stroke

Medical term Safety and Compliance

Brain injury from a blocked or bleeding brain vessel. Sudden face drooping, arm weakness or slurred speech means calling for emergency help at once.

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Free practice questions that use stroke

Routine Blood Collections, question 4How should the phlebotomist make the incision for a dermal puncture?

sharps containerClosable, puncture-resistant, leakproof container with a biohazard label for used sharps, kept upright…
sharps injury logConfidential OSHA log of each contaminated sharps injury: device type and brand, where it happened and how…
shockDangerously low blood flow to the organs. Call for help; if no injury prevents it, lay the person flat with…
standard precautionsInfection control used for every patient: treat blood and all body fluids except sweat as infectious, with…
surgical asepsisSterile technique that keeps items completely free of microorganisms. In phlebotomy: never touch the needle…
susceptible hostA person who can become infected, such as a patient with weak immunity or a worker who is not immune.
temperature logRecord of refrigerator, freezer or room temperatures for stored supplies and specimens; never guess a missed…
trailing zeroZero after a decimal point (5.0 mg). Do Not Use list: in medication orders 5.0 can be read as 50; write 5…