Legal Terms😳
An obligation either to do or not do something
What is Liability?
“The Patient First,” guiding principle of AST
What is Aeger primo?
The disclosure of private information concerning a patient or photographing a patient without his or her consent
What is Invasion of Privacy?
Why must the circulator and CST count all items specified by hospital policy for counting before the procedure begins, at the time wound closure begins, and again during skin closure
What is Leaving foreign bodies in the patient?
Does a sterile or nonsterile member assist with positioning of the patient
What is nonsterile?
Professional misconduct that results in harm to another; professional negligence
What is Malpractice?
“Above all, do no harm”
What is Primum non nocere?
The actual act of harmful or unwarranted contact with a person, including contact without proper consent
What is Battery?
The CST should be aware do state medical practice acts and laws as well as hospital policies to NOT do what
What is Exceeding authority or accepted functions?
The physician who proved the germ theory of disease using swan neck flasks and became known as the father of microbiology is
What is Louis Pasteur?
In good faith or innocently
What is Bona fide?
This Doctrine says that each person is responsible for his or her own conduct, even though other might be liable as well
What is Doctrine of personal liability?
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 or authority to do so
What is Assault?
These can occur when there is contact between tissue and energy sources, such as heat, electrical current, radiation, or chemicals
What is Patient burns/Burn wounds?
The period of time from when the incision is made or the procedure begins until the patient‘s incision is closed or the procedure ends is called
What is Intraoperative?
A voluntary statement of facts sworn to be true before an athourity
What is Affidavit?
The ability to predict an outcome in advance, that is, the ability to reasonable anticipate that harm of injury might results because of certain acts or omissions; this is a Doctrine
What is Doctrine of Forseeability?
The illegal detention of a person without consent (e.g. by using restraints), or forcing a person to stay in an area by not allowing him or her to leave
What is False imprisonment?
Which term describes the CST’s foundational commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment, cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical patient care?
What is Surgical Conscience?
During which part of communication does the sender receive confirmation that the proper message was received
What is feedback?
A court order to appear and testify or produce required documents
What is Subpoena?
“The thing speaks for itself;” harm obviously came from a given act or thing of which the defendant had sole control
Disparaging remarks made about a patient that results in emotional distress
What is Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress?
If a surgical team member leaves a patient who is dependent on his or her presence as a caregiver, then the caregiver can be held liable for what
What is abandonment?
Educational programs for surgical technologists are accredited by
What is CAAHEP?