VFC
This federal program provides vaccines at no cost to eligible children.
What is the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program?
This federal agency enforces workplace safety standards in clinics.
What is OSHA?
This must be used to close and finalize a patient encounter.
What is Sign Visit (or Lock Note)?
This is the most common vein used for venipuncture
What is the median cubital vein?
This vital sign measures the force of blood against artery walls.
What is blood pressure?
This documentation must be provided to parents each time a vaccine is administered.
What is a Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)?
All patient encounters must be documented in this type of record.
What is the medical record?
You can use this feature to insert common phrases or templates into the Progress Note.
What are Templates?
If a hematoma starts forming during a blood draw, you should do this immediately.
What is remove the needle and apply pressure?
This is considered the "fifth vital sign" in many healthcare settings.
What is pain?
This federal agency administers the VFC program.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
This form is used to document patient consent for treatment.
What is the Consent to Treat form?
You must ask about this before going into the PMH.
What is medications?
Unlike X-rays, this test uses magnetic fields and radio waves for imaging
What is an MRI?
This vital sign often rises during fever, pain, or anxiety.
What is heart rate?
VFC vaccines must be stored at these temperatures in a refrigerator both Celsius and Fahrenheit.
What is between 2°C and 8°C (36°F and 46°F)?
This is the most important way to prevent the spread of infections in the clinic.
What is hand hygiene or hand washing?
This process ensures the patient’s medication list is accurate and up to date.
What is medication reconciliation?
This type of order is used when a provider wants to pre-order labs for a future visit.
What is a future order or standing order?
This is the term for a heart rate that is below 60 beats per minute.
What is bradycardia?
These healthcare facilities are authorized to serve underinsured children with VFC vaccines.
What are Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) or Rural Health Clinics (RHCs)?
This standard requires treating all blood and bodily fluids as potentially infectious.
What is the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard?
Entering data under the wrong patient chart is considered this.
What is a charting error or HIPAA violation?
This tube is drawn first in the standard order of draw.
What is the blood culture bottle or yellow tube?
A blood pressure reading of 88/56 mmHg may indicate this condition.
What is hypotension?