EMR test chapter 3

baseline health status

• a preemployment medical examination to determine overall health status prior to beginning a job

• U.S. government agency charged with ensuring a safe work environment

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

• U. S. government agency charged with ensuring an unsafe work environment

• U.S. government agency charged with ensuring a safe work environment

pathogen

• a disease-causing organism such as a virus or bacterium

• the changes of normal bacteria

standard precautions

• a disease-causing organism such as a virus or bacterium

• steps to take to protect against exposure to bodily fluids

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• U. S. government agency charged with ensuring a safe work environment

• U.S. government agency charged with identifying, preventing, and controlling diseases and other health problems

universal precautions

• a component of standard precautions that involves the philosophy that all patients are considered infectious until proven otherwise

• practice of using specific personal protective equipment to minimize contact with a patient's blood and body fluids

body substance isolation precautions (BSI)

• PRACTICE OF USING SPECIFIC PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TO MINIMIZE CONTACT WITH A PATIENT'S BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS

• A COMPONENT OF STANDARD PRECAUTIONS THAT INVOLVES THE PHILOSOPHY THAT ALL PATIENTS ARE CONSIDERED INFECTIOUS UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

• A nonprofit organization that develops codes and standards for the prevention of fire, electrical, and related hazards

• U. S. government agency charged with identifying, preventing, and controlling diseases and other health problems

exposure

• a condition of being subjected to a fluid or substance capable of transmitting an infectious agent

• the condition in which the body is invaded by a disease-causing agent

infection

• the condition in which the body is invaded by a disease-causing agent

• a condition of being subjected to a fluid or substance capable of transmitting an infectious agent