Regulatory, Ethical, and Legal Issues
Person who files a Lawsuit
Plaintiff
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
phlebotomist hands should always be washed
Before patient contact , Before and after the bathroom, when gloves are removed
before leaving the work area
when knowingly contaminated
before going to break area
Standards of right and wrong
Ethics
Accreditation and certification of health-care organizations
JC (joint commission)
Unauthorized physical contact
Battery
PPE used by the Phlebotomist
gloves, masks, gown, respirator, face shield, goggles
transmission-based precaution classifications
Airborne
Droplet
Contact
Patient extending an arm
Implied consent
Requires that patients information only be provided to designated persons
HIPAA
CLSI
Clinical Laboratory Standard Institution
RACE
Rescue, alarm, contain, evacuate/extinguish
Chain of infection
infectious Agent, Reservoir, Portal of Exit, Means of Transmission, Portal of entry, Susceptible host
order used to put on PPE
gown, mask, gloves
Removed before leaving a transmission-based precautions room
PPE
Five Patient consent in health care
Informed, expressed, minor and Incapacitated patients, testing for HIV
five types of fires and their composition
Class A (wood, paper, clothes)
Class B (flammable, organic, chemical)
Class C (Electrical)
Class D (combustible material)
Class K (oil, grease, fat)
Health Care Worker Immunizations Test
HBV, measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR), Varicella (chicken pox), Tetanus
Recommended disinfectant for blood and body fluid contamination
Sodium hydroxide
Pregnant woman avoids going into this area
Radiation
Format for a root cause analysis report on a Sentinel Event
The event, root cause analysis, action plan
NFPA hazardous material symbol and there color
Red - Fire
Blue- Health
White - Specific
Yellow - Radioactivity
produces contact dermatitis
Latex Allergy
Wrap this around a person on fire
Fire Blanket
indicated infections contracted by patients during a hospital stay
nosocomial and health care acquired (HIA)