TEST BANK
, Chapter 01: Quality Assurance and Regulation of
the Blood Industry and Safety Issues in the Blood
Bank
MULTIPLE
CHOICE
Which of the following agencies administers
1.
the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments?
a. AABB
b. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
c. OSHA
d. Food and Drug Administration
ANS: B
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
administers CLIA, Medicare, Medicaid, and
HIPAA.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 3
2. A laboratory technologist decided she would like
to bring her lab coat home for laundering because
it had too many wrinkles when returned by the
laboratory’s laundry service. Is this practice
acceptable?
a. Yes, if she uses 10% bleach
b. Yes, if she clears it with her supervisor
c. Yes, as long as she removes the coat and does not
wear it home
d. No, because the laboratory is a
biosafety level 2, and lab coats may not
be removed
, ANS: D
Methods of transporting the lab coat and the risk of
contamination do not permit health care workers to
bring lab coats home for cleaning.
DIF: Level 2 REF: p. 14
3. Personal protective equipment includes:
a.safety glasses.
b.splash barriers.
c.masks.
d.All of the above
ANS: D
Safety glasses, splash barriers, and masks are types
of personal protective devices.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 14
4. At what point in the employment process should
safety training take place?
a. During orientation and training
b. Following lab training when
employees are more familiar with
their responsibilities
, c. Following the employees’ first evaluation
d. Before independent work is permitted and
annually thereafter
ANS: D
The Occupation Safety and Health Administration
requires safety training before independent work is
permitted and annually thereafter.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 17
5. In safety training, employees must become familiar
with all of the following except:
a. tasks that have an infectious risk.
b. limits of protective clothing and equipment.
c. the appropriate action to take if exposure occurs.
d. how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on
a donor or other employee.
ANS: D
The Occupational Safety and Health
Administration requirements include all of those
listed except cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
DIF: Level 1 REF: p. 13
6. Blood irradiators require all of the following safety
procedures except:
a. proper training.
b. that the user have a degree in radiology.
c. equipment leak detection.
d. personal protective equipment.
ANS: B
Blood bank and transfusion service technologists
require training but not a degree to use a blood
irradiator.