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Question 1

Human blood, human blood components and products made from human blood.

Answer 1

Blood:

Question 2

Pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. Examples of these pathogens include: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis B (HBV), Hepatitis C virus, Malaria, Syphilis, Creutzfeld-Jakob Disesase and/or Viral Hemorrhagic Fever.

Answer 2

Bloodborne Pathogens:

Question 3

All control measures that isolate or remove a hazard from the workplace

Answer 3

Engineering Controls:

Question 4

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Answer 4

NIOSH:

Question 5

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Answer 5

OSHA:

Question 6

The presence or the reasonably anticipated presence of blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) on an item or surface.

Answer 6

Contaminated:

Question 7

Laundry that has been soiled with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) or may contain contaminated sharps

Answer 7

Contaminated laundry:

Question 8

Any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to, needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires

Answer 8

Contaminated sharps:

Question 9

The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy bloodborne pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal

Answer 9

Decontamination:

Question 10

A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin or parenteral contact with blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) that results from the performance of an employee’s duties. Examples of non-intact skin include skin with dermatitis, hangnails, cuts, abrasions, chafing, or acne.

Answer 10

Exposure incident:

Question 11

A facility providing an adequate supply of running potable water, soap and singe use towels or hot air drying machines.

Answer 11

Hand washing facilities:

Question 12

Reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane or parenteral contact with blood or OPIM that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties.

Answer 12

Occupational exposure:

Question 13

When mucous membranes or skin is pierced by needlesticks, human bites, cuts, or abrasions

Answer 13

Parenteral contact:

Question 14

Specialized clothing or equipment worn by an employee for protection against a hazard. General work clothes (for example uniforms, pants, shirts, or blouses) not intended to function as protection against a hazard isn’t considered to be PPE.

Answer 14

Personal protective equipment (PPE):

Question 15

1. Liquid or semi-liquid blood or other potentially infectious materials (OPIM)2. Contaminated items that would release blood or OPIM in a liquid or semi-liquid state, if compressed3. Items that are caked with dried blood or OPIM and are capable of releasing these materials during handling4. Contaminated sharps5. Pathological and microbiological wastes containing blood or OPIM

Answer 15

Regulated waste:

Question 16

treating all human blood and OPIM as if known to be infectious for bloodborne pathogens

Answer 16

Universal Precautions: