Legal Concepts
Recognition by an appropriate body that an individual has met a predetermined standard
What is certification?
Guiding Principle of AST: "The patient first"
What is Aeger primo?
Leaving a patient who needs care and is dependent on the caregiver's presence.
What is abandonment?
Cauterizing tissue
What is surgeon's scope of practice?
This is a time when a patient cannot sign a consent
What is after medication is administered?
What is unconscious?
What is mentally challenged?
Legal right granted by a government agency in compliance with a stature that authorizes and oversees the activity of a profession
What is licensure?
"The thing speaks for itself"
What is Res ipsa loquitur?
Legally responsible for damages. May be personal or corporate.
What is liability?
Performing counts
What is the surgical tech and circulator's scope of practice?
Oral statement that damages a person's reputation
What is slander?
A person is responsible for their own conduct even if a surgeon delegated the task outside of their scope of practice.
What is Doctrine of personal liability?
"Above all, do no harm"
What is Primum non nocere?
Lack of skill or care. Departure from the standard of care
What is negligence?
Time out
What is all surgical team member's responsibility?
System of moral principles and rules that become standards for professional conduct
What is Ethics?
System of moral principles and rules that become standards for professional conduct
What is a Standard of care?
Adverse outcome that results from the activity of health care professionals
What is Iatrogenic injury?
Professional misconduct, lack of judgement or skill that results in harm to another
What is malpractice?
Pre-check of drill
What is surgical technologist scope of practice?
An act that causes another person to fear that he or she will be touched in an offensive, insulting, or physically injurious manner without consent.
What is assault?
Federal act that establishes privacy standards to protect patients' medical recors and other health-related information
What is HIPAA?
A civil wrong that causes injury to another person that may be intentional or unintentional.
What is a tort?
Report of an irregular or adverse patient occurrence
What is an incident report?
Giving meds to the patient
What is the surgeon or anesthesiologist's scope of practice
Placing a container on the surgical field for the surgeon to place the scalpel into.
What is a neutral zone?