CH # 17: OSHA Standerd

Question 1

When the hands r visably soiled w/dirt or body fluid

B4 eating

After using the restroom

Answer 1

Wash Hands w/soap or antimicrobial soap

Question 2

B4 having direct patient contact

After contact w/patients intact skin
(Measuring P or Bpm)

B4 applying or removing gloves

After contact w/ body fluids, excretions or mucus membranes, non-intact skins and wound dressings, as long as the hands are visibly soiled

From moving from a contaminated body site 2 a non- contaminated body site during patient care

After contact w/inanimate objects (medical equip) when providing health care 2 a patient

Answer 2

Apply a alcohol-based hand rub or wash hands

Question 3

They assist employers in providing a safe and healthy working environment 4 their employees

Answer 3

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA

Question 4

Designed 2 reduce the risk 2 employees of exposure 2 infectious diseases

Went in2 effect in 1992

Answer 4

OSHA Occupational Exposure 2 Bloodborns Pathogen Standerds

Question 5

Told OSHA 2 revise Bloodborne Pathogens Standerd in order 2 reduce the number of needlesticks or other sharp injuries among healthcare care workers

Answer 5

Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act

NSPA

Question 6

Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucus membrane or parenteral contact w/blood or OPIM

Answer 6

Occupational exposure

Question 7

Objects that can penetrate the skin (everything in sharps or involving glass)

Answer 7

Sharps

Question 8

Refers 2 the piercing of the skin barrier or mucus membranes (ex. needlesticks or human bites)

Answer 8

Parentaleral

Question 9

Pathogenic microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease in humans

Examples: Hep B and C, HIV

Answer 9

Bloodbore pathogens

Question 10

Office must develop it in order 2 provide safety 2 BBP’s and OPIM

Must include
1)exposure determination: A)a r at of having exposure 2 BBP’s
B)an occupations list w/all at risk 4
exposure
2) method of compliance: documents any and all health and safety
measures taken at office
3)post-exposure and followup: an emergency procedure list

Answer 10

OSHA’s Exposure Control Plan

Question 11

A type of garbage that poses a threat 2 health and safety

Includes:
-any liquid or semiliquid blood or OPIM
-items contaminated w/blood or OPIM that would release these
substances in a liquid or semiliquid state if compressed
-items that r caked w/dried blood or OPIM and r capable of
releasing these materials during handling
-contaminated sharps
-pathologic and macrobiotic wastes that contain blood or OPIM

Must be discarded in a bio-hazard bag

Answer 11

Regulated medical waste

RMW

Question 12

Each state is responsible 4 own policies but usually includes the following:

1)Place bio-hazard and sharps in2 a receptacle provided by the
medical waste service and u must seal w/packing tape and u
must put 2 bio-hazard warning labels on opposite sides of the
cardboard box
2)store bio-hazard boxes in a locked room
3)tracking records of bio-hazard boxes

Answer 12

Disposal of RMW

Question 13

The biggest threats from occupational hazards from environmental exposures

Includes: Hepatitis B and C, HIV and AIDS

Answer 13

Bloodborne diseases

Question 14

An agent that inhibits the growth of or kills microorganisms

Answer 14

Antiseptic

Question 15

Practices that r employed 2 inhibit the growth and hinder the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms 2 prevent the spread of infection

Answer 15

Medical Asepsis

Question 16

An infection that results from a defective immune system that is unable 2 protect the from pathogens normally found in the environment

Answer 16

Opportunistic infections

Question 17

A disease-producing microorganism

Answer 17

Pathogen

Question 18

A microorganism that needs oxygen 2 live and grow

Answer 18

Aerobe

Question 19

A microorganism that grows best in the absence of oxygen

Answer 19

Anaerobe

Question 20

Slender hairlike projections that consently beat 2ward the outside 2 remove microorganisms from the body

Answer 20

Cilia

Question 21

The process of cleansing or washing the hands

Answer 21

Hand hygiene

Question 22

The condition in which the body is invaded by a pathogen

Answer 22

Infection

Question 23

A microscopic plant or animal

Growth requirements:

