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CC PART 5 (PPE & HAZARDS) Flashcards

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● The type of PPE used will vary based on the level of precautions required, such as standard and contact, droplet or airborne infection isolation precautions the patient room and closing the door.

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DONNING (PUTTING ON)

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The procedure for putting on and removing PPE should be tailored to the specific type of PPE.

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DONNING (PUTTING ON)

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● Fully cover torso from neck to
knees, arms to end of wrists, and
wrap around the back
● Fasten in back of neck and waist

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Gown

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● Secure ties or elastic bands at
middle of head and neck
● Fit flexible band to nose bridge
● Fit snug to face and below chin
● Fit-check respirator

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Mask or respirator

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Place over face and eyes and adjust to fit

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Goggles or face shield

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Extend to cover wrist of isolation
gown

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Gloves

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DONNING SEQUENCE

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  1. Gown
  2. Mask or respirator
  3. Goggles or face shield
  4. Gloves
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8
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READ:

USE SAFE WORK PRACTICES TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND LIMIT THE SPREAD OF CONTAMINATION

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● Keep hands away from face
● Limit surfaces touched
● Change gloves when torn or heavily contaminated
● Perform hand hygiene

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● There are a variety of ways to safely remove PPE without contaminating your clothing, skin, or mucous membranes with potentially infectious materials

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DOFFING (REMOVAL OF PPE)

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● Remove all PPE before exiting the patient room except a respirator, if worn. Remove the respirator after leaving the patient room and closing the door

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DOFFING (REMOVAL OF PPE)

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Remove PPE in the following sequence:

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  1. Gloves
  2. Goggles or Face Shield
  3. Gown
  4. Mask or Respirator
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12
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___________________________or immediately after removing all ppe perform hand hygiene between steps if hands become contaminated and immediately after

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Wash hands or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer

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● According to compatibility
● Storeroom should be isolated in an area that is not used
for routine work

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STORAGE OF CHEMICALS

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14
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Records must be kept for the length of employment plus
30 years

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RECORD KEEPING OF PERSONNEL DATA WORKING WITH RADIOISOTOPES

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Why are records kept for 30 years for those medical workers who worked in nuclear medicine or those exposed in radiation?

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Because they are prone to developing cancer

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Equipment that emits a variety of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that must be protected against through engineered shielding or use of PPE

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NON IONIZING

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Blue Diamond (left)

No Hazard

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Health

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NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) HAZARD DIAMOND

● 4 - _______ hazard
● 3 - _______ hazard
● 2 - _________ hazard
● 1 - _____ hazard
● 0 - _________ hazard

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● 4 - extreme hazard
● 3 - serious hazard
● 2 - moderate hazard
● 1 - slight hazard
● 0 - no or minimal hazard

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Red Diamond (top)

Will not burn

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Flammability

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Yellow Diamond (right)

Stable

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Instability

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Can cause significant irritation

Can cause temporary incapacitation or residual injury

Can cause serious or permanent injury

Can be lethal

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Health

20
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White Diamond (bottom)

__ = unusual reactivity with
water
___ - oxidizer

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Special hazards

W = unusual reactivity with
water
OX - oxidizer

21
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Must be preheated for ignition to occur

Must be heated or in increase
ambient temperature to burn

Can be ignited under almost all
ambient temperatures

Will vaporize and burn at normal
temperature

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Flammability

22
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Increased temperatures makes unstable

Violent chemical change at
increases temperature or pressures

May explodes from increased
temperature or shock

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Instability

23
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Glacial acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric and sodium hydroxide

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Corrosives

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Visible destruction of human
tissues (skin and eyes) on contact. Can cause injury on inhalation or contact

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Corrosives

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Interfere with metabolic processes when ingested,
inhaled or absorbed through
skin

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Toxic substances

25
Q

Capable of causing cancer

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Carcinogen

25
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Chemicals with pH <2 or >12.
Separate in organic acids from organic acids. Concentrate acids & bases can generate large amounts of heat when mixed with water

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Corrosives

26
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Cyanides (perfect toxic agent because it is both colorless and odorless), sulfides

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Toxic substances

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Threshold limit values (TLVs) = safe level of exposure

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Toxic substances

28
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Benzidine, formaldehyde

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Carcinogen

29
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OSHA requires monitoring of
formaldehyde exposure

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Carcinogen

30
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Induce genetic mutations

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Mutagens

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Benzene, Lead (Associated with
Basophilic Stippling, Jeepney drivers and Plumbism), Mercury (Minamata disease), radioactive material, toluene

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Mutagens
Teratogen

32
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Special precaution during pregnancy

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Mutagens
Teratogen

33
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Cause defects in embryo

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Teratogen

34
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May cause fire

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Ignitables

35
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Acetone, alcohols, ether. Xylene

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Ignitables

36
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FLASHPOINT: lowest temperature that produces ignitable vapor

Flammables: < 100 F
Combustibles: ≥ 100 F

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Ignitables

37
Q

Flammables: < ___ F
Combustibles: ≥ ___ F

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Flammables: < 100 F
Combustibles: ≥ 100 F

38
Q

May cause explosion

Mixture of oxidizing agents
such as peroxides and reducing
agents such as hydrogen generates head and may
explode

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Reactives

39
Q

Ether forms explosives peroxides on exposure to air or light

Store in explosion proof refrigerator,

Perchloric acid may react explosively with organic compounds

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Reactives

39
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Ether, Perchloric acid, Picric acids,
sodium azide

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Reactives

40
Q

Separate from other acids

Picric acids is shock sensitive when dehydrated

More powerful than TNT

Sodium azide solutions can for
explosive lead or copper azides in
drains.

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Reactives

41
Q

On the NFPA Hazard Diamond, 2 means what?

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Moderate hazard

42
Q

Which of the following chemicals is capable of causing cancer?

a. Glacial acetic acid
b. Cyanide
c. Benzidine
d. Lead

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c. Benzidine

43
Q

Xylene, ethanol, methanol, and acetone would be in which hazard class?

a. Corrosive
b. Flammable
c. Oxidizer
d. Carcinogen

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b. Flammable

44
Q

The flash point of a liquid may be defined as the:

a. Minimum temperature at which self-sustained ignition will occur
b. Maximum vapor pressure at which spontaneous ignition will occur
c. Temperature at which an adequate amount of vapor is produced, forming an ignitable mixture with air at the liquid’s surface
d. Temperatures that is 10° greater than the liquid’s boiling point

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c. Temperature at which an adequate amount of vapor is produced, forming an ignitable mixture with air at the liquid’s surface

45
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QUOTE:

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