Laboratory Management and Safety Flashcards
Quality control
Analysis of quantitative data
Nature of the physical, health, or environmental health hazard
Hazard Class
EO No. 307, November 1987
Protect workers through preventive approach of reducing/eliminating occupational accidents and illnesses
Service Capability: Urine culture CBCs Urinalysis Fasting insulin levels Sensitivity Clinical Chemistry
3 1 1 3 Limited 2
Another term for corrosive
Caustic
Manager of clinical laboratory
MLS
Best measurements of accuracy: ______
Best measurements of precision: ______
Standards
Controls
Container for inorganic hydroxides
Polyethylene container
Laboratory deparments
Hematology Hemostasis and Coagulation Urinalysis Clinical Chemistry Blood Banking Immunology and Serology Molecular Diagnostics Microbiology Clinical Microscopy
Nonanalytical factors in quality assessment
Qualified personnel Established laboratory procedures Laboratory procedure manual Proper procedures for specimen collection and storage Preventive maintenance of equipment Appropriate methodology Established quality control and quality assessment techniques Accuracy in reporting results
Recommended storage method for acids
Segregate oxidizing acids from organic acids
Substances that can spontaneously explode
Reactive chemicals
Responsibilities in the laboratory
Know and comply with established lab safety practices
Be observant
Be involved in the conduct of safe work practices
Expels noxious and hazardous fumes from chemical reagents
Chemical fume hood
Comparison of an instrument reading to a known physical constant
Calibration
GHS
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
Engaged in teaching and research
MLS and MLT
Components of F1
Health service delivery
Health regulation
Health finance
Good governance in health
Dangerous even at low comcentrations
Sodium hydroxide
Storage of flammable liquids
Chemical storage equipment
Oxidizing acids
Chromic acid
Nitric acid
Sulfuric acid
Perchloric acid
Quality assessment: ______ and ______
Nonanalytical factors
Quality control
Storage equipment of highly volatile flammable liquids
Explosion-proof refrigerator
Yellow fumes
Nitric acid
Caustic potash
Potassium hydroxide
Approved methods for treatment of medical waste
Incineration
Chemical disinfection
Encapsulation in a solid matrix
Steam sterilization
Orientation on the SDS of a chemical
Hazard communication
Caustic burns
Phenol
Quality control is the process that monitors ____ and ____ of results
Accuracy
Reproducibility
Nonionizing radiation often emitted by equipment
Electromagnetic radiation
Caustic soda
Sodium hydroxide
Basic disposal techniques
Flushing
Incineration
Landfill burial
Recycling
Accuracy: freedom from ______
Precision: freedom from ______
Errors
Variation
Flash point:
Flammable liquid
Combustible liquid
< 37.8 Celsius
>= 37.8 Celsius
Transform into less hazardous forms
Explosives
Carcinogens
Sulfuric acid concentration that may cause blindness
> 65%
Remove toxic products of combustion from flammables by incineration with: _____ and _____
Afterburners
Scrubbers
Temperature at which sufficient vapor is given off to form am ignitable mixture with air
Flash point
Example of a combustible liquid
Dimethylformamide
Carbon tetrachloride effect
Damaging to the liver
Severely caustic
Acetic acid
Trichloroacetic acid
Reusable solvents
Xylene
Acetone
Health sector implementation framework
Fourmula One for Health
DENR AO 1992-26
Designation of pollution control officers
Ether effect
CNS depression
To protect lab workers and properties from hazards
DO No. 136-14 series of 2014
Serve as duly recognized agency for testing and setting standard specifications of PPE and other safety devices
Occupational Safety and Health Center
AO No. 2007-0027
To ensure access
To promulgate a revised minimum standard
To require clinical labs for research and teaching purposes to register with BHFS
