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Question | Answer |
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If an owner feels their pet should be seen as an emergency, how do you schedule them? | As an emergency |
Loss of stock is referred to as? | Shrinkage |
Who owns the medical record? | The clinic or veterinarian |
The color red on a safety label indicates what? | Flammable |
The color blue on a safety label indicates what? | Health Hazard |
What is a template? | A file or text that has been customized to create a new document that is similar to but slightly different from the original. |
How often should the table in the exam room be cleaned? | After every patient. |
Laboratory log books are used for? | Provide information about where a test was sent. They are dated and contain the type of test sent out to a lab or if the test was done in house. |
Name three marketing techniques a clinic may use? | Coupons, flyers, yellow pages |
Advertising in the yellow pages is a form of what type of marketing? | Direct |
Why are radiograph logbooks used? | To improve technique, to prevent scatter radiation, prevents repeats |
Are signed client authorization forms required by law? | No |
If you request to use recommend personal protection equipment, can your employer charge you to buy the equipment? | No |
What is the role of the hospital directory? | Oversees all staff including veterinarian. |
How should difficult clients be handled? | Away from the public |
Is asking an angry client what they want the outcome to be a good solution or will it make them more difficult? | Good solution |
The role of the veterinary assistant is regulated by what agency? | State law |
Demographic data is used to? | Analyze who your clients are, what their needs are |
When should a pet be brought to their owner after surgery or a treatment? | After discharge instructions are given, the bill has been paid and the animal has been cleaned up. |
The posting of radiation exposure and hazardous chemicals within a clinic is regulated by what agency? | OSHA |
Does universal precautions state that gloves must always be changed between samples when performing laboratory procedures? | No |
How many refrigerators should a practice have and what are they used for? | At least 2...one for employees use and one for biological use (samples, fluids, meds) |
Active listening is conveyed by? | Receive a message, process the message, then respond |
What is the office managers role in the clinic? | To oversee the front office and receptionists |
The source oriented medical record is also called? | Conventional format |
How long must legal documents be kept? | 7 years |
What can the veterinary staff do to help with client retention? | Project concern and concern personality |
Health certificates should be issued within how many days of travel? | 7 days |
Name 3 certificates that must be signed by the DVM? | Vaccines, health, spay and neuters |
What does VCPR stand for? | Veterinarian-client-patient-relationship |
Sharps container must have what info? | Name and address of clinic |
Patients that have undergone inhalation and induction anesthesia rendering them unconscious must always be recorded in the? | Anesthesia log |
What is the legal reason for proper maintenance of medical records? | Established that the relationship exists. |
Reportable diseases are? | Dangerous to public at large |
Define Ethics? | Moral principles that define behavior |
POMAR refers to? | Problem oriented medical record |
Bleach and ammonia produce what toxic gas? | Chlorine gas |
Always ask for help lifting if the object/animal weighs more than? | 50 pounds |
The Veterinary State Board exists to? | Protect consumer |
Is a veterinarian legally responsible to report animal abuse? | No |
Negligence is defined as? | Failure to do what is necessary or proper |
When working with animals you should? | Stay alert and focused on the animals reactions |
Which form of communication is most persuasive? | Non-verbal |
What drugs must be recorded in anesthesia logs? | All |
What is the number one reason clients chose a veterinary clinic? | Location |
The phone should be answered within how many rings? | 3 rings |
What is direct supervision? | On the premises |
What is indirect supervision? | Not on premises but has left written or verbal instructions |
What is immediate supervision? | Is in visual and audible distance |
What is important in setting up an isolation room? | It's own ventilation system, one door (limited access), minimal employee access |
Name the areas/rooms within a veterinary clinic? | Reception area, exam rooms, surgery suite, laboratory, x-ray room, kennels |
Name six different staff members you may find within a veterinary clinic? | Receptionist, Vet assistant, Vet technician, Kennel assistant, Groomer, Veterinarian |
Define Veterinary Assistant? | Assists the DVM and Veterinary Technician |
Define Veterinary Technician? | A graduate of a 2 year veterinary technology program who has passed the VTNE and paid all fees |
Define AAHA and what it does? | American Animal Hospital Association...non government ran , sets the standards for the hospital |
Define AVMA and what it does? | American Veterinary Medical Association...Sets standards for the Veterinary medical industry |
Listening well on the phone requires? | Concentration, maybe even closing your eyes |
What does Tx mean? | Treatment |
What does Dx mean? | Diagnosis |
What does Rx mean? | Prescription |
What does CC mean? | Chief complaint (or cubic centimeters) |
What does Sx mean? | Surgery |
What does TDx mean? | Tentative diagnosis |
What does DDx mean? | Differential diagnosis |
What is included in the CC? | The reason the client brought their pet into clinic |
What does SOAP stand for? | Subjective, objective, assessment, plan |
Which pages need to have the patient's identifying information? | Every page |
What is the legally accepted way to correct a mistake in a handwritten medical record? | Draw a single line through mistake, initial and put the correct entry |
List the elements of signalment? | Breed, sex, age, reproductive status, species |
What does CPU mean? Is it hardware or software? | Central processing unit/hardware |
Inventory software can keep track of? | Automatically notifies when inventory reaches low numbers, item cost, item retail value/mark up, amount of item on hand and supplier information |
What kind of communication with the client should be recorded in the medical record? | Telephone calls, emails, anything else that is related to the patients care. |
When placed on secondary containers, what do the MSDS labels describe? | Possible health hazards, incompatibility properties, information on transporting chemicals |
If you smell anesthetic gas, where would you check for leaks? | Hoses, tubing, old seals, endotracheal tube, reservoir bag |