CLS 301 SAFETY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH EXPLANATIONS OF ANSWERS

POCT - correct answers Point of care testing CMMS - correct answers Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services CMMS does? - correct answers Controls fees CLIA '88 - correct answers Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 LFS - correct answers Laboratory Field Services POCT - correct answers Point of care testing PT - correct answers Proficiency Testing COLA - correct answers Commision of Office Laboratory Accreditation AABB - correct answers American Association of Blood Banks CAP - correct answers College of American Pathologists ISO - correct answers International Standards Organization NAACLS - correct answers National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences QC - correct answers quality control QA - correct answers Quality Assurance What did CLIA establish? - correct answers match the path a patient specimen takes as it moces through the laboratory JACHO - correct answers The Joint Commission OSHA - correct answers Occupational Safety and Health Administration SOP - correct answers Standard Operating Procedure Who signs SOP & how often renewed? - correct answers Lab Director & every 2 years Biohazzard spills (such as blood) should be cleaned with? - correct answers 10% bleech what to do when Blood spill - correct answers wear gloves, cover with paper towel, pour 10% blech and wait 15 min, clean and discard in infectious waste container most transmmited disease - correct answers Hepatitis B (HBV) AIDS - correct answers Aquired immunodeficiency syndrome exmples of diseases requiring blood/body fluid precautions - correct answers AIDS HEP B HEP C WEST TILE VIRUS EBOLA VIRUS MALARIA ... NFPA - correct answers National Fire Protection Association NFPA diamond Red hazzard? - correct answers flammability hazzard NFPA diamond yellow? - correct answers instability hazzard NFPA diamond blue? - correct answers health hazards NFPA diamond white? - correct answers specific hazard NFPA rating scale? - correct answers zero to four, zero less severe & four most Who created MSDS - correct answers OSHA MSDS - correct answers Material Safety Data Sheet RACE8 - correct answers Rescue, alert, confine, extinguish fire extinguisher is good for? - correct answers 10-25 seconds steps when spills occur? - correct answers 1) wear ppe 2) use 10% bleach solution 3)cover spill with paper towel and toss in biohazzard bin BLS - correct answers Bureau of Labor Statistics most common reason people miss work - correct answers lower back pain examples to reduce eye strain while using microscope - correct answers spread microscope work take breaks avoid leaning hard edges close eyes & focus on different distances every 15 mins PPE - correct answers personal protective equipment eyewash for how long? - correct answers 15-20 minutes latex containing gloves may cause - correct answers hives and irritation to nose eyes sinus HAI - correct answers hospital acquired infection or Nosicomial Hand sanitizers can be used in place of hand washing how many times in between hand washing and regloving? - correct answers twice most effective means of infection is? - correct answers proper hand washing Sharps - correct answers Needles, scalpel blades, glass and other objects that may cut or puncture needlestick injury - correct answers an accidental skin puncture wound caused by a used hypodermic needle most common needlestick injuries - correct answers recapping of needles BBP - correct answers blood borne pathogen primary prevention against HBV - correct answers vaccination protective (reverse) isolation - correct answers to protect patient suseptible to infection BBP present in - correct answers blood and other body fluids BBP commonly cause - correct answers various forms of hepatitis hiv/aids syphillis malaria human tcell lymphtrophic virus coomon type of nosocomial infections - correct answers pneumoni tb strep fungal gi infections like ecoli ICU - correct answers intensive care unit isolation care unit - correct answers specialized room with reverse airflow, to contain pathogen Anthrax - correct answers bacteria, not communicable, symptoms within 7 days, if untreated will progress to difficulties in breathing and then shock Smallpox - correct answers a virus, readily transmitted, incubation is 7-17days, symptoms high fever, fatigue,head back pain, rash. first evidence of bioterrorism will be at - correct answers hospital emergency rooms prophylactic - correct answers intended to prevent disease smallpox is spread person to person via? - correct answers airborne saliva droplets NIMS stands for - correct answers National Incident Management System Sterilization - correct answers Complete destruction of all forms of microbial life Decontamination - correct answers The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy blood-borne pathogens on a surface or item to the point at which they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal. Disinfection - correct answers A process that eliminates many or all microorganisms, with the exception of bacteria spores, from inanimate objects osha is part of departnent of________ - correct answers labor NFPA has developed a labeling systen for hazardous _______ - correct answers chemicals spill clean up kits contain_______ and neutralizers to clean up acids, alkalins, murcury and other substances - correct answers absorbents infection control is based on ________ and _______ of a hospital or health facility - correct answers policies, procedures pathogens may be bacteria, viruses and ________ - correct answers fungi airborne precautions were formerly called ________ isolation - correct answers respiratory a blood-borne pathogen is any infecious microorganism preseny in bloof or other _____________ and tissues - correct answers bodily fluids the CDC primarily oversees the investigation and control of _________ diseases - correct answers communicable the chain of infection begins with an _________ - correct answers infectious agent a reservoir host supplies _________ for pathogenic microorganisms - correct answers nutrition the transmission of pathogens may be ___________ by sanitation and disinfection - correct answers decreased second line of body defense is the _______ reaction - correct answers inflammatory the immune system produces _________ to combat specific antogens - correct answers antibodies Phagocytosis occurs when _______ engulf the microorganism - correct answers macrophage biologic hazards are also known as _________ - correct answers biohazards hazardous material is collected in various containers labeled with biohazard ________ so all employees are aware of contants - correct answers symbol of a chemical comes into contact withbwyes, the victim should eyewash for atleast________ - correct answers 15 mins to minizmize needlesticks, needles should never be ________ or __________ - correct answers recapped, broken surgical asepsis is the ________ of disease causing organisms - correct answers destruction during hand washing, the water should be_______ - correct answers warm - correct answers