Name a type of alert other than prescription or drug alerts
What will be an ideal response?
Any one of the following: Ordered tests that require an Advance Beneficiary Notice. An alert that monitors changes in values of certain blood tests and pages a doctor whenever the value is outside of a certain range. Alerts for a pending test order that have not been received within the time frame
normally required for that type of test. Alerts that notify an administrator when medical items are not handled in a timely fashion. Alerts that detect a finding with a value above or below the desired imitl.
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A) Providing positive pressure ventilation B) Decontaminating patients with diluted bleach C) Administering an aerosolized antidote D) Irrigating eyes with saline
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a. Phlebitis b. Ischemia c. Hematoma d. Hemorrhage
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A. supine B. prone C. dorsal recumbent D. lateral