Laboratory Safety and Quality Assessment Flashcards
Safety Procedure Manuals is mandated by:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
The Safety Procedure Manuals are updated _____ by the laboratory director
Annually
The Safety Procedure Manuals are updated annually by the _____
Laboratory Director
The _____ provides the guidelines for writing the procedures and policies in the Safety Procedure Manuals
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
List down the Infectious Agents
Bacteria
Fungi
Parasites
Viruses
List down the Reservoir
Humans
Animals
Insects
Fomites
Blood/Body Fluids
List down the Portal of Exit
Nose
Mouth
Mucous Membrane
Specimen Collection
List down the Means of Transmission
Droplet
Airborne
Contact
Vector
Vehicle
List down the Portal of Entry
Nose
Mouth
Mucous Membranes
Skin
Unsterile Equipment
List down the Susceptible Host
Patients
Elderly
Newborns
Immunocompromised
Health-care Workers
How to break the link for the Reservoir?
Disinfection
Hand Hygiene
How to break the link for the Portal of Exit?
Sealed biohazardous waste containers
Sealed specimen containers
Hand Hygiene
Standard Precautions
How to break the link for the Means of Transmission?
Hand Hygiene
Standard Precautions
PPE
Patient Isolation
How to break the link for the Portal of Entry?
Hand Hygiene
Standard Precautions
PPE
Sterile Equipment
How to break the link for the Susceptible Host?
Immunizations
Patient Isolation
Nursery Precautions
Healthy Lifestyle
States that all patients are considered to be possible carriers of bloodborne pathogens
Universal Precautions (UP)
Universal Precaution guideline recommends _____ and _____
Wearing gloves
Wearing face shields
The CDC excluded _____ and _____ not visibly contaminated by blood from UP
Urine
Body Fluids
Major disadvantage of BSI guidelines
Do not recommend handwashing after removing gloves
In _____, the CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) combined the major features of UP and BSI Guidelines and called the new Guidelines Standard Precautions.
1996
In 1996, the _____ and _____ combined the major features of UP and BSI Guidelines and called the new Guidelines Standard Precautions.
CDC
HICPAC
In 1996, the CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) combined the major features of_____ and _____ and called the new Guidelines Standard Precautions.
UP
BSI
In 1996, the CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) combined the major features of UP and BSI Guidelines and called the new Guidelines _____.
Standard Precautions
Standard Precautions are as follows:
- Hand Hygiene
- Gloves
- Mouth, Nose, and Eye Protection
- Gown
- Patient Care Equipment
- Environmental Control
- Linen
- Occupational Health and Blood-borne Pathogens
- Patient Placement
- Respiratory Hygiene/Cough Etiquette
PPE used in the laboratory includes:
Gloves
Fluid-resistant Gowns
Eye and Face Shields
Plexiglas Countertop Shields
Wearing gloves is not a substitute for _____
Hand Hygiene
Wearing _____ is not a substitute for hand hygiene.
Gloves