Laboratory Safety and Waste Management Flashcards
This organization ensure safe and healthful working conditions for worker by setting and enforcing standards.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
A federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention, and preparedness activities.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Organization that provides the guidelines for writing standard procedures and policies.
Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI)
A source or a situation with a potential for causing harm.
Hazard
This type of hazard is because of a chemical substance such as formalin that could irritate the eyes.
Chemical hazard
This is the potential that a chosen action will lead to an underside outcome.
Risk
Risk = ______ + Situation/Action
Hazard
This is the transmission of the agent from its reservoir through the portal of exit then enters through an appropriate portal of entry to infect a susceptible host.
Chain of infection
This is developed by all healthcare facilities to control and monitor the infections occurring within the facilities.
Infection control
This component of chain of infection pertains to viruses, parasites, fungi, bacteria, and prion.
Infectious Agent
Infectious disease can be carried by humans, animals, insects, and fomites. They are called?
Reservoir
Give examples of portal of exit.
Nose, mouth, mucous membranes, and specimen collection
This is the term where the disease could be droplet, airborne, contact, vector, and vehicle.
Means of transmission
This is usually similar to portal of exit.
Portal of entry
These are the usually the patients, elderly, bee orbs, immuno-compromised individuals, and health care workers.
Susceptible Host
How to break the link of reservoir?
Disinfection and hand hygiene
How to break the link of means of transmission?
Hand hygiene, safety precautions, PPE, and patient isolation
How to break the link of portal of exit?
Sealed bio hazardous waste containers
Sealed specimen containers
Hand hygiene
Standard precautions
How to break the link of portal of entry?
Hand hygiene, standard precautions, PPE, and sterile equipment
How to break the link of susceptible host?
Immunizations, patient isolation, nursery precautions, and healthy lifestyle
This is a universal precaution.
Hand hygiene
This was created in 1987, for blood-borne pathogens.
Universal Precautions
What are the blood borne pathogens included in universal precaution?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Hepatitis B Virus
Wearing ____ and ____ is recommended with visibly bloody specimens according to UP.
Gloves and face shields
When it comes to handling sharp object you need to have?
Puncture-resistant container
Under UP where it tackles to be safe against all body fluids and moist body substances.
Body Substance Isolation (BSI)
All health workers handling certain body fluids should wear?
Gloves
True or False. According to BSI hand washing is recommended after gloving of contamination is not visible.
False. It is not recommended.
Standard Precaution: the current routine infection control policy is developed by?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
This is what you immediately do after removing gloves.
Hand washing
This must be worn when handling blood, body fluids, secretion, excretions, and contaminated items.
Gloves
Mucous membrane protection. Must be worn if there is a possible portal of entry for the pathogen.
Mask, Eye Protection, and Face shield
Appropriate for the amount of fluid that could be splashed.
Gown
These objects need to be dispose or sterile as per protocol.
Patient-Care Equipment
Cleaning and disinfection of surfaces.
Environmental Control
Prevent exposure when handling; Handling visible soiled - splash of blood.
Linen
This is when it comes to handling syringes.
Blood-borne pathogens
Isolation if needed.
Patient Placement