CERTIFIED HEALTHCARE SAFETY CHSP LATEST 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔11. What color should be used to warn against a tripping or fall hazard? - ✔✔Yellow
✔✔12. List three safety and health hazards related to healthcare laser exposures. -
✔✔Eye Injuries, Burns, Inhalation Hazards
✔✔13. What agency requires briefing workers about radiation reproductive hazards? -
✔✔NRC
✔✔14. Define: Curie - ✔✔measure of the radioactivity of a substance
✔✔15. Define: RAD (radiation absorbed dose) - ✔✔is a measure of absorbed dose of
ionizing radiation
✔✔16. Define: REM (roentgen equivalent man) - ✔✔dosage of radiation that causes
biological injury
✔✔17. Define: Alpha particles - ✔✔Stopped with paper travels short distances Can be
trapped in a body if inhaled or injected.
✔✔18. Define: Beta particles - ✔✔Bit stronger than Alpha. Can travel a little bit into the
skin.
✔✔19. Define: Gamma rays - ✔✔Gamma rays and X-ray can penetrate human tissue.
Radioactive materials that emit gamma radiation constitute both an external and internal
hazard to humans.
✔✔19. What are the three best controls against exposure to external radiation hazards?
- ✔✔Time, Distance, Shielding
,✔✔20. List and define four types of ionizing radiation found in healthcare. - ✔✔Alpha,
Beta, Gamma, Neutron
✔✔21. What is the maximum temperature range for coolers and refrigerators? - ✔✔2-
8C
✔✔22. What is the minimum holding temperature for food on a cafeteria serving line? -
✔✔Cook and maintain hot foods at 140 degrees or higher
✔✔23. Most accidents can be traced to what key organizational problem? -
✔✔Management
✔✔25. Describe the key safety responsibilities of a supervisor. - ✔✔
✔✔26. List the five hazard categories and provide a healthcare example of each. - ✔✔
✔✔27. Define the terms close call, near hit, and near miss. - ✔✔
✔✔28. Define an accident. - ✔✔
✔✔28. List the five accident myths. - ✔✔
✔✔29. What is the purpose of an effective root cause analysis process? - ✔✔
✔✔30. List the three major components of a safety system. - ✔✔
✔✔31. Explain the difference between education and training. - ✔✔
✔✔32. List and define at least four categories of safety. - ✔✔
✔✔33. Why should a supervisor be effective in conducting departmental safety
inspections? - ✔✔
✔✔34. What level of authority can best enforce safety rules and why? - ✔✔
✔✔35. Define orientation and describe its importance to a healthcare organization. -
✔✔
✔✔36. What type of information does an effective accident analysis provide a safety
manager? - ✔✔
✔✔37. What is the purpose of Job Hazard Analysis? - ✔✔
, ✔✔38. Describe the purpose of conducting periodic safety inspections? - ✔✔
✔✔39. What authority does NIOSH share with OSHA? - ✔✔
✔✔40. List at least three responsibilities of NIOSH? - ✔✔
✔✔41. What cabinet level agency oversees NIOSH? - ✔✔
✔✔42. Define the purpose of the FR. - ✔✔
✔✔43. Define the purpose of the CFR. - ✔✔
✔✔44. What federal agency regulates and approves pesticides? - ✔✔
✔✔45. What federal law gives authority for regulating waste disposal activities? - ✔✔
✔✔46. What agency regulates the disposal of chemotherapeutic waste materials? - ✔✔
✔✔47. Describe the safety-related enforcement powers of the CMS. - ✔✔
✔✔48. What agency other than OSHA did the OSH Act create? - ✔✔
✔✔49. OSHA requires employers to report a fatality within how many hours? - ✔✔
✔✔50. What federal agency enforces the provisions of the SMDA? - ✔✔
✔✔51. What federal agency regulates the recall of medical equipment? - ✔✔
✔✔52. What federal agency regulates worker exposures to X-rays? - ✔✔
✔✔53. What agency requires workers to be briefed on radiation reproductive risks? -
✔✔
✔✔54. List three hospital safety hazards that OSHA could address using the general
duty clause. - ✔✔
✔✔55. What consensus organization publishes the most relevant number of healthcare
standards? - ✔✔
✔✔56. What environmental legislative act is commonly known as "cradle to grave law?"
