2: Workforce Safety and Wellness

Question 1

Acute stress reactions

Answer 1

Reactions to stress that occur during a traumation situation

Question 2

Aerosol generating procedure

Answer 2

Treatments that increase the risk for transmissions of infections that are spread through the air or by droplets; CPR

Question 3

Airborne transmission

Answer 3

The spread of an organism via droplets or dust

Question 4

Bloodborne pathogens

Answer 4

Pathogenic microogranisms that are present in blood and can cause disease in humans. Like HIV, or HepB

Question 5

Burnout

Answer 5

A combination of exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced prefomance resulting from long term job stresses in health care and other high stress professions

Question 6

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC

Answer 6

The primary federal agency that conducts and supports public health activities in the US.

Question 7

Communicable Disease

Answer 7

A disease that can be spread from one person or species to another

Question 8

Compassion fatigue

Answer 8

A stress disorder characterized by gradual lessening of compassion over time

Question 9

Concealment

Answer 9

The use of objects to limit a persons ability to see you

Question 10

Contamination

Answer 10

The preseence of infectious organisms on or in objects such as dressings, water, food, needles, wounds, or a patient’s body

Question 11

Cover

Answer 11

The tactical use of an impenetrable barrier for protection

Question 12

Critical Incident Stress Management (CSIM)

Answer 12

A process that confronts the responses to critical incidents and defuses them, directing the emergency services personnel toward physical and emotional equilibrium

Question 13

Cumulative stress reactions

Answer 13

Prolonged or excessive stress

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Delayed stress reactions

Answer 14

Reactions to stress that occur after a stressful situation

Question 15

Designated officer

Answer 15

The individual in the depertmnent who is charged with the responsibility of managing exposures and infection control issues

Question 16

Direct Contact

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Exposure or transmission of a communicable disease from one person to another by physical contact

Question 17

Distress

Answer 17

A negative reponse to a stress

Question 18

Eustress

Answer 18

A positive response to a stressor

Question 19

Exposure

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A situation in which a person has had contact with blood, bodily fluids, tissues, or airborne particles in a manner that suggests disease transmission may occur

Question 20

Foodborne transmission

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The contamination of food or water with an organism that can cause disease

Question 21

General adaptation syndrome

Answer 21

Bodies reaction to stress:
1. Alarm
2. Reaction or resistance
3. Recovery (or exhaustion)

Question 22

Hepatitis

Answer 22

Inflamation of the liver, usually caused by a viral infection, that causes fever, loss of apetite, jaundice, fatigue, altered liver

Question 23

Host

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The organism or individual that is attacked by the infecting agent

Question 24

Human Immunodificiency virus

Answer 24

AIDS is caused by HIV, which damages the cells in the body’s immune system so the body cannot fight infection

Question 25

Immune

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The bodys ability to protect itself from acquiring a disease

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Indirect contact

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Exposure or transmission of disease from one person to another by contact with a contaminated object

Question 27

Infection

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The abnormal invasion of a host or host tissues by organisms such as bacteria, viruses, parasites

Question 28

Infection control

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Procedures to reduce transmissio of infection among patients and health care personnel

Question 29

Infectious disease

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A medical condition causes by the growth and spread of small, harmful organisms within the body

Question 30

OSHA

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The federal regulatory compliance agency that develops, publishes, and enforces guidelines concerning safety in workplace

Question 31

# Pathogen

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A microorganism that is capable of causing diease in a susceptibe host

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PPE

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Protective equipment that blocks exposure to a pathogen or a hazardous material

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Postraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

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A delayed stress reaction to a prior incident. The result of one or more unresolved issues concerning incident.

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Resilience

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The capcity of an individual to cope with and recover from distress

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Standard precautions

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Protective measures that have traditionally been developed by the CDC for use in dealing with objects, blood, body fluids, and other potential exposure risks of communicable disease

Question 36

Trransmission

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The way in which an infectious disease is spread: contact, airborne, through vehicles, or vectors

Question 37

Vector borne transmission

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The use of an animal to spread an organism from one person or place to another

Question 38

Wellness

Answer 38

The active pursuit of a state of good health