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OSHA
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what does OSHA stand for? | Occupational safety and hazard administration |
| what does OSHA do? | set safety standards and prevents work-related injuries, illnesses, & deaths |
| 4 types of OSHA compliance | Complaint inspection, fatality/accident inspection, programmed inspection, and imminent danger inspection |
| what does CLSI stand for? | Clinical laboratory standards institute |
| what does CLSI do? | promotes the development & use of voluntary laboratory consensus standards & guidelines within the healthcare community. |
| what is MSDS? what is another name for it? | material safety data sheet, also known as SDS (safety data sheet) |
| 5 consents | informed, expressed, implied, HIV, parental |
| what is informed consent? | consent given after informing the patient of risks/procedure |
| what is expressed consent? | consent given orally or written |
| what is implied consent? | non verbal consent given based on actions |
| what is HIV consent? | special permission that is needed to administer a test that detects HIV |
| what is parental consent? | minors (depending on state- under 18 or under 21) must have a parent consent for them |
| needlestick safety and prevention act | signed into law on November 6, 2000 |
| sharps injury log must contain: | type/brand of device involved, area that incident occurred, and explanation |
| what is complaint inspections? | most common occurs after employee files formal complaint |
| what is fatality/accident inspections? | occurs after OSHA receives notice from the employer of a workplace fatality/accident resulting in 3 or more employee hospitalization |
| what is programmed inspection? | randomly chosen facility determined to be engaged in hazardous work types |
| what is imminent danger inspection? | least common when OSHA receives a report that a condition of imminent danger exists at a workplace |
| true or false? OSHA permits the removal of gloves while putting on a patient's bandage? | false, gloves must always be worn |
| what is LIS? | laboratory information system |
| what is the easiest and most effectice way to break the chain of transmission? | handwashing |
| true or false? eating in the lab is not an OSHA violation | false |
| Which of the following is a National Patient Safety Goal(s)? | Identify patients correctly, improve staff communication and prevent infection |
| all healthcare workers are required to vaccinate or sign a declination form for which virus? | HBV |
| true or false? OSHA regulation now requires that the lid of the centrifuge remains locked while the machine is in motion | true |