Ethics-HIPPAA Definitions

Question 1

Assistant Secretary means means:

Answer 1

the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, or designated representative.

Question 2

Blood means:

Answer 2

human blood, human blood components, and products made from human blood.

Question 3

Bloodborne Pathogens means:

Answer 3

pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Question 4

Clinical Laboratory means:

Answer 4

means a workplace where diagnostic or other screening procedures are performed on blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Question 5

Contaminated means:

Answer 5

means the presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item or surface.

Question 6

Contaminated Laundry means:

Answer 6

means laundry which has been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials or may contain sharps.

Question 7

Contaminated Sharps means:

Answer 7

means any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires.

Question 8

Decontamination means:

Answer 8

means the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy bloodborne pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal.

Question 9

Director means:

Answer 9

means the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, or designated representative.

Question 10

Engineering Controls means:

Answer 10

means controls (e.g., sharps disposal containers, self-sheathing needles, safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems) that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogens hazard from the workplace.

Question 11

Exposure Incident means:

Answer 11

means a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employee’s duties.

Question 12

Handwashing Facilities means:

Answer 12

means a facility providing an adequate supply of running potable water, soap, and single-use towels or air-drying machines.

Question 13

Licensed Healthcare Professional means:

Answer 13

is a person whose legally permitted scope of practice allows him or her to independently perform the activities required by paragraph (f) Hepatitis B Vaccination and Post-exposure Evaluation and Follow-up.

Question 14

HBV means:

Answer 14

HBV means hepatitis B virus.

Question 15

HIV means:

Answer 15

HIV means human immunodeficiency virus.

Question 16

Needleless systems means:

Answer 16

means a device that does not use needles

Question 17

Example 1 of needleless systems means:

Answer 17

collection of bodily fluids or withdrawal of body fluids after initial venous or arterial access is established

Question 18

Example 2 of needleless systems means:

Answer 18

The administration of medication or fluids

Question 19

Example 3 of needleless systems means:

Answer 19

Any other procedure involving the potential for occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens due to percutaneous injuries from contaminated sharps.

Question 20

Occupational Exposure means:

Answer 20

means reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties.

Question 21

Other Potentially Infectious Materials 1 means:

Answer 21

(1) The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, any body fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids; (2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead); and (3) HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV- or HBV-containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV.

Question 22

Other Potentially Infectious Materials 2 means:

Answer 22

(2) Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead)

Question 23

Other Potentially Infectious Materials 3 means:

Answer 23

(3) HIV-containing cell or tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV- or HBV-containing culture medium or other solutions; and blood, organs, or other tissues from experimental animals infected with HIV or HBV.

Question 24

Parenteral means

Answer 24

piercing mucous membranes or the skin barrier through such events as needlesticks, human bites, cuts, and abrasions.

Question 25

Personal Protective Equipment means:

Answer 25

specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against a hazard. General work clothes (e.g., uniforms, pants, shirts or blouses) not intended to function as protection against a hazard are not considered to be personal protective equipment.

Question 26

Production Facility means:

Answer 26

means a facility engaged in industrial-scale, large-volume or high concentration production of HIV or HBV.

Question 27

Regulated Waste means:

Answer 27

means liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials; contaminated items that would release blood or other potentially infectious materials in a liquid or semi-liquid state if compressed; items that are caked with dried blood or other potentially infectious materials and are capable of releasing these materials during handling; contaminated sharps; and pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or other potentially infectious materials.

Question 28

Research Laboratory means:

Answer 28

means a laboratory producing or using research-laboratory-scale amounts of HIV or HBV. Research laboratories may produce high concentrations of HIV or HBV but not in the volume found in production facilities.

Question 29

Sharps with engineered sharps injury protections means:

Answer 29

means a nonneedle sharp or a needle device used for withdrawing body fluids, accessing a vein or artery, or administering medications or other fluids, with a built-in safety feature or mechanism that effectively reduces the risk of an exposure incident.

Question 30

Source Individual means:

Answer 30

any individual, living or dead, whose blood or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the employee. Examples include, but are not limited to, hospital and clinic patients; clients in institutions for the developmentally disabled; trauma victims; clients of drug and alcohol treatment facilities; residents of hospices and nursing homes; human remains; and individuals who donate or sell blood or blood components.

Question 31

Sterilize means:

Answer 31

means the use of a physical or chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores.

Question 32

Universal Precautions means:

Answer 32

is an approach to infection control. According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens.

Question 33

Work Practice Controls means:

Answer 33

means controls that reduce the likelihood of exposure by altering the manner in which a task is performed (e.g., prohibiting recapping of needles by a two-handed technique).