What are the principles that dictate appropriate or inappropriate behaviors?

• ethics

• decency

• morality

• standards

Informed consent occurs

• When the patient signs the consent form.

• When the patient acknowledges understanding of the treatment recommended.

• As a process patient education in the decision-making process with documentation in record of consent to treat

• When a reasonable patient verbally agrees to the recommended treatment.

The application of coding facilitates the processing of insurance claims. The assigned code, as it refers to procedures and services, must be supported by

• All billing practices

• The medical records

• The policies and procedures manual

• The length of time of the appointment

Obtaining informed consent for a procedure

• Is having the patient sign the consent form.

• Begins at the preoperative visit

• Is not needed if the procedure is medically necessary

• Is a process involving education of the patient

A patient has been diagnosed with epidemic keratoconjunctivitis. The MOST effective role Allied Ophthalmic Personnel (AOP) can take in preventing the spread of epidemic keratoconjunctivitis (EKC) is to

• Identify carriers of the disease

• Treat all those infected with sulfacetamide drops

• Wash hands and disinfect all ophthalmic instruments

• Wear disposable gloves when coming in contact with all patients

Which of the conditions listed below may be characterized by a white pupillary reflex in a pediatric patient?

• Choroidal nevus

• Congenital glaucoma

• Iris coloboma

• Retinoblastoma

Color deficient individuals can be

• Denied a driver’s license

• Improved by drug therapy

• Detected by visual field examination

• Disqualified from certain occupations

The three-color receptors found in cones are

• Blue, green, and yellow

• Red, green, and blue

• Red, green, and yellow

• Red, yellow, and blue

If an ophthalmologist states that a patient's condition is "OU", this means that the condition is present in

• Neither eye

• The left eye

• The right eye

• Both eyes

What two items are used to clean the following lenses: retinoscopy, polarizing, red and Maddox rod?

• Lens cloth and canned air

• Lens cloth and alcohol

• Cotton tip swab and glass cleaner

• Cotton tip swab and alcohol