CMS put into place the requirement for a(n) ________ indicator for every reported diagnosis code for a patient upon discharge.

Which of the following pathogens would be considered a communicable disease?

A) A man contracts tetanus after stepping on a nail. B) A family gets food poisoning after eating tainted mushrooms. C) A health care worker gets contracts influenza during an outbreak. D) A woman breaks out with poison ivy after working in her yard.

Routine in-home monthly maintenance of an O2 concentrator should include which of the fol-lowing?

1. Flushing the system for 20 min with an inert gas 2. Confirming the FiO2 with a calibrated O2 analyzer 3. Cleaning and replacing the internal and external filters a. 1 and 2 only b. 2 and 3 only c. 1 and 3 only d. 1, 2, and 3