Notice of Privacy Practices
Medical term Safety and Compliance
Document a covered entity must give patients describing how their PHI may be used and shared and the privacy rights they hold.
Related terms
- covered entityHIPAA category that must protect PHI: health plans, health care clearinghouses, and providers (a lab, for…
- PHIProtected health information: health information that identifies a patient, in any form (spoken, paper or…
- needleless systemA device that collects fluids after access is established, or gives fluids, without using a needle (OSHA).
- needlestick injurySkin puncture by a used needle. Wash with soap and water, report at once, and get a prompt medical evaluation.
- Needlestick Safety and Prevention ActFederal law signed November 6, 2000, that amended OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard: safer devices, a…
- negligenceHarm caused by failing to act with the care a reasonable person in the same role would use. A claim requires…
- occupational exposureReasonably expected contact with blood or OPIM through the skin, eyes, mucous membranes or punctures as part…
- pathogenAny disease-causing microorganism, such as the bloodborne viruses HBV, HCV and HIV.
- portal of entryHow a pathogen gets into a new host, for example through a needlestick, broken skin or a mucous membrane.
- portal of exitHow a pathogen leaves its reservoir, for example in blood from a puncture site or in droplets from a cough.
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