Hand washing
According to NHA guidelines, what is the minimum recommended duration for handwashing with soap and water?
NHA and CDC specify scrubbing vigorously for at least 20 seconds with soap and warm water.
This item must always be removed first when doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to avoid contaminating your hands or clothes.
what is gloves
Used glass capillary tubes contaminated with blood must be discarded immediately into this specific type of disposal container.
What is a rigid biohazard sharps container?
Administering a subcutaneous vaccine ordered by a physician falls within a medical assistant's scope of practice, but this medication task is strictly prohibited.
What is prescribing or altering medication dosages?
Performing a procedure on a conscious patient who explicitly refused and pulled away constitutes this intentional tort.
Battery
When washing hands, what position should the hands and forearms be held in relative to the elbows?
Hands lower than elbows allows contaminated water to wash downward into the sink.
According to OSHA, this is the minimum required duration a healthcare worker must continuously flush their eyes at an eyewash station following a biological or chemical splash.
15 min
A gauze pad or bandage that is heavily saturated and dripping with patient blood must be disposed of in this container rather than regular trash.
What is a red biohazard trash bag?
This medical specialty focuses specifically on the diagnosis, treatment, and preventive care of elderly patients.
What is Geriatrics?
This legal document designates a proxy to make healthcare decisions on a patient's behalf if they become incapacitated.
Power of Attorney
Performing proper hand hygiene breaks this specific link in the Chain of Infection by stopping microorganisms from traveling from one person or object to another.
What is Mode of Transmission?
Under Droplet Precautions, a medical assistant must wear a standard surgical mask when working within this maximum distance of an infected patient.
3 feet
This standard chemical dilution ratio of household bleach to water is mandated for routine decontamination of blood spills on clinic surfaces.
What is 1:10?
A medical assistant should refer a patient suffering from chronic joint pain and systemic autoimmune inflammation to this specialist
What is a Rheumatologist?
Out of the "4 Ds" of medical negligence, this one proves that the provider's breach of duty was the direct cause of the patient's injury.
Direct Cause?
Direct patient care providers are prohibited from wearing artificial nails primarily because they harbor high levels of these two microbial groups under the nail bed.
What are bacteria and fungi
This specialized respirator and negative-pressure room setup are both required when caring for a patient on Airborne Precautions for active Tuberculosis.
n95
This document, mandated by OSHA, must be accessible to all employees and details chemical hazards, safe handling, and first-aid steps for clinic products.
What is a Safety Data Sheet (SDS)?
This allied healthcare professional is primarily responsible for performing diagnostic imaging procedures such as X-rays and CT scans.
What is a Radiologic Technologist (RT)?
This type of consent is established when a patient verbally agrees to a non-invasive procedure after the medical assistant explains what will be done.
What is expressed consent?
An alcohol-based hand rub requires at least 60% alcohol, must be applied to dry skin, and cannot replace soap and water when hands are contaminated with this specific spore-forming bacterium.
What is Clostridioides difficile (C. diff)?
Under the OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard, an employer must offer the Hepatitis B vaccination series free of charge to an exposed employee within this many working days of initial assignment.
10 working days
Under standard precautions, this body fluid is NOT considered potentially infectious unless it is visibly contaminated with blood.
What is sweat
This patient-centered healthcare delivery model uses a primary care provider to lead a team that coordinates all aspects of a patient’s care across facilities to improve quality and lower costs.
What is a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH)?
Under HIPAA, a medical assistant is permitted to disclose Protected Health Information (PHI) without patient authorization when responding to a public health mandate or this legal order.
What is a court subpoena