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Chapter J: Safety and Quality Management
Multiple Choice
1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
A. Carcinogen exposure
B. Strained back
C. Viral infection
D. Shock
ANSWER: A
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards
2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
A. Electrical shock
B. Broken tube
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANSWER: D
DIF: Level 2
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards
3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain
of infection?
A. Host
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B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry
D. Point of exit
ANSWER: B
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method
ANSWER: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection
5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your
supervisor removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain
of infection protocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand?
A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces.
ANSWER: C
DIF: Level 3
OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all
patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
A. Urinalysis precautions
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions
C. Standard precautions
D. Body fluid precautions
ANSWER: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-3
TOP: Standard precautions
7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that universal
precautions be followed when encountering:
A. Specimens containing visible blood
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
C. All body fluid specimens
D. Specimens that may produce aerosols
ANSWER: A
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-3
TOP: Standard precautions
8. Which of the following CDC guidelines considers all moist body substances to
be potentially infectious and stresses hand washing?