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| A ____ specific to your office should be created and followed to ensure that you cover all daily functions of opening, operating, and closing the office. |
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| The National Task Force on Violence Against Health Care Providers conduct ___ ____ inventories. |
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| Never enter the officeig you see evidence of forced entry or if it appears that someone might either be inside or has been inside. Leave at once and call ____ security or the police. |
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| The first step when opening the office is to check the ____. |
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| When checking reading material, always remove the ____ and torn material. |
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| The child's play area should be situated in a corner or within a controlled area to reduce the possibility of adults ____ over the objects on the floor. |
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| When preparing the front desk, you should turn on all ____, scanners, printers, and offices with EHR must have all computers and tablets ____ before the first patient can be checked in. |
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| Make sure to check the ____ ____ in the autoclave, and turn it on. |
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| Anything that may be hazardous or could become contaminated should be kept out of sight in a ____ or locked area. |
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| Chemicals that could become ____ when kept beyond their expiration date must be monitored carefully. |
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| A ____ is sometimes referred to as a par level. Offices perform this function electronically with the use of scanners and bar codes. |
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| ____ for example, Microsoft Excel to track your inventory and purchases. |
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| Entries of vendors or ____ should name the company, the address, and phone number, and a contact person if possible. A list of what products or services they provide should be entered for each company. |
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| At the end of the day, the examination rooms should be restocked and cleaned, and discarded material should be placed for pickup. This saves time the next morning. ____ must be collected, checked for completeness, and filed in a locked cabinet. |
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| All ____ appliances and the autoclave must be turned off, including computers. |
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| It is the office manager's responsibility to confirm IT policy concerning computer usage and enforce compliance that is so critical to patient ____ and HIPAA guideline, and it is each staff member's responsibility to follow this policy. |
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| In some cases, the computer may be left on to install ____ and updates to be pushed through. |
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| Be aware of your ____ when you leave the office. |
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| When evaluating your work environment, verify that all ____ prevention devices (safety needles) are used and proper disposal is performed. |
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| Quality assurance is also known as ____ ____.It is set in place to report any incident that happens in the workplace. |
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| The United States Department of Labor established through OSHA that require employers to provide employees with safe ____ conditions to protect them from harmful exposure and substances |
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| The United States Public Health Department operates the ____ in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the CDC's responsibility to collect data on pathogens and diseases and establish guidelines to prevent their spread. |
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| Making local government emergency preparedness and response programs accessible to people with disabilities is a critical part of this responsibility. Another requirement is to identify accessible modes of ____ that might be available to help evacuate people with disabilities during an emergency. (ADA) |
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| The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments or ____ of 1988 established federal regulatory standards regulating all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the United States. |
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| The local fire department will conduct routine walk-throughs of the facility to verify compliance with ____ codes. This should be done when first moving into an office, prior to seeing patients. |
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| Chemicals and _____ are evaluated for hazard category classification and labeled with the National Fire Protection Association's color and number coding. |
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| Material Safety ____ Sheets provide information about working with or handling a particular chemical substance. |
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| When the spill involves bodily fluids such as blood or urine, universal precautions must be observed by using gloves and eye protection and placing materials in a ____ waste bag. |
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| Properly bag ____ clothing and materials in a leak-proof labeled biohazard bag. |
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| ____ could be carefully wrapped in layers of newspaper or placed inside empty cardboard or plastic containers before being deposited in the receptacles. |
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| Always use appropriate PPE or ____ ____ ____. The type will vary on the procedure being performed. |
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| Personal Protective Equipment |
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| MSDS sheets should be kept easily ____. |
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| All health care workers must practice standard precautions to protect themselves against acquiring HIV, hepatitis B, or other ____ diseases. |
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| Only three elements need to be present for a fire to start: heat, fuel and ____. |
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| The office should have an established policy regarding the ____ to follow in case of fire. |
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| You must know the location and proper use of the fire ____ to aid in preventing a fire from spreading. |
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| The acronym PASS stands for: ____ the pin at the top, ____ at the base of the fire, ____ the handle slowly, ____ from side to side until the fire is completely out. |
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| Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep |
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| ____ is a state of being free from all pathogenic microorganisms. |
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| ____ time refers to the time between the initial exposure to the disease causing microbes and the appearance of the first symptoms or signs of the disease. |
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| Microorganisms that are the cause of disease are called ____. |
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| A microorganism's power to produce a disease is known as ____. |
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| Organisms need what six things to survive? |
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| Oxygen, PH (6.0-7.35), temperature, nutrients, water, and a host to inhabit. |
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| AIDS - acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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| Direct contact: sexual, anal, or vaginal intercourse; sharing IV drug needles, infected mother to child (childbirth), blood to blood (from cuts, scrapes, punctures of the skin), indirect contact: blood transfusions. |
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| Chickenpox - varicella zoster |
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| Direct or indirect contact, droplet, or airborne secretion of infected person. (anti-pruritics) |
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| Conjunctivitis - pink eye |
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| Direct or indirect contact with discharge from eyes or upper respiratory tract of infected person. |
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| Haemophilus Influenza type B |
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| Antibiotics, increased fluid intake, antipyretics, rest, analgesics. |
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| Direct contact or by fecal contaminated food or water |
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| Painful blisters on lips, which turn pustular and then form crusted scabs; oral lesions are small ulcerated areas. |
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| Direct contact with draining sores |
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| Bed rest, increased fluid intake, antipyretics |
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| MRSA - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus |
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| Direct contact or indirect contact. Skin-to-skin contact, or shared items such as towels, razors, and bandages. Skin infections that may look like pimples or boils and can be red, swollen, painful, and full of pus. |
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| Direct transfer of eggs from anus to mouth; indirect contact with eggs in clothing, bedding. (Anthelmintics) |
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| Direct contact or indirect contact with infested clothing/bedding. |
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| Strawberry tongue, rash on skin and inside mouth, high fever, nausea and vomiting, fever, red and sore throat, pus spots on back of throat. |
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| Common infectious agents are microorganisms that are classified as: |
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| Bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and rickettsiae. |
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| Fungi are simple ____ plants that depend on other life forms for a nutritional source. |
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1. infectious agent - Microorganisms, bacteria, viruses, parasites, rickettsiae