1) proper nutrition
2) oxygen
3) temperature
4) darkness
5) moisture
6) pH

Answer 23

Microorganism

Question 24

An OSHA terminology word meaning that the skin that has a break in the surface

Examples: abrasions, cuts, hangnails, paper cuts, burns…

Answer 24

Nonintact skin

Question 25

A microorganism that does not normally produce disease

Answer 25

Nonpathogen

Question 26

The temperature at which an organism grows best

Answer 26

Optimum growth temperature

Question 27

Treatment administered 2 an individual after exposure 2 an infectious disease 2 prevent the disease

Answer 27

Postexposure prophylaxis

Question 28

2 names 4 a harmless nonpathogenic microorganisms that normally reside on the skin and usually do not cause disease

Answer 28

Resident flora Normal flora

Question 29

Microorganisms that reside on the superficial skin layers and r picked up in the course of daily actives. They r often pathogenic but can b removed easily from the skin by sanitization

Answer 29

Transient flora

Question 30

These materials include: -semen and vaginal secretions -cerebrospinal, synovial, pleural, pericardial, peritoneal and amniotic fluids -body fluid that is visibility contaminated w/blood -unidentified body fluids -saliva in dental procedures -any unfixed human tissue -any tissue culture, cells or fluid known 2 b HIV infected

Answer 30

Other potentially infectious materials | OPIM

Question 31

An OSHA terminology word meaning the presence or reasonably anticipated presence of blood or OPIM on a item or surface

Answer 31

Contaminated

Question 32

An OSHA terminology word meaning the use of physical or chemical means 2 remove, inactivate or destroy pathogens on the surface of an item 2 the point there r no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface of the item is rendered safe 4 handling, use or disposal

Answer 32

Decontamination

Question 33

An OSHA terminology word defined as a specific eye, nose, mouth, or other mucous membrane, nonintact skin, or parenteral contact w/blood or OPIM that results from an employees duties

Answer 33

Exposure incident

Question 34

A written document stipulating the protective measures that must b followed in that medical office 2 eliminate or minimize employee exposure 2 BBP and OPIM All employees that r at risk must participate in a training program 4 these measures

Answer 34

Exposure control plan | ECP

Question 35

All measures and devices that isolate or remove the BBP hazard from the workplace

Answer 35

Engineering controls

Question 36

A type of engineering control 4 a device that makes an exposure incident less likely Example: a needle w/a built-in safety feature

Answer 36

Safer medical device

Question 37

Procedures that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which the technique is preformed

Answer 37

Work practice controls

Question 38

Clothing or equipment that protects an individual from contact w/blood or OPIM Examples: gloves, lab coats, protective eyewear...

Answer 38

Personal protective equipment

Question 39

The container that these items must b discarded in: - disposable drapes - disposable patient gowns - examining table paper - disposable clean or sterile gloves - gauze tinged w/blood or other body fluids - disposable probe covers 4 thermometers - tongue depressors - tissues w/respiratory secretions - disposable ear speculums - empty urine containers - urine testing strips - disposable diapers - feminine hygiene products

Answer 39

Regular waste container

Question 40

The container that these items must b discarded in: - hypodermic syringes and needles - venipuncture needles - lancets - razor blades - scalpel blades - suture needles - blood tubes - capillary pipets - microscopic slides and cover slips - broken glassware

Answer 40

Biohazard sharps container

Question 41

The container that these items must b discarded in: - any item saturated or dripping w/blood or OPIM - any item caked w/dried blood or OPIM - disposable clean or sterile gloves contaminated w/blood or OPIM - disposable vaginal speculums and collection devices - tissue or fluid removed during minor office surgery - microbiologic waste - discarded live and attenuated vaccines

Answer 41

Biohazard bag waste container

Question 42

The container that these items must b discarded in: - blood - body excretions - body secretions

Answer 42

Sanitary sewer