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U1 LAB: LAB SAFETY OVERVIEW Flashcards

1
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Potential hazards in the work setting

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  • Electric shock
  • Toxic gas
  • Flammable liquids
  • Radioactive materials
  • Corrosive substances
  • Mechanical trauma
  • Infectious agents
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Laboratory safety requires what of all hazards?

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effective control

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3
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Working area must be cleaned with?

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1:10 dilution of 5% sodium hypochlorite

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4
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Spillage must be cleaned with?

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1:5 dilution of 5% sodium hypochlorite

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5
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Alternative to bleach

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Diluted Lysol solution

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Plastic bag for infectious and contaminated materials

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Yellow plastic bag

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Plastic bag for noninfectious dry mats

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Black plastic bag

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Plastic bag for noninfectious wet mats

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Green plastic bag

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Container for contaminated sharps

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Red puncture proof

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10
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What should be worn if splashes are anticipated?

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Face shield or laboratory goggles

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11
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T/F: PPE must be worn inside the bacte lab only and must be removed when leaving the premises.

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True

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12
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Route of Infection

Aerosols from centrifugation of unstoppered tubes, heating cultures too rapidly, removing stoppers from tubes, leakage from container

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Airborne

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Route of Infection

Result of failure to wash hands, eating, drinking, smoking, cosmetics, or mouth pipetting

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Ingestion

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Route of Infection

Result from needlesticks, broken glass, animal bites, small scratches

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Direct inoculation

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Route of Infection

Directly enter through mucous membranes

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Mucous membrane contact

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16
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Route of Infection

Ticks, fleas, mosquitoes

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Arthropod vectors

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17
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Safety Education

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  • Orientation and continuing education
  • Safety manual
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18
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Universal Precautions

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CDC (1987) set of preventive measures to reduce HIV, HBV, and other bloodborne pathogens, and is applied to all human blood and fluids that contain visible blood

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Standard Precautions

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All blood, tissue, body fluid, secretions and excretions (Except sweat) are considered potentially infectious

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20
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These are devices that isolate or remove a hazard

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Engineering Controls

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Engineering Controls in the Lab

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  • Sharps disposal containers
  • Self-sheathing needles
  • Sharps with engineered sharps injury protections
  • Needless systems
  • Chemical fume hoods
  • Splash guards
  • Barriers
  • Biologic safety cabinets
  • Monitoring devices
  • Safety interlocks
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22
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This is a device that encloses a workspace in such a way as to protect workers from aerosol exposure to infectious disease agents.

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Biosafety Cabinet

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This is a form of containment, and sterilizes by heat, UV light, or HEPA filter.

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Biosafety Cabinet

24
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HEPA stands for?

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High Efficiency Particulate Air

25
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Biosafety Cabinet

Only the air to be exhausted is sterilized

26
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T/F: BSC Class I protects sample from contamination.

27
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Biosafety Cabinet

Sterilizes air that flows over infectious material, and air to be exhausted

28
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Biosafety Cabinet

Self-contained, 70% of air is recirculated in work area

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Class II, Type A

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Biosafety Cabinet

Discharged out of the building

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Class II, Type B

30
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Biosafety Cabinet

Operate either Type A when in recirculating mode or Type B when exhausting

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Class II, Type C

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Biosafety Cabinet

Completely enclosed, ventilated, with negative pressure through HEPA filters

32
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What is the minimum requirement BSC?

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Type II, Class A

33
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T/F: PPE is the least preferred to contain hazard.

34
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Biosafety Level

No known pathogenic potential for immunocompetent individuals (healthy, no infections)

35
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Biosafety Level 1 examples

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Bacillus subtilis

36
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Biosafety Level

Most common microorganisms associated with laboratory-acquired infections

37
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Biosafety Level 2 examples (Direct contact)

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HBV, HIV, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, Shigella

38
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Biosafety Level

Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Brucella, Coccidoides immitis, Rickettsia, Arbovirus (Inhalation)

39
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T/F: In BSL 3, air movement must be carefully controlled.

40
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Biosafety Level

Exotic viruses such as filovirus and arenavirus

41
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Process that kills all forms of microbial life, including bacterial endospores

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Sterilization

42
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Most resistant stage

43
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Process that destroys pathogenic organisms, but not all

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Disinfection

44
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Removal of pathogenic microorganisms

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Decontamination

45
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Factors influencing the degree of killing

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  • Types of organisms
  • Number of organisms
  • Concentration/compatibility of disinfectant
  • Presence of organic material
  • Nature of surface to be disinfected
  • Contact time
  • Temperature
  • pH
    -Biofilm
46
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Appropriate sterilization technique for biohazardous wastes

47
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T/F: All microbiological wastes can go straight to disposal after putting in 2 leak-proof bags.

48
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Instruments, appliances must be checked for hazards at least once every?

49
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MSDS Section I

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Manufactuere details, date prepared

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MSDS Section II

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Hazardous ingredient’s information, PEL

51
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MSDS Section III

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Physical / Chemical Characteristics

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MSDS Section IV

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Fire and explosion hazard data

53
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MSDS Section V

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Reactivity data

54
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MSDS Section VI

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Health hazard data

55
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MSDS Section VII

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Precautions

56
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MSDS Section VIII

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Control Measures

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