiogram
SOB
shortness of breath
LFT
liver function test
CVA
cerebrovascular accident
DVT
deep vein thrombosis
RUQ
right upper quadrant
