Standards of Practice Flashcards

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Canada Health Act

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  • 1985
  • Outlining federal funding for hospitals
  • Reasonable access to healthcare for all Canadians regardless of income
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Canada’s Healthcare System (Medicare)

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Federal government responsible for: Standards, funding and delivery of service

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Regulated Health Professions Act

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  • 1991
  • Protect public from harm, regulatory bodies/review councils, controlled acts
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Health Care Consent Act

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  • 1996
  • Informed consent
  • Implied consent
  • Right to refuse
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Occupational Health and Safety Act

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  • 1990
  • Outlines duties of all parties
  • Duties for employers
  • WHMIS
  • Needle safety
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WHMIS Categories

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  • Labeling
  • Signal Word
  • Hazard Statement
  • Precautionary Statement
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Who is Responsible for Labeling Hazardous Products?

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Supplier

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What 6 Important Parts Should the Supplier Labels Include?

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  1. Product Identifier
  2. Pictogram
  3. Signal Word
  4. Hazard Statement
  5. Precautionary Statement
  6. Supplier Information
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2 Examples of Signal Words

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  1. Danger (high risk)
  2. Warning (low risk)
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What is a Hazard Statement? Give 2 Examples

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Description of the hazard.

  1. Ex. May explode if heated
  2. Ex. May cause cancer
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What is a Precautionary Statement? Give 2 Examples.

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How to minimize dangerous effects of a chemical.

  1. Ex. Wear PPE
  2. Ex. Protect from sunlight
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What 4 Important Parts Should be Included in a Workplace Label?

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  1. Product Name
  2. Safe Handling
  3. Pictograms
  4. Reference to SDS
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Laboratory and Specimen Collection Center Licensing Act

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  • 1990
  • Outlines requirements/qualifications for positions held in lab
  • Outlines tests that can be performed/samples collected
  • Licensing of staff and specimen collection centers
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TDG - Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act

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  • 1992
  • Federal guideline for safe transportation of goods
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15
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Class 1

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Explosives

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Class 2

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Gases:
- Compressed
- Deeply Refrigerated
- Liquefied
- Dissolved Under Pressure

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Class 3

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Flammable & Combustible Liquids

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Class 4

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Flammable Solids:
- Spontaneous Combustion
- Contact with Water emit Flammable Gases

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Class 5

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Oxidizing Substances:
- Organic Peroxides

20
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Class 6

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  • Poisonous (toxic)
  • Infectious (lab specimens)
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Class 7

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Nuclear Substances (radioactive)

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Class 8

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Corrosive

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Class 9

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Miscellaneous Products (dry ice)

24
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What are the 3 Packing Groups?

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Group 1 - High Danger
Group 2 - Moderate Danger
Group 3 - Low Danger

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What’s the 6 Important Parts that All Shipping Documents MUST Contain?

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  1. Cosigner’s name and address
  2. Date of shipment
  3. Description of the DG in the following order:
    - UN number
    - DG shipping name
    - Primary class & subsidiary class
    - Packing group in roman numerals
    - Hazard statement
  4. Quantity in metric measurement
  5. “24-hour number”
  6. Cosigner’s certification
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Declaration Section 1

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Where it’s being sent/sent from

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Declaration Section 2

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Transport details

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Declaration Section 3

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  • UN#
  • Proper shipping name
  • Hazard class
  • Type of packing
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Declaration Section 4

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  • Additional handling info
  • Emergency phone number
30
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Transportation of Infectious Substances: Class 6.1

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Poisonous

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Transportation of Infectious Substances: Class 6.2 A

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Highly infectious to humans/animals

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Transportation of Infectious Substances: Class 6.2 B

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Less dangerous biological substances

33
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Transportation of Infectious Substances: Culture

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Infectious substance containing a pathogen that’s intentionally propagated, but not a human or animal patient specimen

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Transportation of Infectious Substances: Patient Specimen

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Human or animal materials collected directly from patient

(in transport media - not yet incubated, not actively growing in media)

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Category A UN Numbers:
UN2900

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Infectious Substances Affecting Animals

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Category A UN Numbers: UN2814

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Infectious Substances Affecting Humans

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Category B UN Number: UN3373

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Routine Testing Biological Substance/Infectious Substances