Safety Savvy
An unintended, often problematic outcome of a treatment.
What is a side effect?
A disease that is contagious.
What is a communicable disease?
A category of clothing that protects the wearer from coming into contact with infectious material.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
The force exerted by blood against the walls of the blood vessels as it circulates throughout the body.
What is blood pressure?
A prefix used to mean to split.
What is schiz(o)?
A substance that has the potential to cause harm.
What is a hazardous material?
A suffix meaning to stop or to control.
What is -stasis?
A rigid, well-labeled plastic container designed to safely hold sharp objects for disposal.
What is a sharps container?
An instrument used to listen to internal body sounds such as the heartbeat or intestinal activity
What is a stethoscope?
The common root word meaning to secrete or release.
What is crine?
A substance known to cause cancer.
What is a carcinogen?
A word meaning to vomit.
What is emesis?
A form of energy characterized by the passage of particles or waves through a medium; e.g. light, heat, radio waves, and X-rays.
What is radiation?
The microscopic and chemical analysis of urine to detect abnormalities characteristic of certain diseases.
What is a urinalysis?
The process of receiving payment from an insurance company for a covered benefit.
What is an insurance reimbursement?
Any unplanned occurrence that has potentially negative consequences.
What is an accident?
A medical terminology suffix meaning enlargement.
What is -megaly?
A computed tomography scan; is a scan that uses X-rays to create 2-D and 3-D images of parts of the body.
What is a CT scan?
Term used for number of breaths per minute.
What is respirations?
A pattern of use of medications or substances that are not part of an approved medical plan or treatment.
What is substance abuse?
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
The treatment or investigation of disease through cutting or manipulation of the body.
What is surgery?
A biological substance, such as blood or another bodily fluid, that has the potential to transmit disease.
What is a biohazard?
A diagnostic procedure in which fluid is collected from the spinal canal to diagnose diseases affecting the central nervous system.
What is a lumbar puncture?
A United States government organization that seeks to promote healthy behaviors and the prevention of disease, injury and disability.
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention aka the CDC?