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What is the term for professional negligence resulting in patient injury or harm?
What is the term for professional negligence resulting in patient injury or harm?
Standard precautions should only be applied to patients known to be infectious.
Standard precautions should only be applied to patients known to be infectious.
False (B)
What are three steps a radiographer should follow to avoid a malpractice suit?
What are three steps a radiographer should follow to avoid a malpractice suit?
Proper patient ID, accuracy in medicating, compliance with patient safety and hospital policies.
Infection can be transmitted via the __________ route when infectious residues are inhaled.
Infection can be transmitted via the __________ route when infectious residues are inhaled.
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Match the diseases with the appropriate precautions:
Match the diseases with the appropriate precautions:
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Study Notes
Legal Issues in Radiography
- Medical Malpractice: Intentional or unintentional professional negligence by a radiographer.
- Res Ipsa Loquitur: A legal principle where one or more parties are demonstrably negligent, "the thing speaks for itself".
- Malpractice Avoidance (3 Steps): Proper patient identification, accurate medication administration, adherence to patient safety and hospital policies.
- Defense Against Malpractice: Accurate, consistent, and objective charting.
Infection Control
- Airborne Transmission: Infectious residue from evaporated droplets suspended in the air, inhaled by a new host.
- Standard Precautions Application: All patients requiring contact with blood, bodily fluids, secretions, excretions, mucous membranes, or non-intact skin.
- Departmental Biosafety Components: Handwashing, gloving, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use.
- Needle Stick Injury Wound Care: Allow the wound to bleed under cold water, wash with soap.
- CDC Patient Isolation: Transmission-based precautions.
- Transmission-Based Precautions: Used in conjunction with standard precautions, they include airborne, droplet, and contact precautions.
- Airborne Precautions: Reduce the spread of infectious material in the air or on dust particles.
- Airborne Precautions Examples: Tuberculosis (TB), chicken pox, and measles.
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This quiz covers essential topics related to legal issues and infection control in radiography. It includes aspects of medical malpractice, defense strategies, and infection transmission methods. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of standard precautions and biosafety protocols in radiographic practices.
