Aubf Week 1

Question 1

describe The safety policies

Answer 1

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Question 2

provides the guidelines for writing these procedures and policies.

Answer 2

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)

Question 3

It states that all patients are considered to be possible carriers of bloodborne pathogens. (CDC, 1987)

Answer 3

Universal precautions

Question 4

are not limited to blood-borne pathogens
– they consider all body fluids and moist body substances to be potentially infectious.

Answer 4

Body substance isolation

Question 5

In 1996 the CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) combined the major features of UP and BSI guidelines and called the new guidelines

Answer 5

Standard Precautions

Question 6

includes both hand washing and using alcohol based antiseptic cleansers.

Answer 6

Hand hygiene

Question 7

has developed hand washing guidelines to be followed for correct hand washing.

Answer 7

Center for disease control
And prevention

Question 8

When skin contact occurs, the best first aid is to flush the area with large
amounts of water for at least _________ minutes, then seek medical attention.

Answer 8

Chemical spill and exposure; 15 minutes

Question 9

It refers to the of guaranteeing quality patient care and is regulated throughout the total testing system.

Answer 9

Quality assessment

Question 10

refers to all of the laboratory’s policies, processes, procedures, and resources needed to achieve quality testing.

Answer 10

Quality system

Question 11

Quality assessment program includes not only testing controls, referred to as quality control (QC), but also encompasses:

Answer 11

– Preexamination variables
– Examination variables
– Postexamination variables

Question 12

occur before the actual testing of the specimen

Answer 12

Pre examination variables

Question 13

are the processes that directly affect the testing of specimens

Answer 13

Examination variable

Question 14

Calibration of centrifuges
every ____ months, and the appropriate relative centrifugal force for each setting is recorded.

Answer 14

every 3 months

Question 15

refers to the materials, procedures, and techniques that monitor the accuracy, precision, and reliability of a laboratory test.

Answer 15

Quality control

Question 16

are performed to ensure that acceptable standards are met during the process of patient testing.

Answer 16

Quality control procedures

Question 17

are used to verify the accuracy and precision of a test and are exposed to the same conditions as the patient samples.

Answer 17

External quality control

Question 18

is the ability to maintain both precision and accuracy.

Answer 18

Reliability

Question 19

consists of internal monitoring systems built in to the test system and are called internal or procedural controls.

Answer 19

Internal quality control

Question 20

uses a mechanical or electrical device in place of a liquid QC specimen.

Answer 20

Electronic controls

Question 21

can be internal or an external component inserted into a point of care (POC) instrument.

Answer 21

Electronic controls

Question 22

verifies the functional ability of a testing device,

Answer 22

Electronic controls

Question 23

is the testing of unknown samples received from an outside agency, and provides unbiased validation of the quality of patient test results.

Answer 23

Proficiency Testing (External Quality Assessment)

Question 24

mandates comparison testing for laboratory accreditation.

Answer 24

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments

Question 25

are processes that affect the reporting of results and correct interpretation of data.

Answer 25

Post examination variable

Question 26

requires that all employees have a right to know about all chemical hazards present in their workplace.

Answer 26

OSHA Federal Hazard Communication Standard

Question 27

Criteria for specimen rejection for both physical characteristics and labeling errors must be present

Answer 27

Specimen Collection and Handling

Question 28

Reagent strips should be checked against known negative and positive control solutions on each ________ or at a minimum ___________, and whenever a new bottle is _______.

Answer 28

- each shift - at a minimum once a day - whenever a new bottle is opened.