MA 500 week 4

What category would payroll records, practice management meetings, canceled checks, and telephone logs be filed under?

• Confidential Documents

• Nonessetional

• Regular Office Manintice

• Important Documents

What measures should be taken when disposing of confidential doucments?

• Confidential documents should not be discarded

• Placing them in a marked waste basket

• Shredding the document and then placing papers in a recycling bin

• By placing them in the recycle bin

What type of waste container should needles be discarded in?

• Ordinary Trash can

• Rigid biohazard waste container

• Covered biohazard waste container

• it depends on whether the item is contaminated with blood or infectious material

How can workplace injuries be minimized or avoided?

• Stepladders should be used to place items on high shelves

• a note should be left for cleaners of the spills that occurred.

• Wearing shoes with low heels

• Minimal lighting to avoid cost of electricity

What color is used for caution signs?

• Bright Red

• Yellow with black writting

• Orange

• Green with white lettering

When should biohazard waste containers be emptied?

• Daily by staff

• By Cleaning Crew

• Only when the company who picks up the waste is scheduled

• By Staff, when it is three-quarters full

How should controlled substances in the office be stored?

• In the Managers office

• Placed in the Physicians office.

• Locked with the other medications

• Locked in a drawer or box within a locked cabinet separate from other items.

How should medical records including back up data such as disks be stored?

• In boxes

• In the Physicians office

• In locked, fire-resistant file cabinets

• In the office managers home.

The important information about equipment for the medical office is Serial number, date of purchase, type and length of warranty and the suggested service schedule. True or False

• True

• False

What is important in preventing the lack of needed supplies in the office?

• Keeping supplies organized

• Determining a realistic reorder point to replenish supplies

• Order supplies over what can be stored in the storage area so we don't run out

• Creating a good relationship with suppliers