Lab Exam Flashcards (Monday)
You will NOT be able to participate in lab unless you have?
- Proper Face Covering
- Closed-Toed Shoes
- Long Pants
- Lab Coat
Safety goggles are required when working with hazardous materials. (True or False?)
True
Never try to pick up broken pieces with your hands. (True or False?)
True
Report ALL spills or other incidents immediately to your lab instructor. (True or False?)
True
Discard clean broken glass into the Biohazard Bin. (True or False?)
False– (Discard clean broken glass into the “Broken Glass” box ONLY!!)
Return all equipment to their designated locations and clean your work area. (True or False?)
True
Dry biohazardous waste should be disposed in?
A red biohazard bag, which is placed in a bin or container with biohazard labels on it.
Sharps should be disposed in a biohazard bin. (True or False?)
False– (Sharps should be disposed in a sharps container.)
Determine each object and match them to their appropriate locations.
- Contaminated cultures
- Petri dishes
- Culture flasks
- Gloves
- Paper Towels
- Contaminated hypodermic needles
- Clean broken glassware (beakers, flasks)
- Contaminated glass waste
- Plastic pipette tips
- Contaminated blades
- Contaminated microscope slides
- Contaminated scalpels
- Any contaminated material which can puncture or penetrate the skin or a red bag
- Solid materials that have been contaminated with animal blood
- Kim wipes
- Bench papers contaminated with biohazardous materials
- Waste from infectious agents, such as bacteria, viruses or live or attenuated vaccine
- Waste contaminated with excretion or secretion from infectious humans or animals
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Sharps Container
- Broken Glass Container
- Sharps Container
- Biohazard Bin
- Sharps Container
- Sharps Container
- Sharps Container
- Sharps Container
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
- Biohazard Bin
ALL pathological waste should be disposed of in a Pathological Waste Container. What are some examples of pathological waste?
Some examples include:
- Organs, tissues, body parts, and fluids, which have been removed by trauma, surgery, other medical procedures.
- Human or animal tissues injected with a human pathogen or are potentially infectious.
Where is liquid waste disposed of?
Through the conventional sanitary sewage system if the materials are deactivated with 10% bleach solution and copious amounts of water.
Examples:
- Human or animal blood
- Body fluid or semi-liquid materials
You prepared a Gram-stained slide of bacteria during your lab. How would you dispose of it at
the end of the lab?
Sharps Container
Your lab-mate accidentally breaks a beaker you used for boiling water in one of your experiments. Where would you CAREFULLY throw away the broken glass?
Broken Glass Container
What are five PPE requirements that must be worn during lab?
- Lab Coat
- Close-toed shoes
- Long pants
- Safety goggles
- Gloves
What are the three major parts of a microscope?
The lens system, the adjustable light source, and the focusing mechanism.