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| regulations of gov't agencies are | orders carrying the force of laws |
| standards set by gov't agencies are | expectation of compliance with reqirement |
| recommendations of gov't agencies are intended to | give advice |
| CDC (center for disease control) studies and monitors | disease eitology and epidemiology |
| OSHA (occupation safety and health admin) protects | the employee |
| EPA (environmental protection agency) regulates | waste disposal of products hazardous to the environment |
| FDA (food and drug admin) regulates | products that affect living tissue including ingested products and devices |
| OSAP (organization for safety and asepsis procedures) establish and implement | scientifically proven standards for infection control |
| ADA (american dental assoc) sets standards for | interpreting regulations for dentistry |
| APIC (assoc for professional infection control and epidemiology) influences and support | quality of health care |
| ADEA (american dental education assoc) determines | what to teach the students |
| define bloodborne pathogens | MO capable of causing disease |
| define contamination | infectious agent on surface |
| osha-sharps are | anything that can penetrate skin |
| osha- define decontamination | physical or chemical means to reduce infectiousness of MO |
| osha- an exposure incident is | contact of person with bodily fluid of host |
| osha- a hand washing facility is defined as having | water, soap and single use towel station |
| osha- occupational exposure according to OSHA terms is | a reasonable possibility of exposure for each employee |
| osha-regulated waste defined as | liquid or semi-liquid blood or other infectious materials that can release blood or other potential infectious materials when compressed |
| osha-source individual is | individual whose infectious material may be the source of occupational exposure |
| osha- OPIM (other potentially infectious materials) are | materials other than blood that might be infectious |
| osha- parenteral is | piercing of the mucosa or skin by a needle, human bite, cut or abrasion |
| osha- WPC (work practice controls) regulates | changes in procedures to better protect the employee |
| osha-EC(engineering controls) reduce | the risk by use of devices |
| osha- housekeeping is considering that | the workplace is clean |
| osha- signs and labels are using | symbols to identify hazardous materials |
| osha- record keeping are/ 5 examples | documents that verify activity of employer to protect the employee; 1 osha traning records kept 3yrs 2employees records kept 30yrs past last date of employment 3 MSDS sheets 4 spore test 5 hazardous waste pu |
| focus of exposure control is to | prevent or reduce the risk of exposure to infectious agents and minimize risk of infection from exposure to employee |
| osha- immunization reqirements for DHCW (9) | 1 HBV 2 DPT 3 measles 4 mumps 5 rubella 6 polio 7 pneumonia 8 annual influenza 9 tested for TB annually |
| OSHA information & training req'd | yearly training; new employees trained w/in 30 days of employment |
