Chapter 3: Safety Flashcards
All healthcare facilities must have facilities to address various types of exposure.
Safety
What are the various types of exposure?
- Infectious biological
- Toxic chemical
- Radioactive material
- Ergonomic/Environmental hazards
- Fire safety
- Epidemics
Give at least examples of Laboratory Hazard Prevention Strategies in Work Practice Control
- Handwashing after each patient contact
- Cleaning surfaces with disinfectant
- Red bag waste disposal
- Immunization for hepatitis
- Job rotation to minimize repetitive tasks
Give at least examples of Laboratory Hazard Prevention Strategies in Engineering Control
- Splash guards
- Volatile-liquid carriers
- Centrifuge safety buckets
- Mechanical pipetting devices
- Biohazard bags
Give at least examples of Laboratory Hazard Prevention Strategies in Personal Protective Equipment
- Non latex gloves
- Isolation gowns
- Face shields
- Safety shower
- Fire extinguisher
What are the FOUR sources of biological hazards?
- Bacteria
- Virus
- Parasites
- Prions
Biological Hazards
- Ingestion
- Inoculation
- Tactile contamination
- Inhalation of infectious material from patients
- Aerosol dispersion
Mode of exposure/transmission
Biological Hazards
- Aerosolized functions material
- Improperly processed blood products
- Inappropriately disposed waste products
Public exposure
Give at least Contagious Outbreaks or Infectious Agents Reported by the Centers and Disease Control and Prevention
- Covid 19
- Salmonella
- Listeria
- Ebola
- Hepatitis
- Polio
- Dengue
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus
- Nosocomial Infection
Transcribed OSHA
Occupational Safety Health Administration
“It reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucus membrane, percutaneous contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties”
Universal Precautions
What are the practices that should be avoided?
- Mouth pipetting
- Food or drinks consumption
- Smoking
- Cosmetics application
- Potential needlestick situations
- Unprotected skin, membranes, or open cuts
What are the sources of aerosol contamination?
- Flaming an inoculating loop
- Spills on laboratory counters
- Expelling a spray from needles
- Centrifugation of infected fluids
What is the proper laboratory attire?
- Gloves
- Masks
- Protective eyewear
- Face shield
- Laboratory coat
- Observe proper handwashing
Give at least common decontamination agents
- 10% formalin
- Detergents
- Phenols
- Formaldehyde
- Photo oxidation
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Carcinogen
- Mutagenicity
- Reproductive toxicity
- Respiratory sensitizer
- Target organ toxicity
- Aspiration toxicity
Health Hazard
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Flammables
- Pyrophoric
- Self-heating
- Self-reactive
- Organic peroxides
- Emits flammable gas
Flame
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Irritant skin
- Skin sensitizer
- Acute toxicity
- Narcotic effects
- Respiratory tract irritant
- Hazardous to ozone layer
Exclamation Mark
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Gases under pressure
Gas cylinder
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Skin corrosion/burns
- Eye damage
- Corrosive to metal
Corrosion
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Explosives
- Self-reactive
- Organic peroxide
Exploding Bomb
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Oxidizer
Flame over circle
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Aquatic toxicity
Environment (Non mandatory)
HCS Pictograms and Hazards
- Acute toxicity
Skull and crossbones
Specific chemicals should be stored in?
Safety cabinets
What are the other names for Ergonomic Hazards?
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Repetitive motion disorders
- Overuse syndrome
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders
What are the risk factors of cumulative trauma disorders?
- Repetitive motion
- Forceful exertions
- Awkward postures
- Static postures
- Mechanical compression of soft tissues
- Fast movement of body parts
- Vibration
- Mental stress
- Lack of sufficient recovery times
What is the disorder that can cause in ergonomic hazards?
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Tendonitis
- Tenosynovitis
What are the safety protocol for Cumulative Trauma Disorders?
- Proper posture when sitting or standing
- Minimize eye strain situations
- Hand, arm, back, leg, neck exercise
- Take frequent 1-2 minutes break
