At which angle should you insert for venipuncture - Ans 15 degrees
Which act requires the lot number of a vaccine to be documented in the patients medical
record? - Ans National Childhood Vaccine injury act of 1988
Who has the right to release patient information? - Ans The patient
Which of the following STI is a viral infection? - Ans Herpes simplex
Which of the following EKG artifacts is caused by patient movement or poorly attached
electrode and results gradual shift of tracing away from the center? - Ans Wandering base-
line
Which of the following can contribute to an erroneous pulse rate? - Ans Movement
Which of the following sets security and privacy goals by extending the rules laid down by
the pre-existing HIPAA law to ore and different kinds of business and adding tougher re-
porting and enforcement provisions? - Ans Health info technology for economic and clini-
cal health act
Which of the following is the appropriate action when removing staples from a wound? -
Ans Gently place the jaw of the staple remover under the staple
Which of the following requires prior authrorization - Ans Endoscopy
Which of the following pieces of information would violate HIPAA if it was on a patient's
sign in sheet? - Ans Reason for patient's visit
Which is appropriate if parent calls in and says her child has ingested a household
cleaner? - Ans Contact the local poison control center
Which of the following supplies should an MA place in sterile field for a cyst removal? -
Ans Syringe and needle
Which of the following should be used if you find an unidentifiable liquid on the floor? - Ans
Clean-up Kit
Why should removed sutures be placed on a gauze pad? - Ans to determine the number
of sutures removed
Which of the following is an example of providing education on communicable disease pre-
vention? - Ans Providing an adolescent patient educational material about tobacco use
Which of the following does the patient sign acknowledging that the services ay not meet
medicare's medical necessity requirements? - Ans Advance beneficiary notice (ABN)
Which of the following actions should the assistant take when using a height bar to meas-
ure a patient's height - Ans Lower the horizontal bar gently so that it rests on top of the pa-
tient's head