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Lab Risks Flashcards

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Safety sign symbols: what does it mean when the geometric shape is a red circle with a diagonal bar?

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Prohibition

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Safety sign symbols: what does it mean when the geometric shape is a blue circle?

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Mandatory action

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Safety sign symbols: what does it mean when the geometric shape is a yellow equilateral triangle with radiused outer corners?

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Warning

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Safety sign symbols: what does it mean when the geometric shape is green square

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Safe condition

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Safety sign symbols: what does it mean when the geometric shape is a red square

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Fire equipment

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What does PPE stand for?

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Personal Protective Equipment

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What is donning?

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Putting on PPE

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What is doffing?

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Taking off PPE

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Rearrange this in the correct donning procedure:
a. Lab gown/coat
b. 1st layer of gloves
c. 2nd layer of gloves
d. Face mask
e. Safety glasses

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b, a, d, e, c

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Rearrange this in the correct donning procedure:
a. Lab gown/coat
b. 1st layer of gloves
c. 2nd layer of gloves
d. Face mask
e. Safety glasses

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b, a, d, e, c

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It is the actions and measures that are used to lessen or eradicate the risk harbored by biological agents or toxins

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Biorisk Management

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Rearrange the following from most effective to least effective:
a. Engineering controls
b. Administrative controls
c. Elimination
d. PPE
e. Substitution

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c, e, a, b, d

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Refers to the work environment that reduce or prevent exposure to hazards

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Engineering controls

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Can be in the form of policies, standards and guidelines used to control the risk

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Administrative controls

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Used to effectively reduce risks

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Practices and Procedures

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Worn by the person to shield themselves from hazardous agents in the laboratory

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PPE, or personal protective equipment

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Identify which risk group is the following based on the description:
- no or low individual and community risk
- a microorganism that is unlike to cause human or animal disease

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Risk group 1

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Identify which risk group is the following based on the description:
- moderate individual risk, low community risk
- A pathogen that can cause human or animal disease but is unlikely to be a serious community hazard
- treatment and prevention are available and spread of infection is limited

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Risk group 2

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Identify which risk group is the following based on the description:
- high individual risk, low community risk
- a pathogen that usually causes serious human or animal disease but does not ordinarily spread from one infected individual to another
- effective treatment and preventive measures are available

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Risk group 3

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Identify which risk group is the following based on the description:
- high individual and community risk
- a pathogen that usually causes serious human or animal disease and can be transmitted from one individual to another, directly or indirectly
- treatment and prevention are not usually available

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Risk group 4

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Identify the biosafety level: Microbes not known to consistently cause disease in immunocompetent adult humans or minimal potential hazard to laboratory personnel and the environment

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BSL-1

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Identify the biosafety level: Microbes pose moderate potential hazard to personnel and the environment

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BSL-2

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Identify the biosafety level: Indigenous or exotic microbes that may cause serious or potentially lethal disease via inhalation

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BSL - 3

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Identify the biosafety level: Exotic agents that pose a high risk of aerosol-transmitted lab infections and life threatening disease that’s often fatal for which there are no vaccines/treatment

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BSL - 4

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Identify the biosafety level based on lab type: deals with those well-characterized agents which pose minimal potential hazard to lab workers and the environment

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BSL - 1

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Identify the biosafety level based on lab type: used to study the moderate-risk infectious agents or toxins to personnel and environment, dangerous if swallowed, inhaled or exposed to the skin

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BSL - 2

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Identify the biosafety level based on lab type: used to study the organisms that can cause serious and potentially lethal disease via inhalation route

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BSL - 3

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Identify the biosafety level based on lab type: used to study those microorganisms that are aerosol-transmitted and can cause severe to fatal diseases in humans for which there are no vaccines or treatments

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BSL - 4

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The intentional release of toxic biological agents to cause illnesses or death in people, animals, or plants

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Bioterrorism

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