Unit 1 Chapters 1-4

Healthcare setting, legal issues, occupational safety and health administration, infection control

What should phlebotomists assemble?

equipment

Phlebotomists should do what with the patient’s identity?

verify and record

What should phlebotomists conduct?

patient interviews

What kind of sign should phlebotomists take?

vital

What should phlebotomists screen?

donors

A quality assurance demands that any medical team member practicing phlebotomy must keep to what?

highest standards

What does the state not mandate?

certification

What is a license granted by?

state or local government body

To identify a patient, a phlebotomist should ask for

name and date of birth

All patients have rights and must be informed when?

care is given

What does federal law guarantee for medical records?

The right to privacy

Procedures require the patient to read and sign an affidavit stating that they have been informed of what?

their rights

Even if the phlebotomy process has begun, the patient can still choose to do what? This can lead to assault or battery charges.

terminate the procedure

When was the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act passed?

1996

What does the HIPAA require providers to get before disclosing healthcare information to anyone outside the provider team?

written permission

What does the PHI stand for?

Protected Health Information

What is the PHI?

individually identifiable health information

What percentage of communication is nonverbal?

80

What is the TJC?

The Join Commission

What does the TJC serve as in healthcare facility oversight?

a watchdog

The TJC was formed to solely look out for patients and establish what?

standards and practices of operations

TJC’s mission is to improve what?

healthcare offerings

What does CLSI stand for?

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

What does the CLSI develop?

standards

What is another name for equipment check forms?

QC checklists

Machines are inspected using QC checklists at what?

time intervals

An incident report form records and tracks what?

internal issues

An incident report will list what?

people, problem, actions

If a patient refuses care, report to your _.

supervisor

What should you never give patients if you’re not medically qualified?

results

Informed consent

A competent person gives voluntary permission after receiving information about the risk of the procedure and consequences

Expressed consent

verbal or written permission

Implied consent

permission without verbal or written consent

Special permission is needed to administer a test for what?

HIV

What can the providers request a patient signature to cover the provider/clinic from future litigation?

refusal form

With an in-patient scenario, the identification band must be what?

on the patient

For identification regarding outpatients, what should be used?

state issued IB with date of birth

If a mistake happens, who should the incident be immediately reported to?

supervisor

What does OSHA stand for?

occupational safety and health administration

What is OSHA responsible for overseeing?

Occupational Safety and Health act

How many types of OSHA inspections are there?

four

Complaint inspection

Happens after a formal complaint with OSHA.

Fatality or Accidents Inspection

Happens after a notice of 3 or more employees’ hospitalizations.

Programmed Inspection

randomly chosen workplace inspection.

Imminent Danger Inspection

After a report that a condition of imminent danger exists at a workplace.

Body Substance isolation requires what between you and any pathogen?

barrier

Any bodily fluid can carry what?

pathogen

Always assume the fluid being handle is possibly _

contaminated

What allows the infectous agent access to a host?

Portal of entry

What is it called when an infectious microorganism leaves its reservoir?

exit portal

Nosocomial infection

any infection contracted in a healthcare setting

What vaccination does OSHA require an employee to receive within 10 days or sign a declination form?

Hepatitis B

The easiest and most effective way to break the chain of transmission is by what?

washing hands

Order of removal for PPE

gloves goggles gown mask

What is the destruction of pathogenic microorganims that have left the body called?

medical aspesis

Reverse isolation

Keeps the patient safe from the world around them