Week 2 Flashcards
When are medical assistants permitted to change an IV bag?
NEVER
Each small lines on a 3-mL syringe represents
1/10 mL
Intradermal (ID) injections are used in ________ and tuberculin testing.
Allergy
When administering an intradermal injection, you should insert the needle at what degree angle?
10-15 degree angle
Before withdrawing medication from a vial, you must clean the top of the vial with?
Alcohol prep-pad
How long is the needle used to administer intramuscular (IM) injections?
1-3 inches or longer
What is the preferred injection site for infants and young children?
Vastus Lateralis
Rubella is also known as?
German Measles
What are the human symptoms of rabies?
• Fever
• Aggressive behavior
• Hallucinations
After giving an injection when should you recap the needle?
NEVER!! safety sharps
Which agency publishes an annual recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedule for the United States?
CDC —> Centers for Disease Control
If a provider makes a request description dispense as written (DAW) it means?
Only the specific medication prescribed may be given
To ensure the right medication, you must check the medication order and verify the medication at least ___ times prior to administration?
3 times
Which of the Seven Rights refers to how the medication is administered?
Right technique
Which administration route is a medical assistant NOT allowed to give?
Intravenous (IV)
When medication is administered by the buccal method, it is?
Placed or sprayed in the mouth between the gum and the cheeks
What year did the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act become effective?
1992
Please describe what a sharps container looks like
Red, Biohazard sticker
List three advantages in administering medication via the parental route
• Delivered directly into the site
• Faster absorption rate
• Convenient
List three disadvantages in administering medication via the parental route
• Patient is afraid of needles
• More expensive than oral meds
• Increase chance of injury to patient
T/F one risk in administering an injection in the dorsogluteal site, is the possibility that you can hit the sciatic nerve if you enter in the wrong area?
True
T/F Patches give medication by the topical route
True
Please list the Seven Rights:
- Right patient
- Right drug
- Right dose
- Right route
- Right time
- Right documentation
- Right technique
