lab safety

OSHA

occupational safety and health administrstion

clinical and laboratory standard institute

CLSI

centers for disease control and prevention

CDC

college of american pathologist

CAP

joint commission international accreditation

JCIA

laboratory coat and gloves

______ and _____ must be worn when handling body fluids

foods and drinks

must not be consumed in work areas or stored in the same as specimens

centrifugation

specimen needing _____ are capped and placed into a centrifuge with a sealed dome

gauze square

used when opening rubber stoppered test tubes to minimize aerosol production

autodilutors

used for pipetting

CDC

who said that all human blood and other body fluids are treated potentially infectious

gown

haircap

shoe cover

mask

goggles

gloves

donning

gloves

goggles

gown

haircap

shoe cover

mask

doffing

handwashing

most important way to prevent cross contamination

20 seconds

scrub hands for atleast how many seconds

10%

bleach solution

double bagging

when contaminated bags are full, they must be placed in another biohazard bag.

bacteris, fungi, parasites, viruses

infectious agents

humans

animals

insects

fomited

blood/body fluids

reservoir

nose

mouth

mucous membranes

specimen collection

portal of exit

droplet

airborne

contact

vector

vehicle

means of transmission

nose

mouth

mucous membranes

skin

unsterile equipment

portal of entry

patients

elderly

newborns

immunocompromised

healthcare workers

susceptible host

disinfection

hand hygiene

how to break the link of infection in reservoir

dealed biohazardous waste containers

sealed specimen containers

hand hygiene

standard precautions

break the link (portal of exit)

hand hygiene

ppe

standard precautions

patient isolation

break the link (means of transmission)

hand hygiene

safety precautions

ppe

sterile equipment

break the link (portal of entry)

immunization

patient isolation

nursery precautions

healthy lifestyle

break the link (susceptible host)

black

non infectious waste / general waste

red

infected waste (recyclable)

yellow

infected waste (anatomical waste)

blue

sharp waste (recyclable)

white

sharp waste

black with radioactive symbol

radioactive waste

acid

always add ____ to water to avoif splashing snd explosion