PPE

Question 1

PPE

Answer 1

• personal protective equipment
• must be able to wear to stay safe
• eye goggles, masks, gloves, gowns, closed tow shoes

Question 2

Regular mask

Answer 2

Used for droplet / aerosol protection

- used when 2 meters away from patient with a cough of cold

Question 3

Respirator N95

Answer 3

• must be fit tested
• use for airborne particles suspended in air
• ex. Chicken pox, measles, SARS, avian flu, H1N1, viral infections
• put on before you step into the room

Question 4

Engineering Controls

Answer 4

• equipment that you cannot wear, but helps you stay safe

- ex. Autoclave, sharps container, fire extinguisher, plexiglass in triage

Question 5

Administrative Controls

Answer 5

• things employer provides to you to maintain safety

- ex. Gloves, sick policy, safety engineered needles, proper ventilation, staffing numbers

Question 6

Work practice control

Answer 6

• all the things you do during the course of your day to stay safe
• wearing ppe, cleaning up spills, electrical safety, new sharps containers, wet floor signs

Question 7

Class A Fire

Answer 7

• paper, plastic, fabric, wood

Question 8

Class B fire

Answer 8

Flammable liquids, compressed gas (alcohol, gas, propane tank)

Question 9

Class C Fire

Answer 9

Electrical fire

Question 10

Class D fire

Answer 10

Spontaneous combustible metals,

Aluminium, phosphorous, magnesium, sodium + energy or O2

Question 11

What fire extinguisher do we use in lab?

Answer 11

Multipurpose dry chemical

ABC fire