2. Reservoir or Source - people, equipment, food, water, animals, insects
3. Portal of Exit from Reservoir Source - secredionts, excretions, respiratory droplets, blood/bodily fluids.
4. Means of Transmission - indirect contact, direct contact, bloodborne, airborne, ingestion
5. Portal of Entry to Host - Non-intact skin, mucous membranes, systems: reproductive, digestive, respiratory
6. Susceptible Host - elderly, frail immunosuppressed, chronic disease, trauma. |
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| Protozoa are single-celled internal ____ that have a true nucleus and survive on living matter. |
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| ____, also multicellular parasites, live on the surface of a host and include scabies and lice. |
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| Rickettsiae are known as ____ parasites because they depend completely on their host for survival. |
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| The ____ is the place where conditions are ripe for replication. |
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| Sometimes, a human reservoir is called a ____ because the pathogens can survive, grow, and multiply here. |
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| Including blood-borne ____, which is acquired when the infected blood enters the susceptible host through blood or body fluids. |
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| When a person with a cold coughs or sneezes, the ____ containing the microorganisms that is causing the illness can travel up to 3 feet. |
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| ____ transmission is a disease carrying insect, usually a mosquito or a tick are additional examples of indirect contacts. |
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| The ____ host is one who is capable of being infected by the pathogen. The resistance or ability to fight off disease of the host is low, which could be because of poor health, poor nutritional habits, or poor hygiene. |
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| Universal ____ as defined by the CDC, are a set of precautions designed to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B, and other blood-borne pathogens when providing first aid or health care. |
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| Refrain from direct patient care if you have an ____ skin condition or laceration until the condition clears. |
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| When you are working, never eat, drink, chew gum, smoke, place hands or fingers to the ____, or place any item in the mouth. |
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| ____ controls are devices that isolate or remove the blood-borne pathogen hazard from the workplace. |
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| CDC requires three steps when exposed to blood: |
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| Wash needlesticks and cuts with soap and water, flush splashes to the nose, mouth, or skin with water, irrigate eyes with clean water, saline, or sterile irrigation. |
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| To prevent possible self injury, it is recommended that needles should never be _____, broken off, or removed from disposable syringes by hand after use. They should be placed carefully in puncture proof containers after engaging the safety guard over the needle. |
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| _____ is a method to completely destroy disposable items by flame. |
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| Medical _____ is a type of infection control that decreases the risk of spreading infection by decreasing the number or pathogenic microorganisms and their spread after they leave the body. |
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| The very best way to prevent the transfer of microorganisms is by regularly washing your ____. |
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| Regular scrub is ____ seconds. However, a surgical scrub should last from ____ to ____ minutes. |
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| Wearing gloves is not a substitute for ____ ____. Because they can have imperfections or small tears, you must wash your hands before and after wearing them. |
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| Personal Protective Equipment, or ____ is protective wear required by OSHA and protects health care employees from coming in contact with blood, body fluids, and other potentially infected material. |
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| ____ is the process of washing and scrubbing to remove materials such as body tissue, blood, or other body fluids. |
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| ____ is a process in which disease producing microorganisms or pathogens are killed, however, does not always kill spores. |
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| Low-level disinfectants such as ____ bleach and ____ alcohol are used only on intact skin, such as stethoscopes or exam tables. |
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| ____ is the process that destroys all forms of living organisms. Following the sterilization procedure, which is generally performed by ____, the item remains sterile for 30 days if its packaging is kept dry and intact. |
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| Sterilization, Autoclaving |
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| The 30 day period of sterilization is also known as ____ life. |
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| Do not use any sterile package if it is beyond the ____ date. |
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| In the process of sterilization, the autoclave exerts approximately ____ to ____ pounds of pressure per square inch at a temperature between ____ and ____ degrees. |
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| The process of ___ ___ sterilization takes on to two hours at a temp. of 350, depending on the article. |
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