Regulations And WHIMIS Flashcards
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Canada Health Act
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- federal legislation
- protects, promotes and restores the physical and mental well being of residents of Canada
- reasonable access to health care without barriers
2
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OHSA
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- Occupational Health and Safety act
- governs health and safety in the workplace
- sets out rights and requirements for employer and employee
- joint health and safety committee
- includes WHMIS
3
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WHMIS
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- workplace hazardous material information system
- provides safe use on hazardous materials in the workplace
- hazard identification, product classification, labelling, MSDS, worker training and education
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RHPA
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- regulated health professionals act 1991
- governed by a professional college
- protect the public from harm, promote high quality of care, make professionals accountable to public, achieve regulatory equality by making all professionals equally accountable
- prohibits counselling a member if information is outside of their scope of practice - ex. Diagnosis or recommendations of health info
- regulated professional may delegate authority to unregulated professional but mother are legally responsible
5
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PHIPA
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- personal health information protection act 2004
- controls the rules regarding sharing in information between health care providers - labs, hospitals, long term care, labs
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PIPEDA
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- personal information protections and electronic documents act
- governs the collection, use and disclosure of personal information
7
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LSCCLA
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Laboratory and specimen collection centre licensing act
- who can order lab tests = dr, dentist, NP
- who can act as medical director - staffing is adequate
- ethical and legal guidelines for licensing
- equipment tests an be at point of care
- requirement for all samples to go to licensed lab for testing
8
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OLA
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- Ontario Laboratory accreditation
- accrediting body to allow labs licensing under LSCCLA
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IQMH or QMPLS
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- institute for quality management in healthcare
- quality management in healthcare
- checks up on labs quality control, quality assurance and makes sure they are working with OLA guidelines
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LPTP
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- laboratory proficiency testing program
- under IQHM/QMP-LS
- sends blind samples to lab to have them tested in conjunction with patient samples
- results are sent back to LPTP for assessment
- get report card to show how well you did
11
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Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act
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- transportation of hazardous materials through roads, water, air, railway
- must always be triple layered
- type 1 - one sample
- type 2- multiple samples
12
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Category A (TDGA)
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2814 - infectious to humans
2900 - infections to animals
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Category C (TDGA)
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3291 - clinical/ medical waste/ body tissue / body parts
14
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Category B (TDGA)
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3373- biological substances
