What should the medical assistant do when a physician asks a patient to call the office and let him/her know how a prescribed treatment is working?
A. route the call to the physician
B. take the information from the patient
C. write down the information and place it on the physician's desk
D. take the information and tell the nurse
A. route the call to the physician
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A) One attempt at replacement using sterile gloves B) Dry sterile dressing applied over the wound C) Direct pressure using gloved palms to the injury D) Occlusive dressing applied over saline-soaked gauze
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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a. Anaerobic b. Pneumocystis jiroveci c. Streptococcus pneumoniae (Diplococcus pneumoniae) d. Legionella pneumophila
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