According to TRICARE guidelines, _________________________ is defined as equipment that improves function or retards any further deterioration of a physical condition, and that primarily provides a medical function and not simply transportation.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


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Aerobes are intrinsically resistant to metronidazole because

A) the antibiotic must be reduced to be active. B) they produce destructive enzymes. C) the antibiotics cannot cross their cell wall. D) they are able to actively pump out the antibiotic.

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A clean voided urine from a 27-year-old female was collected at 9:00 am and processed for a routine urinalysis. The specimen demonstrated a positive leukocyte esterase, marked protein, positive nitrite, and 2+ blood

Upon finishing the morning run of urinalysis specimens, the technologist left the specimens at the bench and returned to the chemistry department. Seeing the urinalysis results, the physician calls at 12:00 pm to add a urine culture to the patient's orders. At 1:00 pm the urine specimen is sent to Microbiology for processing and should be A) plated to sheep blood and MacConkey agars using a calibrated loop. B) Gram stained first and, if positive, then plated. C) plated to sheep blood, MacConkey, and phenylethyl alcohol agars using a calibrated loop. D) rejected and the physician called for a recollect.

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You may call attention to a particular problem or observation by attaching a note to the chart, but you should not make personal _______________ part of the patient's record. 

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The type of documentation that provides an orderly series of steps for dealing with any medical case is ________.

A. focus charting B. source recording C. daily charting D. charting by exception E. SOAP

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