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A physician is not required to report: - ANSWER-Stroke A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than a year is - ANSWER-Misdemeanor Professional negligence is also called - ANSWER-Malpractice What should an assistive person keep in mind during their daily routine in medicine - ANSWER-Confidentiality When is it permissible to release information about a patient record - ANSWER-When the court requests it by means of a subpoena Under what circumstance is it permissible to release information from a patient's records - ANSWER-When patient signs a consent form Potential infectious body fluid doesn't include - ANSWER-Sweat Cleaning technique is another name for - ANSWER-Medical asespsis Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should be - ANSWER-Sterile Instruments that come in contact with only a patient's mucous membrane should be - ANSWER-Disinfected Instruments that touch only the healthy intact skin should be - ANSWER-Sanitized Anything that posseses a risk to the human body or a living organism is called a - ANSWER-Biohazard OSHA standard requires - ANSWER-A written schedule for cleaning Treating all human blood as if it were infectious is called - ANSWER-Universal precautions Standard precautions are - ANSWER-Used mainly in hospitals What liquid is used in an autoclave to sterilize instruments - ANSWER-Distilled water Six C's - ANSWER-Client words What suture is the largest - ANSWER-0-0 The position in which the patient is lying flat on their back is known as - ANSWER-Supine What position is used for prrineal and vaginal area examination - ANSWER-Lithotomy What position requires the examination table to be raised in the middle both ends pointing down - ANSWER-Proctological Surgical procedures that require less than one day to perform with no over night stay is - ANSWER-Outpatient surgery What wouldn't be the MA's responsibility in the physical preparing of the patient - ANSWER-Obtaining and prescribing medication that are not expired In what position is used to examine the rectum, where the patient lies on the left side with the left leg sightly flexed - ANSWER-Sims' What thermometer is considered the most accurate indicator of the body temp. - ANSWER-Rectal The artery most common used for taking pulse - ANSWER-Radial A patient's temp. was 96.9¤f, what is the temp. in ¤c - ANSWER-36.1¤c What is not a vital sign - ANSWER-Weight What term means "difficulty breathing" - ANSWER-Dyspnea When taking rectal temp. how long should the thermometer be left in the rectum - ANSWER-5 min The absence of respiration for periods lasting 15 < - ANSWER-Apnea What area of the body is the popliteal pulse taken - ANSWER-Knee What is included in a patient's vital signs - ANSWER-Respiration What temperature is considered fatal - ANSWER-103.8¤f What route is involved in administering a drug by placing it under the patient's tongue and leaving it there until it dissolves? - ANSWER-Sublingual What part of a prescription includes, patient name address date and the Rx symbol - ANSWER-Superscription