HIPAA category that must protect PHI: health plans, health care clearinghouses, and providers (a lab, for example) that conduct standard transactions electronically.
Safety and Compliance, question 7A man phones the hospital lab, says he is a police detective, and asks for the blood alcohol result of a patient drawn last night. The…
Related terms
HIPAAHealth Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996: its Privacy and Security Rules govern how…
PHIProtected health information: health information that identifies a patient, in any form (spoken, paper or…
breachHIPAA: PHI used, disclosed or accessed in a way the Privacy Rule forbids, putting its privacy or security at…
calibrationTesting and adjusting an instrument so its readings match the true amount of the substance measured, as…
chain of infectionSix-step path germs follow: infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of…
contact precautionsGown and gloves put on entering the room and removed before leaving, with patient-dedicated equipment such…
decontaminationOSHA term: using physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy bloodborne pathogens until a…
disinfectionKilling most pathogens on objects and surfaces, such as the drawing chair. Disinfectants are for surfaces…
doffingTaking off PPE: gloves, then eye protection, gown, and mask or respirator last, followed by hand hygiene.
donningPutting on PPE: hand hygiene, gown, mask or respirator, eye protection, then gloves over the gown cuffs.