Guidelines and Precautions Flashcards
Types of trash bins; sharps and broken glass
Red Trash Bins
Types of trash bins; infectious waste and syringe barrels
Yellow Trash Bins
Types of trash bins; dry, non-infectious wastes and papers
Black Trash Bins
Types of trash bins; wet and non-infectious waste
Green Trash Bins
Types of trash bins; radioactive waste
Orange Trash Bins
It is a COLLECTION, TRANSPORT, PROCESSING or DISPOSAL, MANAGING, and MONITORING of WASTE MATERIALS.
Waste Management
What are the FOUR basic Waste Disposal Techniques?
- Landfull Burial
- Incineration
- Flushing Down the Drain to the Sewer System
- Recycling or Resource Recovery
- Applications of Chemicals
It is the OVERVIEW OF THE ELEMENTS that identifies the guidelines necessary to provide a safe working environment free from recognizable hazards that can cause HARM or INJURY.
Safety Management Program
What are the Safety Management Program elements?
- Written Safety Plan
- Job Safety Analysis
- Safety Awareness Program
- Risk Assessment
- Safety Audits and Follow-up
- Supporting and Investigating
- Emergency Drill and Evaluation
Hazard Communication [29 CFR 1910.1200] also known as?
Right-to-Know Law, “HAZCOM”
It REMOVES PARTICLES that may be harmful to the employee who is working with potentially INFECTIOUS BIOLOGIC SPECIMENS.
Biosafety Cabinets
What are the THREE primary means of communication?
- Proper Labelling
- Development and Use of MSDS
- Employee Education
What are the sample chemical labels?
- Statement of Hazards
- Hazard Class
- Safety Precautions
- National Fire Protection
Agency (NFPA) - Fire Extinguisher
- Safety Instruction
- Formula Weight
- Lot Number
The MUCOUS MEMBRANE, GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, or BROKEN SKIN
Portal of Entry
PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT, or WATER
Source
DIRECT CONTACT, INGESTION, or the AIR
Mean of Transmission
An IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT or BURN PATIENT
Susceptible Host
The infection through SECRETION, EXCRETION, and DROPLETS
Portal of Exit
Were developed in 1985 by the CDC as a response to the increase in BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES such as AIDS and HEPATITIS B.
Universal Precautions
Universal Precautions EVOLVED into a system called?
Body Substance Isolation (BSI)
It COMBINES many of the basic principles of universal precautions with techniques from BSI.
Standard Precautions
Droplets that travel 1 METER or LESS from the infected individual.
Droplet
PHYSICAL TRANSFER of INFECTIOUS material from the SOURCE to a SUSCEPTIBLE HOST.
Direct Contact
TRANSMISSION BY INSECTS (e.g. malaria transmitted by mosquitos)
Vector
Transfer of infectious material VIA an OBJECT such as BED LINENS.
Indirect Contact
Transfer of infectious through CONTAMINATED items such as FOOD.
Vehicle
Droplets that TRANSFER ON AIR currents (e.g. those containing tuberculosis)
Airborne
Authorized to conduct on-site inspections known as the PUBLIC LAW 91-596.
Occupational Safety and Health Act
Also known as HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED or HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTION. The patient develops an infection 48 hours or more after admission or within 30 days after discharge from the hospital.
Nosocomial Infection
Contains information on physical and chemical characteristics, fire, explosion reactivity, health hazards, primary routes of entry, etc.
Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)
A UNICELLULAR PROTOZOAN PARASITE OF HUMANS, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.
Plasmodium Falciparum
Latex Allergy also known as?
Irritant Contact Dermatitis
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Velocity at the face of the hood should be __ and fairly uniform across the entire opening.
100 to 120 fpm (feet per minute)
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A __ placed at the hood opening drill indicates airflow direction.
A piece of tissue paper
All BLOOD SAMPLES and BODY FLUIDS should be collected, transported, handled, and processed by universal precautions.
Bloodborne Pathogens
BIOSAFETY LEVELS - LOW-RISK is not known to consistently cause disease in healthy adult humans (e.g. E-coli, Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, and non-infectious bacteria)
BSL-1
BIOSAFETY LEVELS - MODERATE potential hazards to personnel and the environment (e.g. Hepatitis A virus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Solmonella Species)
BSL-2
BIOSAFETY LEVELS - EXOTIC or INDIGENOUS that can cause serious or potentially lethal disease through respiratory transmission (e.g. Yersinia pestis, SARS, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Rabies virus, West Nile, and Hantavirus)
BSL-3
BIOSAFETY LEVEL - HIGH-RISK posing dangerous and exotic infections (e.g. E bola-virus and Smallpox virus)
BSL-4
Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories [29 CFR 1910.1450] also known as?
Laboratory Standard nor Chemical Hygiene Standard
A temperature at which sufficient vapor is given off to form an IGNITABLE MIXTURE with air.
Flashpoint
A STRONG OR BASE reacts with water to generate heat.
Exothermic Reaction
FLAMMABLE
below 37.8*C (100F)
COMBUSTIBLE
above 37*8C (100F)
FLAMMABLE GASES
Hydrogen
FLAMMABLE SOLID
Paraffin Wax
BENZENE and XYLENE
Clearing Agent
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Expose an unprotected individual to __ or other biological entities that can result in injury.
Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasites
Established in 1983 to overcome the
shortcomings of Category Specific
isolation.
Disease Specific Isolation
