Alcohol, a vasodilator, increases heat loss through peripheral vasodilation.

Benefits of a voluntary compliance plan include:

minimizing billing mistakes. reducing the chances that an audit will be conducted by the CMS or OIG. avoiding conflicts with the self-referral and anti-kickback statutes. all of the above.

All of the following are included in the kill mechanism by neutrophils except:

a. Chemoattraction of neutrophils to infectious agent. b. Diapedesis of neutrophils from blood into tissues. c. The formation of the phagolysosome by the neutrophil. d. The presentation of the infectious agent to a monocyte for phagocytosis.