Unit I Vocab

Question 1

ADLs

Answer 1

Acivities of Daily Living

Question 2

Confidentiality

Answer 2

keeping things secret/confidential

Question 3

Endogenous

Answer 3

caused by factors within the body or mind, or arising from internal or functional causes

Question 4

Exogenous

Answer 4

Growing from or on the outside

Question 5

Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Answer 5

Protects continuity of health coverage; limits health-plan exclusions for preexisting conditions; requires patient medical information to be kept private and secure; standardizes electronic transactions involving health information; permits tax deduction of health insurance premiums by the self-employed

Question 6

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

Answer 6

Infections associated with healthcare, or acquired during healthcare

Question 7

Medical Asepsis

Answer 7

prevention of infection

Question 8

Nosocomial

Answer 8

acquired or occurring in a hospital

Question 9

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Answer 9

Equipment used to protect wearer from contact with an infected person

Question 10

Portal of Entry

Answer 10

Site where microorganisms enter the body

Question 11

R.A.C.E.

Answer 11

Rescue
Alarm
Confine
Evacuate

Question 12

Restraint

Answer 12

A device that restricts movement

Question 13

Standard Precautions

Answer 13

Considers all patients potentially infectious and requires that healthcare professionals protect themselves from contact with blood and other body fluids

Question 14

Surgical Asepsis

Answer 14

Being free of microorganisms during/for surgery