SAFETY IN THE HEMATOLOGY LABORATORY

Question 1

This individual has many duties affecting staff including compliance with existing regulations affecting the laboratory and staff

Answer 1

designated safety officer

Question 2

is a critical part of a laboratory safety program.

Answer 2

designated safety officer

Question 3

ORGANIZATIONS

Answer 3

• U.S. Department of labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (OSHA)
• Clinical and laboratory standards institute
• CDC, part of the U.S. department of health, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Public health council
• College of American Pathologists ( CAP)
• The joint commission (the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations)

Question 4

STANDARD PRECAUTIONS
- One of the greatest risks associated with the hematology laboratory is the exposure to…

Answer 4

blood and body fluids

Question 5

In_____, the OSHA issued a final rule for the occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens standard, universal precautions, original term:
OSHA’S current terminology is …
____

Answer 5

December 1991

standard precautions

Question 6

• the term standard precautions is used to describe
• all blood, body fluids, and tissues that are to be handled as though they are potentially infectious

Question 7

• the term _____is used to describe
• all blood, body fluids, and tissues that are to be handled as though they are potentially infectious

Answer 7

standard precautions

Question 8

four important occupational hazards in the laboratory:

Answer 8

fire hazard
electrical hazard
chemical
needle puncture

Question 9

…must be prohibited in the laboratory work area.

Answer 9

Eating, drinking, smoking, and applying cosmetics or lip balm

Question 10

…must be kept away from the mouth and all mucous membranes.

Answer 10

Hands, pens, and other fomites

Question 11

must be prohibited.

Answer 11

Mouth pipetting

Question 12

…contaminated with blood and other potentially infectious materials should not be manipulated in any way.

Answer 12

Needles and other sharp objects

Question 13

Contaminated sharps must be placed in a ______that is appropriately labeled with the universal biohazard symbol or a_____ that adheres to the standard.

The container must be____.

Answer 13

puncture-resistant container

red container

leakproof

Question 14

Removing caps when checking for clots, filling hemacytometer chambers, making slides, discarding specimens, making dilutions, and pouring specimens or fluids-

These procedures may be performed______, such as a_________ or _______ should be worn..

Answer 14

behind a barrier

plastic shield

protective eyewear

Question 15

Personal protective clothing and equipment must be provided to the laboratory staff. The most common forms of personal protective equipment are described in the following section:

Answer 15

Labgowns
Gloves
Eyewear

Question 16

…should be appropriately labeled to indicate potentially infectious materials.

Answer 16

Phlebotomy trays

Question 17

If a _____is used to transport specimens, the specimens should be transported in the appropriate tube (primary containment), and placed into a special self-sealing leakproof bag appropriately labeled with the biohazard symbol (secondary containment).

Answer 17

pneumatic tube system

Question 18

When equipment used to process specimens becomes visibly contaminated or requires maintenance or service, it must be______, whether the service is performed within the laboratory or by a manufacturer repair service

Answer 18

decontaminated