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Phlebotomy Ch. 3
Ch. 3 Key terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Attempt or threat to touch or injure another person | Assault |
| Unauthorized physical contact | Battery |
| Court action between individuals, corporations, governement bodies,or other organizations | Civil Lawsuit |
| The personal and professional rules of performance and moral behavior as set by members of a profession. | Code of Ethics |
| maintaining the privacy of information | Confidentiality |
| Court action brought by the state for committing a crime against public welfare. | Criminal Lawsuit |
| Spoken or written words that can damage a persons reputation. | Defamation |
| Person against whom a lawsuit is filed. | Defendant |
| Legislation that quarantees the privacy if individual health information. | Health Insurance Portability & Accountability act. |
| Detailed report of a condition that affected patient care or worker safety, documenting the incident and actions taken. | Incident report |
| Patient rights to know the method and risk before agreeing to treatment. | Informed Consent |
| Unauthorized release of information | Invasion of Privacy |
| Published writing that can damage a person's reputation | Libel |
| Medical care that does not meet a reasonable standard and results in harm. | Malpractice |
| Failure to perform duties according to accepted standards. | Negligence |
| Patients have the right to refuse routine testing for HIV | Opt out Screening |
| A revision of the patients bill of rights. | Patient Care partnership |
| Document published by the JC to better protect patients from medical errors. | Patient safety goals |
| Person who files a lawsuit | Plaintiff |
| A hospital depatment that devolops policys to protect patients and workers | Risk Management |
| Evalution of the causative factors of variation in performance. | Root Cause analysis |
| An unanticipated death or permanent losss of function not release to a patient's illness or underlying condition. | Sentiel Event |
| False or malicious spoken words | Slander |
| Skill and knowledge requirements to perform patient care set up by regulatory and professional organization. | Standard of care |
| Wrongful act committed by one person against another person or property. | Tort |
| Document written by the American Hospital Association stating the patient's right during treatment. | Patient's bill of rights |