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What are some types of safety hazards?

Biological, sharps, chemicals, radioactive, electrical, fire/explosive, and physical

What is the source and type of injury associated with biological safety hazard?

Infectious agents

Bacterial,fungal,viral,or parasitic infections

What is the source and type of injury associated with sharps being a safety hazard?

Needles, lancets, and broken glass

Cuts, punctures, or exposure to BBP

What is the source and type of injury associated with Chemicals being a safety hazard?

Preservatives and reagents

Exposure to poison, or caustic, or carcinogenic

What is the source and type of injury associated with the safety hazard, radioactive?

Equipment and radioisotopes

Damage to a fetus or generalized exposure

What is the source and type of injury associated with the safety hazard, electrical?

Ungrounded or wet equipment and frayed cords

Burns or shock

What are the sex components in the chain of infection

Infectious agent, reservoir, portal of exit, means of transmission, portal of entry, and susceptible host

What does healthcare associated infections (HAI) mean?

An infection acquired by a patient during a health-care procedure or hospital stay

What are some conditions that can limit phlebotomist-patient contact?

Chickenpox, strep throat, TB, mumps, lice

What are the procedures for transmission prevention?

Hand hygiene, PPE, personal health

PPE consists of what materials?

Gloves, gowns, masks, goggles, face shields, and respirators

Personal health includes?

Good diet, rest, lower stress level, exercise

Hands should always be washed when? (Six things)

Before patient contact, when gloves are removed, before leaving the work area, any time they’ve been knowingly contaminated, before going to designated break areas, and before and after using bathroom facilities

What are the phlebotomy procedures in isolation rooms?

Bring only necessary equipment, duplicate tubes and enough supplies to do a second drawing, all supplies/PPE taken in must be left in the room

What PPE is used in the laboratory?

Gloves, fluid-resistant gowns, eye and face shields, and plexiglass countertop shields

What does RACE stand for?

Rescue, Alarm, Contain, and Extinguish or Evacuate

What does PASS stand for?

Pull, Aim at base of the fire, Squeeze handle, and Sweep nozzle side to side