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IHS Final Exam 1HEAR Notes - answer History
Evaluation
Assessment
Recommendation
Ethics - answer The code that differentiates right and wrong
Laws - answer Society’s rules for ethical behavior
Personal Ethics - answer Ethics which are ingrained as a result of one's life experiences
Business Ethics - answer A set of standards or behavior intended to prevent unfair
competition or personal gain resulting from business decisions or transactions
Professional Ethics - answer Rules or principles that govern the behavior of the
members of a profession
Organizational Ethics - answer Management of relationships between provider
organizations and patients and the public under a set of principle of conduct
PHI - answerProtected Health Information
8 Red Flag Conditions - answer1. Visible congenital or traumatic deformity of the ear
2. Active drainage from ear w/in past 90 days
3. Sudden or rapidly progressive hearing loss w/in past 90 days
4. Dizziness
5. Sudden unilateral hearing loss w/in past 90 days
6. Air-bone gap of 15 dB or great at 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz
7. Significant cerumen accumulation or foreign body in ear canal
8. Pain/discomfort in ear
Sound - answerVibratory energy transmitted by pressure waves through a medium
Resonance - answerThe natural tendency for an object to vibrate with great amplitude
at one frequency than at others when a driving force is applied
Frequency - answerNumber of complete compression-rarefaction cycles per second
Pure Tone - answerProduced by simple repeated alternations of compression and
rarefactions
,Wavelength - answerThe distance between one wave crest or trough to the next
Rarefaction - answerWhen air molecules are less dense and spread further apart
Complex Wave - answerAcoustic combination of several different pure tones present
simultaneously
Resonant frequency - answerThe frequency at which an object vibrates with the
greatest amplitude
Sound Pressure - answerThe deviation from the ambient atmospheric pressure caused
by a sound wave
Period - answerThe time required for one complete cycle of compression and
rarefaction
dB HL Reference - answerAudiometric Zero
Boyle's Law - answerStates that as the physical volume that contains a gas decreases,
the pressure of the gas increases
Decibel (dB) - answerA logarithmic scale used to denote the intensity of a sound
Amplitude - answerThe intensity of the energy of a vibrating body
Compression - answerWhen air molecules are pushed together, making the molecular
density greater than when at rest
dB SL reference - answerThreshold
Phase - answerDescribes the position in the cycle of one sound wave relative to
another
Loudness - answerPsychological response to intensity
Pitch - answerPsychological perception of frequency
Critical bands - answerRepresents the frequency resolution abilities of the ear
Intensity - answerPhysical measurement that expresses signal amplitude
Non-critical items - answer-Items that contact only intact skin or do not directly touch
patients
-Require cleaning and low-level disinfection after use
Sterilization - answerProcess whereby 100% of germs are killed, including endospores
, Touch Surface - answerAny patient-care surface that may come in direct or indirect
contact with hands
Disinfecting - answerProcess whereby germs are killed
Splash Surface - answerAny patient-care surface that may be potentially hit with bloody,
bodily fluids, saliva, or other secretions
Direct Contact Transmission - answerRequires close physical contact between infected
individuals and another person
Droplet Contact Transmission - answerOccurs when organisms are transferred via
droplets from an infected person when they cough, sneeze, or talk
Standard Precautions - answerA set of infection control practices designed to prevent
transmission of disease
Vectorborne Transmission - answerOccurs via an animal or insect that can transmit the
disease from an infected individual to another person
Vehicle Transmission - answerOccurs when a contaminant is ingested or there is
exposure to contaminated substances via food, water, blood, or bodily fluids
Indirect Contact Transmission - answerOccurs when an infected person or object
touches a surface and the another person touches that surface
Work Practice Controls - answerWritten materials that outline how specific procedures
will be performed for purposes of minimizing the spread of disease
4 Methods of Disease Transmission - answer1. Contact
2. Vehicle
3. Airborne
4. Vectorborne
Airborne Transmission - answerOccurs when droplets or dust particles remain
suspended in the air for long periods
Cleaning - answerRemoval of gross contamination without necessarily involving the
process of killing germs
High-level Disinfection - answerProcess that ensures elimination of most
microorganisms
Semi-critical Items - answer-Items that come in contact with non-intact skin or mucous
membranes but do not penetrate them
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