Infection Control, Exposure Control, and Safety Flashcards
Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an exposure control plan
True
The exposure control plan shall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director OSHA upon request for examination and copying
True
HIV means
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
_______ mean any contaminated objects that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires.
Contaminated Sharps
Reasonable 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 is called
Occupational Exposure
Any individual, living or dead, whose blood, or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the employee is called a(n)
Source Individual
To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to
Sterilize
__________ is the single most important source of HIV and HBV in the workplace
Blood
The risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood from a patient known to be infected with HIV is approximately
0.50%
General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of _________ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment
Microbiological Agents
“Contact with blood, or other body fluids to which universal precautious apply through percutaneous inoculation, or contact with an open wound, non-intact skin, mucous membrane during the performance of normal duties” this definition (found in the Federal Register) applies to
Human Exposure
All workers whose jobs involve participation in tasks, or activities with exposure to blood, or other body fluids to which universal precautious apply, should be vaccinated with ________ vaccine
Hepatitis B
_________ testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.
Serologic
Studies suggest that the potential for salivary transmission of HIV is
Remote
After they are used, disposable syringes and needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp items should be placed in ________ containers for disposal
Puncture resistant
Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands, but by mechanical means, such as _________
A brush and dust pan
Contaminated laundry shall be _________ where it was soiled
Bagged or containerized at the location
All spills of blood-contaminated fluids should be promptly cleaned up using _________ approved germicide, or a 1:10 solution of household bleach
An EPA
In case of blood contamination shoe coverings and gloves should be disposed of in ____________ biohazard plastic bags.
Orange-red
It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear, or face shields, be worn by laboratory technicians, or housekeeping personnel ________
When cleaning up blood or body fluids
Blood from all individuals should be considered _________
Infective or infectious
When taking vital signs, a medical assistant must wear gloves, gown, and eye wear.
False
A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parental contact with blood, or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employees duties is called
Exposure incident
The term “Universal Precautions” is an
Overall approach to infection control
