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Question | Answer |
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This is an OSHA mandated set of requirements concerning protection against pathogenic micro organisms transmitted thru blood | bloodborne pathogens standard |
This is a basic emergency procedure used in cases of cardiopulmonary arrest re-establishing circulation and ventilation | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
A ___________ is any biological risk to organisms | biologic hazard |
these are worn to reduce exposure to potentially infectious agents | personal protective equipment |
This is an OSHA compliant plan explaining how to minimize or eliminate exposure of blood borne pathogens | exposure control plan |
methods that protect patients from exposure to a contagion or protect an immunocompromised patient from acquiring an infection are known as: | isolation precautions |
What facial protection protects against airborne diseases? | N95 or N99 respirators |
This organization accredits and certifies health organizations in the US | Joint commission |
________ is committed to providing high quality care for patients by developing standards and guidelines for lab accreditation | clinical and laboratory standards institute CLSI |
A substance that removes harmful micro-organisms from surfaces is: | disinfectants |
The government agency that helps identify and educate about infections is: | CDC center for disease control and prevention |
A measure of how well an instrument can produce the same result over a period of time, ensuring precision in laboratory testing and accuracy in test results is: | quality control |
ANY information a health care provider receives or creates of an individual, the provision of health care to an individual, or the payment for the provision of health care to an individual is: | protected health information or PHI |
The intentional creation of apprehension leading to a fear of harm is called: | assault |
The intentional touching or handling of a person without permission is called: | battery |
Lab standards the CDC established to help maintain the highest level of testing accuracy possible is: | quality assurance |
Tests of the least complexity to perform and with a low risk for error is: | CLIA waived |
This is a container that has to be functional and leak proof, easily accessible, visibly has a symbol that easily seen, and requires minimal training and never over filled: | biohazard or sharps containers |
rubella, meningitis, diphtheria, mumps, and pertussis all require what type of safety precaution? | droplet precaution |
this precaution is used when a patient has an infection that spreads via person to person | contact precaution |
varicella, TB, and roseola require what type of precaution | airborne precaution |
the basic level of infection control practices healthcare workers must preform before during and after every encounter with patients | standard precautions |
how a pathogen moves to a host via direct or indirect contract with people is: | means of transmission |
This is the single most important way to stop the spread of diseases | hand hygiene |
Acronym for fire including rescue, activate, contain, and extinguish is: | Race |
The Acronym for using a fire extinguisher is: | PASS, |
What class fire extinguisher puts out clothing, paper, wood, or trash fires? | Class A for ash |
What fire extinguisher puts out flammable liquids, oils, grease, and alcohol fires? | Class B for bubbles |
What fire extinguisher puts out electrical fires? | Class C for circuit fire |
what does the blue on the NFPA diamond tell you: | health hazard |
What does the red on the NFPA diamond tell you? | Fire hazard |
What does the yellow on the NFPA diamond tell you? | Reactivity Hazard |
What does the white on the NFPA diamond tell you? | Special hazards |
What do the numbers on the NFPA diamond tell you about each color? | how hazardous that part is to your health |
Code red means | fire |
Code blue means | cardiac arrest, life support |
Code pink | infant, child abduction |
Code Grey | combative person, assault |
Code green | bomb threat |
Code Silver | person with a weapon or hostage |
Code yellow | Hazardous material spill |
Code Black | code Edison, power blackout |
Shelter in place means | take shelter in interior room no windows |
microorganism that cause disease and is transmitted thru blood or body fluids: | blood borne pathogens |
a specimen that originates from a living organism EX; plasma or bodily fluids | biological specimen |
a chemical that yields hydrogen ions when resolved in water is a: | Base |
chemical that donates hydrogen ions is: | Acid |
conversion of a liquid or solid into a fine mist is: | aerosolization |
device that uses steam under pressure to sterilize | autoclave |
burning or corrosive, destructive to living tissue: | caustic |
an unbroken line of transmission of a desease is: | chain of infection |
disease causing microorganism | pathogen |
A set of procedures required by OSHA as a follow up to exposure incidents is: | post exposure evaluation |
preventive treatment for exposure to possible pathogenic microorganisms is: | post exposure prophylaxis |
a carrier such as an insect of a pathogen is a: | vector |
A source of danger from a living specimen | biohazard |
positivity breads a: | positive result |
Negativity breads a: | negative result |
hurrying, carelessness, fatigue, preoccupation with nonwork matters, and excessive stress cause: | careless lab accidents |
Sharps containers should not be: | over filled and no more than 2/3rd to 3/4th full |