Infection Control
Ethical vs Legal
Precautions
Laws
Vocabulary
100

State the order in which you don PPE

Gown, Mask, Goggles, Gloves 

100

A medical assistant tells their family about a patient and reveals PHI

Legal 

100

Precaution used for all patients

Standard Precaution

100

Law that helps keep health information private and secure

HIPAA

100

A person legally required to report suspected abuse or neglect

Mandated Reporter
200

Surgical instruments are _________________ before being used on patients

Sterilized

200

A patient fills out DNR paperwork and their family is upset and says they will not honor it

Ethical

200

Type of precaution used for measles 

Airborne 

200

Event that results in death or serious injury to a patient that must be reported

Sentinel Event

200

A type of reporting where a patient's PHI can be released to public health officials

Compliance Reporting
300

You should treat all bodily fluids as if they are what?

Infectious 

300
A nurse accidently gives a patient the wrong medication and the patient is harmed

Legal 

300

Precaution used for MRSA

Contact 

300

When the standard of care is not met

Malpractice

300
An occurrence that results in death or serious injury to the patient

Sentinel Event

400

Type of room a patient on airborne precautions should be in 

Negative Pressure room

400

A nurse performs CPR on a patient that has filled out a DNR

Legal

400

You need this type of mask for airborne precautions

N95

400

Accident or unexpected event during the course of care that must be reported 

Incident 

400

When a healthcare worker "groups" care so that they can limit exposure to a pathogen from a patient 

Cluster care

500

Immediate action following a needle stick injury

Wash injury with water and contact employee health

500

The durable power of attorney does not know the patient's wishes if they are unresponsive

Ethical

500

Minimum PPE used for contact precautions

Gown and Gloves

500

Someone legally required to report observed abuse or neglect

Mandated Reporter 

500

Destruction of all microorganisms, including bacterial spores

Sterilization 

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