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Chapter 9
Examination and Treatment Areas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The examination room is the area where the physician: | 1. Observes the patient 2. Listens to the patient's description of signs and symptoms 3. Performs a general physical examination 4. Dispenses treatment |
| The Medical Assistant is responsible for: | 1. Preparing the examination room for patients and doctors 2. Restocking supplies 3. Maintaining a safe environment |
| The Medical Assistant must keep the examination rooms: | 1. Spotlessly clean 2. Well organized 3. Free from obstacles that might cause accidental injury |
| The Americans with Disabilities Act requires at least one examination room in a medical office be accessible to patients who use | wheelchairs |
| The Medical Assistant may be responsible for assigning and monitoring | janitorial workers |
| A minimum of two examination rooms per doctor enables the Medical Assistant to prepare one room while the physician | examines a patient in another room |
| Standard furnishings for most examination rooms include: | examination table, supply cabinet, rolling stool, wastebasket, biohazard bag waste containers, sharps containers, sink, overhead adjustable light or gooseneck lamp, computer, sphymo, balance scale for weight and height, otoscope, ophthalmosco |
| Examination tables are usually | adjustable |
| Examination tables usually contain | drawers for storage |
| Examination tables usually contain a | pullout step for the patient to use when getting onto the table |
| Examination tables usually contain stirrups to perform a | pelvic exam AKA a vaginal exam or a GYN exam |
| A wastebasket on wheels is called a | kick bucket |
| Disinfect the examination table and/or work surfaces if they become | visibly contaminated and at the end of your work shift |
| Dispose of the paper that covers the examination table and pillows after each client by quickly rolling the paper with the contaminated side on the | inside |
| The Medical Assistant is responsible for gathering needed | instruments and supplies |
| Typical medical supplies include: | rubbing alcohol, povidone iodine, hydrogen peroxide, sterile normal saline solution or sterile water, sterile cotton tipped swabs, sterile tongue depressors, antibiotic ointment, sterile dressing, sterile gauze bandage, elastic bandages, adh |
| medical supplies continued: | sterile drapes, emesis basin, examination gloves, penlight with pupil gauge, flashlights, water soluble lubricant, patient examination own, reflex hammer, stethoscope, tape measure, thermometer, antiviral tissues, tuning fork, speculum, PAP sm |
| Medical supplies continued: | microscope specimen slides and covers, cytology specimen slide fixative, cytology specimen slide transport container in a biohazard specimen transport bag, specimen bottles, sterile disposable syringes and needles, and a fecal occult blood t |
| Normal saline solution is AKA | 0.9% sodium chloride (NaCl) |
| The assortment of examination gloves should include | latex with powder, latex with out powder, non-latex with powder, and non-latex with out powder |
| Types of specula include: | nasal specula, vaginal specula, and rectal specula AKA anoscopes |
| Occult means | hidden blood that cannot be seen with the naked eye |
| Names associated with fecal occult blood test include | Hemoccult, Insure FIT, Hema-Check, Hematest, Seracult, and guaiac |
| Maintain the examination rooms at approximately | 72 degrees |
| Have room deodorizers available to mask | unpleasant odors |
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