OSHA
An agency created by Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to ensure safe working conditions.
What is OSHA?
Part of the physical exam involves listening to the heart and lungs.
What is auscultation?
Vital sign measure the force of blood against the walls of arteries.
What is blood pressure?
This law ensures the privacy and protection of patients’ health information.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
This part of the eye controls the amount of light entering by adjusting its size.
What is the pupil?
The OSHA standard requires employers to provide personal protective equipment for workers.
What is the PPE standard?
The term for checking the body for signs of injury, infection, or abnormalities by feeling with the hands.
What is palpation?
This is the term for the number of times the heart beats in one minute.
What is heart rate?
These are brief written records of a patient's condition during each visit or treatment.
What are progress notes?
the medical term for earwax.
What is cerumen?
OSHA requires this for any workers who are dealing with blood or other infectious materials.
What is Exposure Control Plan?
The first step of a physical examination, where the healthcare provider observes the patient for any visible signs of illness.
What is inspection?
A normal blood pressure reading is typically less than 120/80.
What is normal blood pressure?
Records used to document the results of physical exams, lab tests, and other diagnostic procedures.
What are diagnostic records or lab reports?
the clear, dome-shaped surface that covers the front of the eye and helps focus light.
What is the cornea?
Protective equipment required to protect workers from exposure to Bloodborne pathogens.
What is gloves?
The tool is commonly used to measure blood pressure during a physical exam.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
The type of thermometer commonly used to measure body temperature under the arm.
What is an axillary thermometer?
Medical records must be kept private and secure, meaning only authorized people can access them.
What is confidentiality?
This structure in the eye connects the eye to the brain and transmits visual information.
What is the optic nerve?
OSHA requires workers exposed to Bloodborne pathogens is offered exposure control plan.
What is post exposure medical evaluation and follow up?
Test checks the patient’s ability to see by using a chart with letters of different sizes.
What is a visual acuity test?
the name of the pulse point on the wrist where heart rate is commonly measured.
What is the radial pulse?
This section of a medical record includes test results, such as lab reports and imaging studies.
What is diagnostic data or test results?
Type of hearing loss occurs when sound is not transmitted effectively through the outer or middle ear.
What is conductive hearing loss?