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Standards of Practice Application Flashcards

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  1. Which represents a valid reason for requesting removal from an assignment?

    Answer: Patient speaks a dialect the interpreter cannot adequately understand

    Dialect incompatibility directly compromises quality and safety.

  2. How should interpreters handle 'side conversations' between provider and staff?

    Answer: Inform the patient a conversation is occurring and interpret if relevant to care

    Transparency requires informing the patient and interpreting care-related content.

  3. A patient asks you to keep a secret from the provider. What should you do?

    Answer: Explain you must interpret everything and encourage sharing the information

    Interpreters cannot agree to secret-keeping; explain the role and encourage disclosure.

  4. What do Standards say about adding information not stated by either party?

    Answer: Must not add, except brief transparent cultural clarifications identified as coming from the interpreter

    The Standards prohibit additions with a limited exception for transparent cultural clarifications.

  5. How do Standards address use of technology during sessions?

    Answer: Technology may be a reference tool but should not replace professional interpreting and must comply with HIPAA

    Technology supplements rather than replaces human interpreting, with HIPAA compliance required.

  6. What is the interpreter's responsibility regarding potential patient safety concerns?

    Answer: Use appropriate intervention to flag the concern transparently

    Interpreters should flag safety concerns through appropriate transparent intervention during the session.

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