Safety in the Clinical Laboratory

Question 1

Common cause of accidents

Answer 1

· inexperience
· carelessness
. ignoring known risks
. fatigue
· haste
· mental preoccupation

Question 2

Hazards in the clinical laboratory

Answer 2

Physical, chemical, biological

Question 3

Class A type of fire

Answer 3

Ordinary combustibles: wood, paper, rubber, fabrics, and many plastics

Question 4

Type of extinguisher for type A fire

Answer 4

Water, dry powder, halon

Question 5

Class B type of fire

Answer 5

Flammable liquids and gases: gasoline, oils, paint, lacquer, and tar

Question 6

Class B type of extinguisher

Answer 6

Carbon dioxide, dry powder, halon

Question 7

Class C type type of fire

Answer 7

Fires involving live electrical equipment

Question 8

Class D type of fire

Answer 8

Combustible metals or combustible metal alloys

Question 9

Type of extinguisher for type C fire

Answer 9

Carbon dioxide, dry powder, halon

Question 10

Class K type of fire

Answer 10

Fires in cooking appliances that involve combustible cooking media: vegetable or animal oils and fats

Question 11

Requires classification, labeling, and safety data sheets (SDS) with 16 sections

Answer 11

OSHA hazard communication standard (1983)

Question 12

Contain information regarding the properties and effects of each chemical (toxic, flammable,caustic and combination of these effects

Answer 12

Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)

Question 13

Uses a diamond-shaped label to indicate health, flammability, reactivity, and special hazards.

Answer 13

NFPA (National Fire Protection Association)

Question 14

Biological hazards

Answer 14

Airborne pathogens, blood borne pathogens

Question 15

Blood borne pathogens categories

Answer 15

category I, category II, category III

Question 16

Highest potential for exposure

Answer 16

Category I

Question 17

Limited to O exposure

Answer 17

Category III

Question 18

OSHA requires written

Answer 18

Exposure control plan

Question 19

1983 expanded in 1987

Answer 19

OSHA

Question 20

Universal precaution (1987)

Answer 20

CDC

Question 21

CLIA ‘88

Answer 21

US congress

Question 22

National center for health facilities and development

Answer 22

DOH

Question 23

Used for autoclave ( can’t be used for plastic)

Answer 23

250°C for 15 minutes

Question 24

Common decontaminant

Answer 24

10% household bleach (90 mL water + 10 mL chlorox)

Question 25

4 basic techniques

Answer 25

• Flushing down the drain- chemical
• incineration
• landfill burial - 6ft deep 3ft wide
• recycling

Question 26

Black

Answer 26

Non-infectious dry waste

Question 27

Green

Answer 27

Non-infectious wet waste

Question 28

Yellow

Answer 28

Infectious and pathological waste

Question 29

Yellow with black band

Answer 29

Chemical and heavy metal wastes

Question 30

Orange

Answer 30

Radioactive waste

Question 31

Red

Answer 31

Sharps and pressured containers