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Patient Care and Edu
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| HIPPA | HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY ACCOUNTABILITY ACT ENACTED 1996 PROTECT THE PRIVACY OF PATIENTS AND CREATING STANDARDS FOR THE USE AND DISSEMINATION OF HEALTH CARE INFO |
| INFORMED CONSENT | WRITTEN ORAL IMPLIED |
| ASSAULT | THREAT OF TOUCHING |
| BATTERY | UNLAWFUL TOUCHING W/O CONSENT |
| LIBEL | Malicious spreading of information (written) |
| Slander | MaLicious spreading of information (verbal) |
| Respondent superior | (Let the master respond) the employer is is liable for the employee negligent acts that occur in the course of the work |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| EMESIS | Vomit |
| Dyspnea | Difficulty breathing |
| Orthopnea | In the ability to breathe lying down |
| Orthostatic Hypotension | Temporary state of low blood pressure that causes patients to feel lightheaded or think on the first set up |
| Cycle of infection | 1. Infectious organism 2. A reservoir of infection 3. Means of transmission 4. Susceptible host |
| Rhinovirus | COMMON cold |
| Epstein-Barr | Infectious mononucleosis |
| Varicella-Zoster | Chickenpox |
| Protozoa | Can infect the gastrointestinal, genitourinary, respiratory and circulatory systems |
| Fomites | In object that has been in contact with the pathogenic organism |
| Vector | Arthropod in whose body in infectious organism develops or multiplies before becoming effective to a new host for (example of the mosquito) |
| Iatrogenic | Healthcare related infections |
| Suspectible reservoir | Must provide nutrition, heat, and moisture |
| Droplet contamination | Coughs, Sneezies, speaks, or sings in the vicinity of the susceptible host. (Usually travel 3 feet or less) |
| Asepsis | The process of reducing the probability of infection organisms being transmitted to susceptible individual |
| Disinfection | The destruction of pathogens by chemical agents |
| Sterilization | Treating items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them germ free |
| Medical asepsis | |
| Reducing the number of pathogenic microorganisms in the environment and intervening in the process by which they are spread | |
| Surgical asepsis | The complete removal of all organisms in the spores from equipment used to perform specific procedures |
| Top figure in blood pressure | Systolic |
| Vertigo | Dizziness |
| Epistaxis | Nosebleed |
| Syncope | Fainting |
| Tort | Civil liability |
| False imprisonment | Conscious restraint of the freedom of another person without proper authorization |
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