Medical Asepsis
A set of infection control guidelines that should be used by all health care professionals?
What is Standard Precautions
The amount of pounds that equal 1kg.
What is 2.2lbs
The entire route of the electrical impulses of the heart is known as this.
What is the Cardiac Cycle?
How many liters does the average human body contain?
What is 6 liters?
Why does OSHA requires safety needles be made available to employees?
What is to prevent on the job needle stick injuries?
The most appropriate action of the medical assistant when turning off a sink following a medical aseptic hand wash?
The term used to denote the force exerted on the arterial walls during cardiac contraction?
What is systole?
The P wave is a representation of what?
What is Atrial Depolarization?
The term that means a range of values considered normal because they include 95% of test results for a normal healthy population.
What is reference values?
This department monitors any drug usage and the therapeutic levels of medication prescribed to patients.
What is Toxicology?
When hand washing with antimicrobial soap and water is not available, this method can be used.
What is alcohol-based hand sanitizer
Any deviation of the normal pattern of the heartbeat.
What is arrhythmia?
Electrodes are applied to the fleshy part of a limb for this reason.
What is to minimize artifact?
The hematology laboratory performs tests that measure characteristics of blood such as size, shape, and maturity of cells. These types of tests are known in general as what?
What is Qualitative Tests?
Which type of immunity is achieved following administration of vaccines?
What is Artificial Active Immunity
Salmonella, Lyme Disease, Chickenpox and Meningitis: Which of these does NOT need to be reported to the CDC's Notifiable Disease Surveillance System?
What is Lyme Disease
Difficult breathing, air hunger resulting in labored or difficult breathing.
What is dyspnea?
The first three leads (Lead I, Lead II, and Lead III) are also called this.
What are Bipolar Leads?
Where deoxygenated blood enter the heart.
What is the Right Atrium?
The purpose of this is to safeguard the public by regulating all testing.
What is CLIA?
Which pathogen is responsible for typhus, Lyme disease, and Rocky Mountain spotted fever?
What is Rickettsiae
Best describes the effect on a blood pressure if a cuff that is too large is used?
What is an artificially low reading?
The placement of this particular lead is horizontal to V4 at left midaxillary line.
What is V6?
Palpating a vein with the tip of your index finger is important when performing this type of procedure.
What is the appropriate action when palpating for a vein in the upper arm for venipuncture?
The antiemetic Zofran is this schedule drug.
What is Schedule IV?