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Which of the following organizations makes on-site visits to inspect medical office
laboratories? - ANSWER✔✔ CLIA
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
Which of the following tasks is outside the scope of practice of a medical
assistant? - ANSWER✔✔ Performing quality control functions on all laboratory
equipment.
The quality control on equipment and supplies commonly used in phlebotomy is
typically performed by a medical assistant, but major equipment is quality
controlled by credentialed laboratory professionals.
Failure to act as the law obligates you to act, within the expected standard of care,
is known as - ANSWER✔✔ breach of duty.
Breach of duty is the failure to act as the law requires within the expected standard
of care.
What is the term that refers to the requirements and limits that a healthcare
professional must work within? - ANSWER✔✔ Scope of practice.
Regulatory agencies set forth educational requirements and limits that a healthcare
professional must work within, called the scope of practice.
,A patient presents to the provider's office with a complaint of persistent migraines
three days after acquiring a head injury on the job. After the provider assesses the
patient, the final diagnosis is a concussion. Which of the following actions should
the medical assistant take next? - ANSWER✔✔ Determine if a workman's
compensation claim has been filed.
Whenever a patient claims a workplace injury, the health care provider should call
the employer to see if a workman's compensation claim has been filed. If so,
billing will first go through that claim.
The medical assistant demonstrates proper handling of sharps containers by doing
which of the following? - ANSWER✔✔ Discard the sharps container in a
biohazard waste container when it is two-thirds full.
Sharps containers hold sharp biohazardous materials and must be sealed and
incinerated upon disposal. OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
mandates that sharps containers be replaced on a routine basis and not be
overfilled. Discard sharps containers before they are full to prevent overfilling,
which could result in accidental injury or exposure from overflow.
A patient comes into the office for an ECG. The medical assistant notices the
patient has a burn that covers the patients' entire right arm. Which of the following
is the proper lead placement? - ANSWER✔✔ Place the V1-V6 leads on the chest,
RL and LL leads on the legs, RA and LA leads just below the clavicle.
The correct placement for the arms leads is usually the upper, outer, fleshy part of
the arms. However, alternate placement such as the wrist, shoulder and upper chest
may be used in certain situations. If the patient has excessive scar tissue, an open
wound, excessive hair, a cast or an amputated limb, the alternate placement is
acceptable.
,Which of the following actions is an example of compliance with Quality Control
(QC) guidelines for phlebotomy? - ANSWER✔✔ Run the daily control checks on
urinalysis dipsticks.
Proper Quality Control ensures accuracy and reliability of test results while
detecting and eliminating errors. It is an important component of patient care to
make sure results are accurate, therefore it is important to check controls on
urinalysis dipsticks daily.
During a routine visit, a petite female patient becomes very distraught while
discussing the recent death of her husband. She suddenly faints. Which of the
following actions should the medical assistant take next? - ANSWER✔✔ Protect
the patient from injury.
Protecting the patient is the ultimate priority here. Quickly and carefully lay the
patient flat (in the supine position) with her head lower than her feet. Once you
have tended to the patient, stay with her to eliminate the potential for any injuries.
Then call the physician or other medical personnel to alert them to your situation.
What is the best way to store paper charts? - ANSWER✔✔ In a file cabinet with a
lock.
Paper medical records should be stored out of sight of unauthorized individuals.
Paper medical records should be stored in a locked cabinet, room, office, closet or
building when not supervised or in use.
Which of the following types of licensure must a physician have and maintain to
legally dispense, prescribe, or administer controlled substances? - ANSWER✔✔
narcotics.
, Physicians must have a narcotics license in order to have the legal right to dispense
controlled substances. The DEA maintains a database that is the primary source for
DEA license verification.
A patient complains of nausea and vomiting, and has been unable to keep fluids
down over the course of two days. A suppository has been ordered. Which of the
following abbreviations is the correct route of administration? - ANSWER✔✔ PR
PR = per rectum
The physician ordered Amoxicillin 500 mg p.o. q.i.d. X 10 days. How many tablets
should the pharmacy dispense to fill this prescription? - ANSWER✔✔ 40
Q.i.d. indicates that the patient will take the medication 4 times per day. Since the
patient will take the medication for 10 days, the pharmacy should dispense 40 of
the 500 mg tablets. 4x10=40
Which of the following is considered a potentially biohazardous substance? -
ANSWER✔✔ sputum
A biohazardous substance refers to anything that is contaminated with an agent
that could cause an environmental or infectious risk. Sputum is considered a
biohazardous substance, because the sputum can be contaminated and harmful to
people.
A medical assistant is hired at a Family Medical Practice. According to OSHA
requirements the medical assistant must be offered a vaccine within 10 days of
hire, free of charge. The medical assistant knows that this vaccination is to protect
him from which of the following? - ANSWER✔✔ Hepatitis B
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