ch 2 quality assurance and legal issues in health care + chapter 4 medical terminology

what is the joint commission

• oldest & largest standard-setting body in healthcare

• establishes standards for operations of hospitals

what is sentinel event or SE

any unfavorable event that is unexpected and results in death or serio[us physical or psychological injury

who created CLIA ‘88

centers for medicare and medicaid services CMS

what are GLPs

• good laboratories practices

• tool that CLIAC uses

• consists of a list of 10 recommendations what emphasizes QA (quality assurance) in collecting and performing blood work using waived testing kits

what is CLSI

Clinical and laboratory standards institute

• standards-developing organization with representatives from the profession, industry, and government.

• uses a widespread agreement process to develop voluntary guidelines and standards for all areas of the laboratory.

what is quality control

• The use of checks and controls to assure quality

• corrects any problems that might affect the quality of patient results

what is the most critical step in specimen collection

patient identification

reasons why outdated tubes should never be used

1. they may not fill completely,

2. causing dilution of the sample,

3. distortion of the cell components,

4. erroneous results.

5. Anticoagulants in expired tubes may not work effectively, allowing small clots to form and thereby invalidating hematology and immunohematology test results.

what is assult

An act or threat that causes another to be in fear of immediate battery

what is battery

An intentional harmful or offensive touching of, or use of force on, another person without consent or legal justification

what happens to phlebotomists who attempts to collect a blood specimen without the patient’s consent?

can face a criminal charge of assault and battery as well as a civil suit for damages

patient confidentiality is protected under what?

protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

• HIPAA violations can lead to not only personal civil lawsuits but also fines and even jail time.

what is invasion of privacy

The violation of one’s right to be left alone.

• It can involve a physical intrusion or the unauthorized publishing or release of private information

Invasion of privacy by physical intrusion may be no more than…..

opening the door and walking into a patient’s room without asking permission to enter.

what is malpractice

A type of negligence committed by a professional.

what is negligence

The failure to exercise due care

• if a medical procedure results in injury and there is no intent to injure, it is called negligence

an example of implied consent when drawing blood is..?

If a phlebotomist tells a patient that they are going to collect a blood specimen and the patient holds out an arm,

what is a common word element

hyper - high

what does thrombophlebitis mean

inflammation of a vein caused by a blood clot

phleb - veins

thromb - clot

what is a prefix

• is a word element that comes before a word root

• modifies the meaning of the word root by adding information such as presence, absence, location, number, or size;

what is a suffix

• word ending

• It follows a word root and either changes or adds to the meaning of the word root.

the best way to determine the meaning of a medical term is to first identify the meaning of the ______

suffix

atherosclerosis

hardening of artery

nephritis

kidney inflammtion

medical terms for WBC

leukocyte

2 root words of electrocardiogram

electr and cardi

root words for kidney

red and nehpr

myalgia

muscle pain

ase suffix meaning

lipase

itis

inflammtion

lysis

breakdown

word for 1 finger and more than one finger

1 - phalanx

2 - phalanges

PP meaning

postprandial (after meal)

ESR

erythrocyte sedimentation rate

• a blood test that measures how quickly red blood cells settle to the bottom of a test tube

UTI

urinary tract infection

c Sounds like “s” when it precedes…. and give exmaple

e, i, or y

cell

circulation

cytology

g Sounds like “j” when it precedes…. give examples

“e,” “i,” or “y”

gestation

genetic

gyrate

giardia