Master Surgical Tech Legal &
Ethical Concepts: Study
Guide for Fuller & Frey's
Surgical Technology, 8th
Edition (Chapter 2) | Pass
Your 2025/2026 Exams
, Legal Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS-Laws protect the patient from people who do not
fulfill their responsibilities
-Laws help medical professionals stay within their scope of practice
-Surgical Technologist must keep their training in mind before, during, and after every
task performed
Legal Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS"If you always perform your tasks the right way,
not only will you be serving the patient in the best manner, but you will also be providing
your best defense should an unplanned event occur"
Resources that guide your practice - CORRECT ANSWERS-Federal and State law
-Federal and State agencies
-Legal precedent from previous court rulings
-Job description
-Hospital policies and procedures
-Professional organizations Standard of Care
-Joint Commission standards
-Expert witnesses in the practice of surgical technology
General Legal Terms-Abandoment - CORRECT ANSWERS-to leave a patient alone
who is still in need of care or observation
General Legal Terms -Assult - CORRECT ANSWERS-Act that causes another person
to fear that he/she will be touched in an offensive, insulting, or physically injurious
manner without consent or authority to do so
General Legal Terms- Battery - CORRECT ANSWERS-Actual act of harmful or
unwarranted contract with a person, including contact without proper consent
General Legal Terms- Latrogenic Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS-Injury resulting from
the activity of health care professional
General Legal Terms- Libel - CORRECT ANSWERS-Written statement that is
damaging to a person's reputation
General Legal Terms- Slander - CORRECT ANSWERS-Oral statement that is
damaging to a person's reputation
Ethical Concepts: Study
Guide for Fuller & Frey's
Surgical Technology, 8th
Edition (Chapter 2) | Pass
Your 2025/2026 Exams
, Legal Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS-Laws protect the patient from people who do not
fulfill their responsibilities
-Laws help medical professionals stay within their scope of practice
-Surgical Technologist must keep their training in mind before, during, and after every
task performed
Legal Issues - CORRECT ANSWERS"If you always perform your tasks the right way,
not only will you be serving the patient in the best manner, but you will also be providing
your best defense should an unplanned event occur"
Resources that guide your practice - CORRECT ANSWERS-Federal and State law
-Federal and State agencies
-Legal precedent from previous court rulings
-Job description
-Hospital policies and procedures
-Professional organizations Standard of Care
-Joint Commission standards
-Expert witnesses in the practice of surgical technology
General Legal Terms-Abandoment - CORRECT ANSWERS-to leave a patient alone
who is still in need of care or observation
General Legal Terms -Assult - CORRECT ANSWERS-Act that causes another person
to fear that he/she will be touched in an offensive, insulting, or physically injurious
manner without consent or authority to do so
General Legal Terms- Battery - CORRECT ANSWERS-Actual act of harmful or
unwarranted contract with a person, including contact without proper consent
General Legal Terms- Latrogenic Injury - CORRECT ANSWERS-Injury resulting from
the activity of health care professional
General Legal Terms- Libel - CORRECT ANSWERS-Written statement that is
damaging to a person's reputation
General Legal Terms- Slander - CORRECT ANSWERS-Oral statement that is
damaging to a person's reputation
