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Individual Sick call slip form. May be used as a means of communication between
medical personnel and the patients Commander. - ANSWER-DD Form 689
Basic form used to document the chronological record of outpatient treatment. -
ANSWER-SF 600
Initial correction procedure for an entry error. - ANSWER-Single line through
information, write "error" and your initials.
Access to medical information may be given to? - ANSWER-The patient, patient care
personnel, medical researchers and medical educators.
Personnel not involved with the patients care or in medical research will not have
access to information unless the following situations apply. - ANSWER-Access required
by court order, needed for hospital accreditation, authorized by the patient.
Disclosure of medical information. - ANSWER-Handled by patient administrator, all
requests are done in writing except in emergency situations.
Subjective Information - ANSWER-Age, Sex, Race and first day of last menstrual
period, history of illness, OPQRST, past medical, surgical and social history, last oral
intake, AMPLE
Referral to medical officer - ANSWER-Refer all red flags
Quarters - ANSWER-Restricted to rest in patients place of domicile, includes freedom to
move within their living space, to and from dfac and or medical facilities. May not
perform any military duties, usually assigned for 72 hours.
Bedrest - ANSWER-Patient is restricted to their bed with allowances for travel to dining
facility and latrine. May not perform any military duties.
Commander - ANSWER-Who has the authority to decide if a soldier should break their
profile?
Microorganism - ANSWER-Microscopic living cells found almost everywhere in the
environment.
Pathogens - ANSWER-microorganisms that cause disease
, Colonies - ANSWER-As bacteria reproduce, they form groups of many millions of
individual cells called?
Spore forming bacteria - ANSWER-Are resistant to the environment and can survive
extreme conditions of light, drying and many chemicals.. Most difficult to control and
destroy.
Contagious Disease - ANSWER-Diseases transmitted to many individuals quickly and
easily.
Hand Washing - ANSWER-What is the single most useful and effective means of
breaking the chain of infection and stop the spread of disease?
Sterile - ANSWER-Item is free of all microorganisms and spores
Sterilization - ANSWER-Destroys all microorganisms an spores by exposing articles to
heat or to chemical disinfectants long enough to kill all microrganimsms and spores, i.e.
autoclave (pressure steam _______)
Airborne precautions - ANSWER-Tiny microorganisms from evaporated droplets remain
suspended in the air or are carried on dust particles and inhaled.
Droplet precautions - ANSWER-Microorganism are propelled through the air from an
infected person who is sneezing, coughing, talking or being suctioned and deposited on
the host's eyes, nose or mouth.
Contact precautions - ANSWER-Is the most frequent mode of disease transmission.
Direct contact between a susceptible hosts body surface and an infected or colonized
person.
Drug resistant gastrointestinal, respiratory, skin and wound infections, hepatitis A,
herpes simplex virus, and acute diarrhea. - ANSWER-Diseases of contact transmission
include?
Neutropenic precautions - ANSWER-Protection from the outside environment, others
people's microorganisms kept away from the patient, for weakened immune response
patients, diseases include burns, bone marrow transplants, HIV, chemotherapy or low
resistance from another cause.
10-15 seconds up to 2 minute or longer, scrub in circular motion from fingertips to
elbows - ANSWER-Proper hand-washing
incubation period - ANSWER-First phase of infection when pathogen enters the body to
the first appearance of the first symptoms of illness.