PCT Final Exam

A physician is required to report all of the following except:

• Deaths

• Communicable diseases

• Stroke

• Births

A crime punishable by a fine or imprisonment for less than one year is known as:

• Misdemeanor

• Felony

• Mitigation

• Arbitration

Professional negligence is also called

• malpractice

• arbitration

• malice

• malfunction

Which of the following items is the most important for assistive personnel to keep in mind during the daily routine in medical settings?

• privilege granted to a physician

• consent

• burgulary

• confidentiality

In which of the following situations is it permissible to release information from a patient's records?

• when an attorney requests it

• when the patient's employer requests it

• when the patient's best friend requests it

• when a court requests it by means of a subpoena

Under which of the following circumstances is it permissible to release information from a patient's records?

• When the insurance company signs a release

• when the physician calls to request it

• when the patient signs a release

• when the patient has signed a living will

Potentially infectious body fluids include all of the following except:

• vaginal secretions

• sweat

• blood

• cerebrospinal fluid

Clean technique is another name for

• hand washing

• medical asepsis

• surgical asepsis

• sterilization

Instruments that penetrate a patient's skin should be:

• Disinfected

• Sanitized

• Treated with antiseptics

• Sterilized

Instruments that come in contact only with a patient's mucous membrane should be

• treated with antiseptics

• disinfected

• sanitized

• sterilized