Phlebotomy
This is the agency that is tasked with regulating and ensuring the quality of clinical laboratory testing.
CLIA
These are the correct ways to amend a mistake in a paper medical records or documents.
Draw a single line through the wording of the area being changed, Date and initial next to the change, Write the correction directly above the amended text
This is the correct degree for the angle of insertion for an insulin injection in an adult patient.
45
This is the preferred site for an IM injection for a 6 month old child.
Vastus lateralis
This means nothing by mouth
NPO
These 3 opening tasks for an office indicate that the reception area is prepared to receive patients.
Lights on, Magazines are stacked on the side tables, and the path from the entrance to the front desk is direct and unobstructed
This is a commitment to privacy, continuity of care, advance directives, and the authority to refuse treatment
This means under the tongue.
Sublingually
This is measured by having the patient forcefully breath air out and continue to exhale for at least 6 seconds.
Forced Vital Capacity
This is the Latin term for left eye.
OS or Oculus Sinister
These two components are visible in a centrifuged, evacuated red top tube.
Coagulated Blood and Serum
These actions are appropriate when a medical assistant is interacting with a patient who is visually impaired
Stand in front of the patient and gently guide them to the exam room, explain where things are positioned by referencing a clock image, use descriptive terms that are anatomically correct (right arm or left middle finger)
This disease is one that a healthcare worker is at the greatest risk of developing following an exposure incident with blood from a needle stick injury.
HBV or Hepatitis B Virus
If these are in place when running an ECG on a four year old patient you need to increase the paper speed.
Smaller Electrodes
This means at bedtime
QHS
This is the ideal site on an infant when performing a capillary puncture
lateral heel
This is a document that provides information about the potential hazards of a chemical substance and how to work with it safely
MSDS or Material Safety Data Sheet
This agency requires physicians to maintain registration with them in order to prescribe, dispense, or administer controlled substances
DEA or Drug Enforcement Administration
This is the correct dose for an order from a physician for Amoxicillin when it is 91 mg Q8H when the available suspension is 125 mg/5 mL
3.6 mL
These are the medical abbreviations for injection sites and medication administration routes
IM, SQ, ID, PO, SL, PR, TD, INH, BUCC,
NAS (nasal), NG (nasogastric), AU (otic/auricular), OU (ophthalmic), PV (vaginal), IA (intra-arterial).
This is meaning of the color of an evacuated tube when drawing blood
The type or absence of an additive
This type of scheduling uses a system where patients are grouped into time slots, often at the start of an hour or half-hour, rather than being given individual, fixed appointment times
Wave scheduling
This PPE is required when assisting a physician with an I & D of a gangrenous abscess.
Protective eyewear, gloves, and mask
Also a gown if available
Older adult patients are the population most at risk for toxicity when they have this complication
Declining Liver Function
This means to discontinue or stop a treatment of medication
d/c