After Transcribing a Physician's Recording, You Should

question 7

Multiple Choice

After transcribing a physician's recording, you should:

• A) immediately erase the tape so it can be used again
• B) destroy the tape to protect patient confidentiality
• C) save the tape until the physician approves the report, and then erase it
• D) save the tape and file it in the physician's tape library

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Definitions:

Genetic Information

The hereditary material of an organism, stored in DNA or RNA, that determines the organism's development and functioning.

Bacteria

One of the two prokaryotic domains of life. Domain Bacteria includes organisms such as Escherichia coli and other familiar microbes.

Archaea

One of the two prokaryotic domains of life. Archaea superficially resemble bacteria, but they are distinguished by a number of unique biochemical features.

Genetic Polymorphism

The simultaneous occurrence of two or more discrete phenotypes within a population. In the simplest case, each phenotype results from a different allele or combination of alleles of a single gene. In more complex cases, the phenotypes result from complex interactions between many different genes and the environment.