Workplace safety & Health Q0

Question 1

What is safety?

Answer 1

the condition of being protected from or likely to cause danger, risk, or injury.

Question 2

What is health/Well-being?

Answer 2

important force in our daily lives, and is influenced by life circumstances, beliefs, actions, culture, and social, economic and physical environments.

Health is a vehicle that enables and facilitates meaningful
living.

absence of illness

Question 3

Physical Hazards?

Answer 3

Violence
Psychological
Sexual

Question 4

Bloodborn Pathogens?

Answer 4

Hepatitis B (HBV) virulence: ability to spread and able to live outside its host (Hep. B can live outside its host for 10 days) 
Hepatitis C (HCV) mostly contracted by sharing of needles
HIV/AIDS can live outside host for nano seconds

contracted through orifice

Question 5

Body Fluid Exposure?

Answer 5

Sharp Object needles
Splash urine, blood, sputum, vomit
Combination

Question 6

OIIQ?

Answer 6

ordres des infirmieres at des infirmiers du quebec

Question 7

CSST?

Answer 7

commission de la sante et de la securite du travail du quebec

Question 8

CNA?

Answer 8

canadian nurses association

Question 9

CDC?

Answer 9

centers for disease & control

Question 10

NIOSH?

Answer 10

National institute for occupational safety & health

Question 11

EAP

Answer 11

employee assistance program (counselling)

Question 12

RNAO

BPG

Answer 12

registered nurses association of ontario

best practice guidelines

Question 13

CCOSH

Answer 13

canadian center for occupational health & safety

Question 14

OH&S

Answer 14

occupational health & safety

Question 15

WHO

Answer 15

world health organization

Question 16

Who passed the Occupational Health Act, considered the first legislation of its kind in North America?

Answer 16

Saskatchewan

Question 17

What are the three acts passes by saskatchewan?

Answer 17

The right to know about hazards and dangers in the workplace

The right to participate in health and safety issues through a workplace committee

The right to refuse unsafe work

Question 18

one positive and now negative scp?

Answer 18

P: vaccines
N: lack of sleep

Question 19

Workplace hazards/risks?

Answer 19

Physical
Chemical
Psychosocial
Ergonomic/Environmental
Biological

there is overlapping

Question 20

What is a physical hazard?

Answer 20

Violence:
act of domination and constraint. a person tries to impose his/her will on another person, whether by physical force, verbal threats, humiliation, etc”.

Question 21

Forms of Violence?

Answer 21

Physical

Psychological Harassment/Mobbing
Example: group of people bullying one person

Sexual Harassment

Question 22

Psychological Risk?

Answer 22

Burnout:
physical and psychological exhaustion and the development of negative behaviours and feelings towards oneself and others.

results from chronic stress produced by occupational activity.

Question 23

Chemical hazard?

Answer 23

sharps container

cleaning chemicals

Question 24

Burnout – Risk Factors?

Answer 24

Excessive Workload
Lack of participation in decisions
Absence of Autonomy
Heavy burden of responsibility
Stress

Related to absence of orientation in a service
Lack of training
Exposure to violence
Conflictual relations

Question 25

Preventive Measures?

Answer 25

Pay attention to and respect your body’s different signals (e.g., mood changes, loss of physical fitness).

Ask a specialist for help

Use the services of the Employee Assisstance Program (EAP), if it is offered.

Preserve the balance between work and important activities, such as leisure time and family activities.

Maintain your social network.

Question 26

Ergonomic factors?

anatomical position for the job you are doing

Answer 26

1. comfortable chairs at school
2. moving neck to see teacher (bad for neck)
3. frequent use of a computer mouse (wrist damage)

Question 27

Environmental factors?

Answer 27

1. temperature (cold)
2. tight nit classroom
3. ventilation