Lab Man.2 Flashcards
UNIVERSAL PRECAUTION – instituted by CDC (1985) year ?
1. General guidelines for isolation; precautions in hospitals
2. Blood specimens are considered potentially infectious
3. Blood & certain body fluids of all patients should be treated potentially infectious
4. All patients are assumed to be possible carriers regardless of the patient’s condition or state
- 1983
- 1985
- 1987
- 1989
SPECIMEN w/c are USUALLY NOT INFECTIOUS (7)
SPECIMEN w/c are POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS ( at least 3)
SPECIMEN w/c are USUALLY NOT INFECTIOUS (7)
- Feces
- Nasal secretions
- Sputum
- Sweat
- Tears
- Urine
- Vomitous
SPECIMEN w/c are POTENTIALLY INFECTIOUS ( at least 3)
- Blood
- Seminal fluid
- Vaginal secretions
HAZARD CATEGORIES OF CHEMICALS
1. cause visible destruction of human tissue or injury upon contact or inhalation
- chemicals w/ pH ___ or ___
- examples (2)
2. spontaneously explode or ignite, or evolve heat, flammable or explosive gas under certain conditions
- examples (2)
3. lowest T that produces sufficient vapor to form an ignitable mixture at the surface of the liquid
- examples (2)
- flammable: FP ___ or ____
- combustibles: FP (_____)
4. Induce genetic mutations; cause changes in the DNA molecule
5. Cause physical defects in the developing embryo
6. may promote the development of cancer cells if prolonged/ repeated exposure
- CORROSIVES
- <2 or >12
- conc. acetic acid, conc. ammonium hydroxide - REACTIVES
- ethyl ether, isopropyl ether - IGNITABLES
- acetone, alcohol
- <100F or <37.8C
- =/>100C - MUTAGENS
- TERATOGENS
- CARCINOGENS
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
by _______
W/ White =
- what are under this (6)
1/ Yellow =
- 4 =
- 3 =
- 2 =
- 1 =
- 0 =
National Fire Protection Agency
W/ White = Specific Hazard
- Oxidizer
- Acid
- Alkali
- Corrosive
- Use No Water
- Radiation
1/ Yellow = Reactivity
- 4 = may deteriorate
- 3 = shock and heat may deteriorate
- 2 = violent chemical change
- 1 = unstable if heated
- 0 = stable
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM
2/ Red =
- 4:
- 3:
- 2:
- 1:
- 0:
3/ Blue =
- 4:
- 3:
- 2:
- 1:
- 0:
2/ Red = Fire
- 4: below 73F
- 3: below 100F
- 2: below 200F
- 1: above 200F
- 0: will not burn
3/ Blue = Health
- 4: Deadly
- 3: Extreme Danger
- 2: Hazardous
- 1: Slightly Hazardous
- 0: Normal Material
CLASSES OF FIRES
1. wood paper cloth etc
- color and symbol
2. grease oil paint solvents
- color and symbol
3. electrical panel, motor, wiring etc
- color and symbol
4. magnesium, aluminum, etc
- color and symbol
5. cooking oils, animal fats, vegetable oils
- color and symbol
- Ordinary Combustibles
- Triangle Green - Flammable Liquids
- Square Red - Live Electrical Equipment
- Circle Blue - Combustible Metal
- Star Yellow - Commercial Cooking Equipment
- Hexagon Black
Guidelines in Handling Flammable Reagents:
1. Area = ____ = max of _____ gallons of flammable reagents
2. to store 60 gallons in _____, if only 25 gallons in ____
3. limit
- class a flammable
- class b flammable
- other reagents
- 5,000sqft =10 gallons
- safety cabinet; safety cans
- limit
- 1 pint
- 1 quart
- 1 gallon
WASTE MANAGEMENT: Four basic waste-disposal techniques
- flushing down the drain to the sewer system
- incineration
- landfill burial
- recycling
TYPES OF WASTES
1. may pose a threat to human health or the environment when improperly handled
2. anything that may harbor or transmit pathogenic organisms from individuals who may have a communicable disease
3. any solid, semisolid or liquid waste generated in diagnosis, treatment or immunization of humans or animals in research or production or testing of biological
- HAZARDOUS WASTES
- INFECTIOUS WASTES
- MEDICAL WASTES
Waste containers
1. Black
2. Green
3. Yellow
4. Yellow w/ black band
5. Red
6. Orange
- Non-infectious DRY waste
- Non-infectious WET waste
- Infectious Pathological waste
- Chemical waste
- Sharps and pressurized containers
- Radioactive wastes