- ✔✔RCRA
✔✔List the Organization That Publishes Standards for Each Topic in Items 57-66 - ✔✔
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔11. What color should be used to warn against a tripping or fall hazard? - ✔✔Yellow
✔✔12. List three safety and health hazards related to healthcare laser exposures. -
✔✔Eye Injuries, Burns, Inhalation Hazards
✔✔13. What agency requires briefing workers about radiation reproductive hazards? -
✔✔NRC
✔✔14. Define: Curie - ✔✔measure of the radioactivity of a substance
✔✔15. Define: RAD (radiation absorbed dose) - ✔✔is a measure of absorbed dose of
ionizing radiation
✔✔16. Define: REM (roentgen equivalent man) - ✔✔dosage of radiation that causes
biological injury
✔✔17. Define: Alpha particles - ✔✔Stopped with paper travels short distances Can be
trapped in a body if inhaled or injected.
✔✔18. Define: Beta particles - ✔✔Bit stronger than Alpha. Can travel a little bit into the
skin.
✔✔19. Define: Gamma rays - ✔✔Gamma rays and X-ray can penetrate human tissue.
Radioactive materials that emit gamma radiation constitute both an external and internal
hazard to humans.
✔✔19. What are the three best controls against exposure to external radiation hazards?
- ✔✔Time, Distance, Shielding
,✔✔20. List and define four types of ionizing radiation found in healthcare. - ✔✔Alpha,
Beta, Gamma, Neutron
✔✔21. What is the maximum temperature range for coolers and refrigerators? - ✔✔2-
8C
✔✔22. What is the minimum holding temperature for food on a cafeteria serving line? -
✔✔Cook and maintain hot foods at 140 degrees or higher
✔✔23. Most accidents can be traced to what key organizational problem? -
✔✔Management
✔✔25. Describe the key safety responsibilities of a supervisor. - ✔✔
✔✔26. List the five hazard categories and provide a healthcare example of each. - ✔✔
✔✔27. Define the terms close call, near hit, and near miss. - ✔✔
✔✔28. Define an accident. - ✔✔
✔✔28. List the five accident myths. - ✔✔
✔✔29. What is the purpose of an effective root cause analysis process? - ✔✔
✔✔30. List the three major components of a safety system. - ✔✔
✔✔31. Explain the difference between education and training. - ✔✔
✔✔32. List and define at least four categories of safety. - ✔✔
✔✔33. Why should a supervisor be effective in conducting departmental safety
inspections? - ✔✔
✔✔34. What level of authority can best enforce safety rules and why? - ✔✔
✔✔35. Define orientation and describe its importance to a healthcare organization. -
✔✔
✔✔36. What type of information does an effective accident analysis provide a safety
manager? - ✔✔
✔✔37. What is the purpose of Job Hazard Analysis? - ✔✔
, ✔✔38. Describe the purpose of conducting periodic safety inspections? - ✔✔
✔✔39. What authority does NIOSH share with OSHA? - ✔✔
✔✔40. List at least three responsibilities of NIOSH? - ✔✔
✔✔41. What cabinet level agency oversees NIOSH? - ✔✔
✔✔42. Define the purpose of the FR. - ✔✔
✔✔43. Define the purpose of the CFR. - ✔✔
✔✔44. What federal agency regulates and approves pesticides? - ✔✔
✔✔45. What federal law gives authority for regulating waste disposal activities? - ✔✔
✔✔46. What agency regulates the disposal of chemotherapeutic waste materials? - ✔✔
✔✔47. Describe the safety-related enforcement powers of the CMS. - ✔✔
✔✔48. What agency other than OSHA did the OSH Act create? - ✔✔
✔✔49. OSHA requires employers to report a fatality within how many hours? - ✔✔
✔✔50. What federal agency enforces the provisions of the SMDA? - ✔✔
✔✔51. What federal agency regulates the recall of medical equipment? - ✔✔
✔✔52. What federal agency regulates worker exposures to X-rays? - ✔✔
✔✔53. What agency requires workers to be briefed on radiation reproductive risks? -
✔✔
✔✔54. List three hospital safety hazards that OSHA could address using the general
duty clause. - ✔✔
✔✔55. What consensus organization publishes the most relevant number of healthcare
standards? - ✔✔
✔✔56. What environmental legislative act is commonly known as "cradle to grave law?"
- ✔✔RCRA
✔✔List the Organization That Publishes Standards for Each Topic in Items 57-66 - ✔✔
