Past & Present
A voluntary process by which an agency grants recognition to an individual who has certain prerequisites in a specific technical area.
What is certification?
The most common urine test.
This consent implies voluntary and competent permission for a medical procedure, test, or medication.
What is informed?
This type of isolation is used for patients who are highly susceptible to infections.
What is protective/reverse isolation?
This word element comes before a word root.
What is a prefix?
A system of moral principles or standards that govern conduct and the distinction between right and wrong.
What is ethics?
The study of the ability of blood to form and dissolve clots.
What is coagulation?
This consent implies permission without a verbal or written expression of consent but patient's actions or circumstances.
What is implied?
This precaution must be used in the case of all patients and constitute the number one strategy for prevention of HAIs.
What are standard precautions?
This word element comes after the word root.
What is a suffix?
He is known as the 'Father of Medicine.'
Who is Hippocrates?
The study of the microscopic structure of tissues.
What is histology?
These two things must be checked prior to obtaining a specimen from a patient.
What are two patient identifiers?
This precaution is used for patients with known or suspected to be infected with microorganisms that are transmitted through the air an are smaller than 5 microns.
What is airborne precautions?
This word element is the subject of the medical term.
What is a word root?
Fundamental differences such as nationality, ethnicity, and culture.
What is diversity?
The test is concerned with the detection and measurement of chemical substances in body fluids.
What is chemistry?
These patients have not reached the age of majority.
What are minors?
This precaution is used when a patient is known or suspected to be infected or colonized with organisms that are transmitted by direct contact.
What is contact precaution?
This list contains dangerous abbreviations, symbols, and acronyms that lead to medical errors.
What is the 'do not use' list?
The study of an individual's concept and use of space.
Analysis of blood, body fluids, and tissues for the presence of microorganisms for identification and susceptibility.
What is culture and sensitivity?
Not revealing information regarding what tests are being performed on a patient.
What is maintaining confidentiality?
This precaution is used for patients with known or suspected infection with microorganisms that are are transmitted through the air and are larger than 5 microns.
What is droplet precaution?
This abbreviation means upper respiratory infection?
What is URI?