(C) Safety Management

Question 1

What is the employee responsibility in safety?

Answer 1

Follow all safety rules and regulations; identify potential hazards in daily tasks.

Question 2

What is the employers responsibility in safety?

Answer 2

Establish safe work practices; provide guidance, information, training, PPE, and medical surveillance; provide and maintain equipment and facilities free of recognized hazards.

Question 3

Define incident.

Answer 3

A work-related event in which an injury or ill-health (regardless of severity) or fatality occurred or could have occurred.

Question 4

Define Near Miss (aka close call).

Answer 4

An incident that could have caused serious injury or illness but did not.

Question 5

What is the most effective to least effective in terms of safety controls?

Answer 5

Elimination > Substitution > Engineering Controls > Administrative Controls > PPE.

Question 6

Define elimination control.

Answer 6

Removes hazard from workplace.

Question 7

Define substitution controls.

Answer 7

Replaces hazard with something less hazardous.

Question 8

Define Engineering Controls.

Answer 8

Physical setups or devices that reduce exposure.

Question 9

Permanent changes to the work environment and controlling the hazard at the source are considered what type of safety control?

Answer 9

Engineering Controls.

Question 10

Chemical Fume Hoods, Biological Safety Cabinets, Safe Sharps, Sharps Containers, Sound dampening materials, and adjustable height tables are all examples of what type of safety control?

Answer 10

Engineering Controls.

Question 11

Define Administrative Controls.

Answer 11

Management strategies to reduce exposure.

Question 12

Safety policies, chemical hygiene plan, and ergonomics programs are all examples of what type of safety control?

Answer 12

Administrative Controls.

Question 13

Define Work Practice controls.

Answer 13

Procedures for safety and proper work that are used to reduce that duration, frequency, or intensity of exposure to a hazard.

Question 14

Hand hygiene and decontamination are examples of what type of safety control?

Answer 14

Work Practice Controls.

Question 15

___ is considered one of the most important steps in the control of infections.

Answer 15

Hand hygiene.

Question 16

When should hands be washed?

Answer 16

After removing gloves, before leaving the lab, before and after contact with patients, immediately after accidental contact with blood or OPIM, and before eating.

Question 17

What are the proper steps of hand washing?

Answer 17

(1) Wet hands with clean running water
(2) Apply soap
(3) Rub hands for 20 seconds
(4) Rinse under running water
(5) Dry hands with clean towel or air dry
(6) Use towel to turn off faucet

Question 18

Define decontamination.

Answer 18

Removing or neutralizing contaminants on surfaces.

Question 19

Define sterilization.

Answer 19

Destroys all forms of microbial life, including spores.

Question 20

Define disinfection.

Answer 20

Destroys many or all pathogenic microorganisms, except bacterial spores, on inanimate objects.

Question 21

What is the most common decontaminant used in the lab? At what dilution should it be used?

Answer 21

Household bleach; 1:10 dilution (10%).

Question 22

Define PPE controls.

Answer 22

Protective gear needed to keep workers safe while performing their jobs.

Question 23

___ is the LAST LINE of defense against exposure if other controls fail.

Answer 23

PPE.

Question 24

Lab coats, disposable gloves, face shields/goggles, and respirators are all examples of what type of safety control?

Answer 24

PPE controls.

Question 25

Define biohazardous waste.

Answer 25

Specimens and non-sharps supplies and materials contaminated (saturated) with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM).

Question 26

Define sharps.

Answer 26

Objects that can penetrate skin, such as needles, scalpels, broken glass, and capillary tubes.

Question 27

Define contaminated sharps.

Answer 27

Sharps that have or may have blood or OPIM present.

Question 28

Any facility that produces chemical waste must be registered with the ___.

Answer 28

EPA.

Question 29

What are the characteristics of an Eye Wash station?

Answer 29

• <10 second walk from any location in the lab
• May be plumbed or self-contained
• Deliver 1.5 L per minute for >15 minutes
• Flow provided to eyes simultaneously
• Protected from airborne contaminants
• Once activated, flow should be hands free
• Tepid temperature

Question 30

What are the characteristics of a Safety Shower station?

Answer 30

• <10 second walk from any location in the lab
• May be plumbed or self-contained
• Must operate for >15 minutes minimum
• Shower head must have a specific flow rate and pressure
• Produces a specific spray pattern
• Non-obstructed

Question 31

___ is not considered cosmetic and is acceptable in a laboratory setting.

Answer 31

Hand crème.

Question 32

Danger signs are to be posted…

Answer 32

where immediate hazard exists and special precautions are necessary.

Question 33

Caution signs are to be posted…

Answer 33

where potential hazards as a warning against unsafe practices.

Question 34

What colors are danger signs?

Answer 34

Red, black, and white.

Question 35

What color are caution signs?

Answer 35

Yellow and black.

Question 36

What color are safety instruction signs?

Answer 36

Green and white.

Question 37

Within “clean” areas, removal of ___ and proper hand hygiene prior to entrance is needed.

Answer 37

PPE.

Question 38

Define contaminated (“dirty”) areas.

Answer 38

The technical work area where all equipment/devices come into direct contact with infectious materials.