Safety In The Operating Room

Question 1

Occupational Safety

Answer 1

Anesthesia Safety

OR staff

Question 2

Patient safety

Answer 2

Increased Safety

Avoid adverse events

Question 3

American National Standard Institue

ANSI

Answer 3

Reugulate standard equipment internal worldwide

Question 4

National Institue for Occupational Safety and Health

NIOSH

Answer 4

NIOSH

Prevent illness and injury in workplace
Department within the CDC

Question 5

Occupational Safety Health Administration

OSHA

Answer 5

OSHA

safety and mandates levels of anesthetic gas levels, laser production

Question 6

FDA

Answer 6

Drug approval

Anesthesia equipment

Question 7

One and only campaign

Answer 7

Eliminate infections from injecting practice

One need one syringe one time

Question 8

Name two sources of error in operating room

Answer 8

Equipment and human

Question 9

How is the Electricity power in OR supplied?

Answer 9

Isolated transformer, no ground so no electric shock risk

LINE OF ISOLATION LIM
montiors electrical supply and warns if there is a gorund connection

Question 10

How is the electrical equipment supplied?

Answer 10

Electrical equipment is grounded to prevent shock

Question 11

LIM
LINE OF ISOLATION MONTIOR
whats the purpose of LIM?

Answer 11

Prevent macro and micro shocks

Macro: gross current shock to body surface low density of current that reaches the heart

Micro: small currents can affect the heart via pacer wires or fuild filled cathereters

Question 12

Bovie

Answer 12

Pateint must be grounded to ensure current density is low

Question 13

Lasers

Answer 13

Risk of thermal injury
Must protect eyes, face and skin
Class 4 is a fire hazard
Generate airborn contaminants

Question 14

Oxygen and Fire

Answer 14

Reduce to FiO2 less than 30% to reduce fire risk

Question 15

Radiation

Answer 15

Time and distance

Highest risk with fluoroscopy

Question 16

The fire Triangle

Answer 16

Oxygen
Heat
Fuel