Guidelines and Precautions Flashcards

1
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Types of trash bins; sharps and broken glass

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Red Trash Bins

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Types of trash bins; infectious waste and syringe barrels

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Yellow Trash Bins

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3
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Types of trash bins; dry, non-infectious wastes and papers

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Black Trash Bins

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4
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Types of trash bins; wet and non-infectious waste

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Green Trash Bins

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5
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Types of trash bins; radioactive waste

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Orange Trash Bins

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It is a COLLECTION, TRANSPORT, PROCESSING or DISPOSAL, MANAGING, and MONITORING of WASTE MATERIALS.

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Waste Management

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7
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What are the FOUR basic Waste Disposal Techniques?

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  1. Landfull Burial
  2. Incineration
  3. Flushing Down the Drain to the Sewer System
  4. Recycling or Resource Recovery
  5. Applications of Chemicals
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8
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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.

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Safety Management Program

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9
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What are the Safety Management Program elements?

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  1. Written Safety Plan
  2. Job Safety Analysis
  3. Safety Awareness Program
  4. Risk Assessment
  5. Safety Audits and Follow-up
  6. Supporting and Investigating
  7. Emergency Drill and Evaluation
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10
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Hazard Communication [29 CFR 1910.1200] also known as?

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Right-to-Know Law, “HAZCOM”

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11
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It REMOVES PARTICLES that may be harmful to the employee who is working with potentially INFECTIOUS BIOLOGIC SPECIMENS.

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Biosafety Cabinets

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12
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What are the THREE primary means of communication?

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  1. Proper Labelling
  2. Development and Use of MSDS
  3. Employee Education
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13
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What are the sample chemical labels?

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  1. Statement of Hazards
  2. Hazard Class
  3. Safety Precautions
  4. National Fire Protection
    Agency (NFPA)
  5. Fire Extinguisher
  6. Safety Instruction
  7. Formula Weight
  8. Lot Number
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14
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The MUCOUS MEMBRANE, GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, or BROKEN SKIN

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Portal of Entry

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15
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PEOPLE, EQUIPMENT, or WATER

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Source

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16
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DIRECT CONTACT, INGESTION, or the AIR

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Mean of Transmission

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17
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An IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENT or BURN PATIENT

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Susceptible Host

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18
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The infection through SECRETION, EXCRETION, and DROPLETS

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Portal of Exit

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19
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Were developed in 1985 by the CDC as a response to the increase in BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES such as AIDS and HEPATITIS B.

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Universal Precautions

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20
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Universal Precautions EVOLVED into a system called?

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Body Substance Isolation (BSI)

21
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It COMBINES many of the basic principles of universal precautions with techniques from BSI.

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Standard Precautions

22
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Droplets that travel 1 METER or LESS from the infected individual.

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Droplet

23
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PHYSICAL TRANSFER of INFECTIOUS material from the SOURCE to a SUSCEPTIBLE HOST.

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Direct Contact

24
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TRANSMISSION BY INSECTS (e.g. malaria transmitted by mosquitos)

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Vector

25
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Transfer of infectious material VIA an OBJECT such as BED LINENS.

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Indirect Contact

26
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Transfer of infectious through CONTAMINATED items such as FOOD.

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Vehicle

27
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Droplets that TRANSFER ON AIR currents (e.g. those containing tuberculosis)

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Airborne

28
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Authorized to conduct on-site inspections known as the PUBLIC LAW 91-596.

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Occupational Safety and Health Act

29
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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.

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Nosocomial Infection

30
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Contains information on physical and chemical characteristics, fire, explosion reactivity, health hazards, primary routes of entry, etc.

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Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

31
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A UNICELLULAR PROTOZOAN PARASITE OF HUMANS, and the deadliest species of Plasmodium that causes malaria in humans.

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Plasmodium Falciparum

32
Q

Latex Allergy also known as?

A

Irritant Contact Dermatitis

33
Q

Fill in the blanks:

Velocity at the face of the hood should be __ and fairly uniform across the entire opening.

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100 to 120 fpm (feet per minute)

34
Q

Fill in the blanks:

A __ placed at the hood opening drill indicates airflow direction.

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A piece of tissue paper

35
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All BLOOD SAMPLES and BODY FLUIDS should be collected, transported, handled, and processed by universal precautions.

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Bloodborne Pathogens

36
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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)

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BSL-1

37
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BIOSAFETY LEVELS - MODERATE potential hazards to personnel and the environment (e.g. Hepatitis A virus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Solmonella Species)

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BSL-2

38
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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)

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BSL-3

39
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BIOSAFETY LEVEL - HIGH-RISK posing dangerous and exotic infections (e.g. E bola-virus and Smallpox virus)

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BSL-4

40
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Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Chemicals in Laboratories [29 CFR 1910.1450] also known as?

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Laboratory Standard nor Chemical Hygiene Standard

41
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A temperature at which sufficient vapor is given off to form an IGNITABLE MIXTURE with air.

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Flashpoint

42
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A STRONG OR BASE reacts with water to generate heat.

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Exothermic Reaction

43
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FLAMMABLE

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below 37.8*C (100F)

44
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COMBUSTIBLE

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above 37*8C (100F)

45
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FLAMMABLE GASES

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Hydrogen

46
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FLAMMABLE SOLID

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Paraffin Wax

47
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BENZENE and XYLENE

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Clearing Agent

48
Q

Fill in the blanks:

Expose an unprotected individual to __ or other biological entities that can result in injury.

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Bacteria, Viruses, and Parasites

49
Q

Established in 1983 to overcome the
shortcomings of Category Specific
isolation.

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Disease Specific Isolation