Module 2: Workplace Safety

Question 1

• OSHA

Answer 1

Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Question 2

• MSDS/ SDS

Answer 2

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) / Safety Data Sheet (SDS) is a document that provides health and safety information about products, substances or chemicals that are classified as hazardous substances or dangerous goods.

Question 3

• Time-Weighted Average

Answer 3

OSHA air quality monitoring test that detects the level of formaldehyde gas present over 8 hours.

Question 4

• Permissible exposure limit

Answer 4

PELs are legal limits for the degree to which workers may be exposed to chemicals and other hazards (such as noise) without suffering harm.

Question 5

• Short Term Exposure Limit

Answer 5

STELs or ceiling limits are the maximum levels to which workers may be exposed, even for a very short period of time.

Question 6

• Action Level

Answer 6

Generally, set at one half of the permissible exposure limit (PEL).

Question 7

• Formaldehyde Rule

Answer 7

The employer shall assure that no employee is exposed to an airborne concentration of formaldehyde which exceeds 0.75 parts formaldehyde per million parts of air (0.75 ppm) as an 8-hour TWA.

Question 8

• Bloodborne Pathogen Rule

Answer 8

This standard seeks to prevent serious occupational infections among employees.

Question 9

• Primary Disinfection

Answer 9

Disinfection carried out prior to the embalming process.

Question 10

• Concurrent Disinfection

Answer 10

Disinfection practices carried out during the embalming process.

Question 11

• Terminal Disinfection

Answer 11

Disinfection and decontamination measures after the preparation of the remains.

Question 12

• Universal precautions

Answer 12

Universal precautions are intended to prevent parenteral, mucous membrane, and non-intact skin exposures of health-care workers to bloodborne pathogens.