M1: Safety Practices in the Laboratory

Question 1

Infectious/Pathological

Answer 1

YELLOW

Question 2

Sharps and pressurized container

Answer 2

RED

Question 3

Dry, non-infectious

Answer 3

BLACK

Question 4

Wet, non-infectious

Answer 4

GREEN

Question 5

Chemical

Answer 5

YELLOW WITH BLACK BAND

Question 6

Radioactive

Answer 6

ORANGE

Question 7

It is meant to reduce the risk of transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens from both recognized and unrecognized sources.

Answer 7

Standard Precaution in Healthcare (WHO)

Question 8

Major component of standard precautions and one of the most effective methods to prevent the transmission of pathogens associated with health care.

Answer 8

Hand hygiene

Question 9

Agents with no known potential for infecting healthy people

Answer 9

Biosafety Level 1 (BSL-1)

Question 10

Agents that are most commonly encountered in clinical specimens

eg. Bacillus anthracis, Staphylococcus, Streptococcus

Answer 10

Biosafety Level 2 (BSL-2)

Question 11

Agents with potential aerosol transmission. Disease may have serious or lethal consequences

eg. Cultures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Fransicella, Brucella, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia rickettsia, mold stages of systemic fungi

Answer 11

Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3)

Question 12

Agents that pose high risk of life-threatening disease

eg. Ebola virus, Smallpox virus, SARS, influenza virus, HIV

Answer 12

Biosafety Level 4 (BSL-4)