module 2 Embalming

Question 1

occupational safety and health administration. A government agency with the responsibility for regulations and enforcement of individual state OSHA agency may supersede the U.S. department of labor OSHA regulations.

Answer 1

OSHA

Question 2

Material safety data sheets. form that must accompany a hazardous product. Requirement of the Department of Labor and occupational safety and health administration under the Hazard communication standard.

Answer 2

MSDS

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Time-weighted average (TWA)

Question 4

Maximum legal limit established by the occupational safety and health administration for a regulated substance. These are based on employee exposure and are time-weighted over an 8-hour work shift. When these limits are exceeded, employers must take proper steps to reduce employee exposure. For formaldehyde the pel is 0.75 ppm.

Answer 4

Permissible exposure limit (PEL)

Question 5

Legal limits established by the occupational health and safety administration to which workers can be exposed continuously for a short period without damage or injury. Exposure at the STEL should not be longer than 15 minutes and not repeated more than four times per workday.

Answer 5

Short-term exposure limit (STEL)

Question 6

Exposure limit usually one half of the occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) legal limit for a regulated substance. This level is established to ensure adequate protection of employees at exposure below the OSHA limits, but to minimize the compliance burdens for employers whose employee have exposures below the 8-hour permissible exposure limit (PEL). The AL for formaldehyde is 0.5 ppm.

Answer 6

Action Level (AL)

Question 7

Occupational safety and health administration regulation limiting the amount of occupational exposure to formaldehyde gas.

Answer 7

Formaldehyde Rule.

Question 8

Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) regulation concerning exposure of employees to blood and other body fluids. The following are OSHA definitions. Blood-Bloodborne pathogens-Contaminated-contaminated laundry-contaminated sharps-engineering controls-exposure incident-occupational exposure-parenteral-Personal protective equipment-universal precautions-work practice controls

Answer 8

Bloodborne pathogen Rule.

Question 9

Disinfection carried out before the embalming process.

Answer 9

Primary disinfection

Question 10

Disinfection practices carried out during the embalming process.

Answer 10

Concurrent disinfection

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Terminal disinfection

Question 12

An approach to infection control in which all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if they are contaminated with HIV, Hepatitis b virus (HBV), and other bloodborne pathogens.

Answer 12

Universal precautions