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Week 5 Terms Flashcards

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Accreditation (of a health care facility)

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Process by which a hospital or health care facility is evaluated by an independent organization.

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Administration

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Individuals who manage an institution, plan it’s activities, and provide oversight for day-to-day operations and employees.

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Air exchange

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Exchange of air between areas separated by a physical boundary.

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Back table

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Large stainless steel table on which most of the sterile surgical supplies and instruments are placed for use during sx

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Biomedical engineering technician

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Professional who specializes the maintenance, repair, and safe operation of devices used in medicine

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Case cart system

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Organizational method of preparing equipment and instruments for a specific sx

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Center core

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Restricted area of the operating room, where sterile supplies and flash sterilizers are located

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Chain of command

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Hierarchy of personnel positions that establishes both vertical and horizontal relationships between positions

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Decontamination area

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Room or dept in which soiled instruments and equipment are cleaned of gross matter and decontaminated to remove microorganisms

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Efficiency

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Economic use of time and energy to prevent unnecessary expenditure of work, materials, and time

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High efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter

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Filters installed in operating room ventilation system that removes 99.97% of particles equal to or larger than 0.3 micrometers

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Job description

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Document that specifies duties, responsibilities, location, pay, and management structure of a job

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Integrated operating room

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Type of structural and engineering design in which digital and computerized components that can be controlled from a central location in room

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Job title

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Name of job

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Laminar airflow (LAF) system

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Ventilation system that moves a contained volume of air in layers at a continuous velocity, with 800-900 air exchanges per air

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Organizational chart (organigram)

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graphic depiction of an organizations chain of command that shows the lines of vertical and horizontal administrative authority

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Personnel policy

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Policy that sets forth the health care facility’s job descriptions, role delineations, requirements for employment, and rules of conduct for personnel

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Post anesthesia care unit (PACU)

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The critical care area where pts are taken after sx for monitoring and evaluation as they emerge from anesthesia; recovery

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Restricted area

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Area of operating room where only personnel wearing surgical attire are allowed. Doors kept closed, the air pressure is greater than that in areas outside the restricted area

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Risk management

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Process of tracking, evaluating, and studying accidents and incidents to protect pts and employees. Produces change in policy or enforcement of policy if the risk reaches an unacceptable level

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Role confusion

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Lack of clarity about ones job duties and requirements

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Semirestricted area

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Designated area in which only personnel wear scrubs and hair caps are allowed

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The Joint Commission

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Accrediting organization for hospitals and other health care facilities in the US

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Traffic patterns

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Movement of people and equipment into, out of, and within the OR

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Transition area

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Area in which surgical personnel or visitors prepare to enter the semi restricted and restricted areas.

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Unrestricted area

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Area that people dressed in street clothes may enter

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APIC

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Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology; conducts research and establishes guidelines for infection control measures

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AHRQ

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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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AIA

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American Institute of Architects; sets the primary standards and for healthcare facility engineering

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EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency; sets the primary standards for healthcare facility engineering

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OSHA

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration; regulates occupational hazards and safety

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Operating table

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Adjustable for height, degree of tilt in all directions, orientation in the room, articular breaks, and length

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Mayo stand

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Smaller table with one open end that can be raised or lowered. Covered with a sterile drape and used for instruments and supplies needed immediately during sx

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Kickbucket

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Has a specific use; designated for soiled surgical sponges and other lightweight, non sharp items

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Ring stand

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Used to contain one or two basins

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Pathology

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Department that receives all tissue samples and other specimens from sx

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Nuclear medicine/Interventional Radiology

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NME involves the use of radioactive materials or radoopharmaceuticals to the diagnosis and treat disease. IR uses radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, computed tomography, ultrasound, etc

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Infection control

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Specialists in the prevention and control of hospital-acquired infection

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Materials management

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Purchasing and logistics center for goods and supplies needed for the delivery of healthcare

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Central supply

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Distribute disposable items, linens, and equipment

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Pharmacy

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Distributes medications to pt care units in hospital

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Laboratory

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Where diagnostic tests are performed; clinical lab personnel examine, analyze body fluids, tissues, and cells

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Blood bank

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Provides blood products for transfusion

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Risk management department

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Perform incidence reports; investigate environmental risks and possibility for errors and omissions by personnel and enact policies to prevent future incidents

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Communications department

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Central communication point of a healthcare facility is designed to redirect calls to specific individuals or departments

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Medical records

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Responsible for receiving, maintaining, and transferring all pt records

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Facilities maintenance

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Responsible for environmental systems in hospital

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Environmental services

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Perform essential cleaning and decontamination services for all debts of hospital

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Security

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Responsible for monitoring public activities in the facility

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Nutritional services

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Licensed health care professionals who advise and perform care related to nutritional status of pts

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