Mod 2 Vocab

Question 1

OSHA

Answer 1

Occupational Health and Safety Administration; A governmental agency with the responsibility for regulation and enforcement of safety and health matters for most US Employee. An individual state OSHA agency my supersede the US Department of Labor OSHA regulations

Question 2

MSDS/ SDS

Answer 2

Materials Safety Data Sheet/Safety Data Sheet; Requirement of OSHA that manufacturers add these to shipments and make the available to customers. SDS displays pertinent product identification information in 16 required sections.

Question 3

Time-weighted average

Answer 3

TWA; Exposure that is time-weighted over an established period. It allows the exposure levels to be averaged generally over an 8-hour period.

Question 4

Permissible exposure limit

Answer 4

PEL; Maximum legal limit established by OSHA for a regulated substance. These are based on employee exposure and are time-weighted over and 8-hour work shift. When these limits are exceeded, employers must take proper steps to reduce employee exposure. For formaldehyde, the PEL is .75 ppm (parts per million)

Question 5

Short Term Exposure Limit

Answer 5

STEL; Legal limits established by OSHA to which workers can be exposed continuously for a short period of time without damage or injury. Exposures at the STEL should not be longer than 15 minutes and not repeated more than four times per week.

Question 6

Action Level

Answer 6

AL; Exposure limit usually one half the OSHA legal limit for a regulated substance. This level is established to ensure adequate protection of employees at exposures below the OSHA limits, but to minimize the compliance burdens for the employers whose employees have exposures below the 8-hour permissible exposure limit (PEL). The AL for formaldehyde is .5 ppm (parts per million)

Question 7

Formaldehyde Rule

Answer 7

OSHA regulation limiting the amount of occupational exposure to formaldehyde gas.

Question 8

Bloodborne Pathogen Rule

Answer 8

OSHA regulation concerning exposure of employees to blood and other bodily fluids. Strict definitions regarding: Blood, Bloodborne Pathogens, Contamination, Contaminated Laundry, Contaminated Sharps, Engineering Controls, Exposure Incident, Occupational Exposure, Parenteral, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), Universal Precautions, Work Practice Controls.

Question 9

Primary Disinfection

Answer 9

Disinfection practices carried out before the embalming process.

Question 10

Concurrent Disinfection

Answer 10

Disinfection practices carried out during the embalming process.

Question 11

Terminal Disinfection

Answer 11

Institution of disinfection and decontamination measures after preparation of the remains.

Question 12

Universal precautions

Answer 12

An approach to infection control in which all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as though they are contaminated with HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens.