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| a word formed bt the initial letters of the principal components of a compound term. |
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| ambulatory surgical facility |
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| facility where patients are treated and released the dat, also known as out patient surgery or same day surgerycenter |
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| accredidation review committee on education in surg tech. |
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| Association of Surgical Technology the non profit national professional membership org. for surg tech and surg assisitants. |
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| non sterile surgical team member who moves about the periphery of the sterile field. |
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| 1 skill 3 ability 3 statements that establish the level of skill or quality |
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| the recommended appropriate curriculum template for an education program that provides the expected base of knowledge for entry level |
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| pertaining to a surgical intervention that does not require immediate intervention, the patient "elects" to have the surgery at a specific time |
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| surgical pathology that is life threatning |
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| health maintenence orginization |
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| occurs during the surgical intervention |
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| An independent non profit national org. that dev3elops standards and performance criteria for health care org |
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| National crediting org. that offers national cert, examinations for the surg tech and surg assistant |
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| surgical intervention that does not have to be performed in order to preserve lide or limb |
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| period of time after surgery when patient is recovering |
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| instructor or tutor who demonstrates the general rules of conduct and guides student while they are practicing or performing |
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| period of time before surgical procedure |
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| an individual who has special education and experieince in a given field and who meets certain competency based and ethical criteria |
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| orginization or company that is owned and operated by an individual co operation with the intent of making a profit that is returned to investors |
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| surgical tech in a scrub role- functions as a member of the sterile surgical tech team and performs many non sterile duties in prep forsurgery |
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| surgical pathology required treatment within a relatively short period of time |
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| father of modern anatomy who openly challenged and corrected the scientific anatomical writtings of galen by discussing cadevers to illustrate anatomy |
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