NHA Worksheet 3

This OSHA mandated set of requirements protects against pathogenic micro-organisms that are transmitted through blood and cause disease

Blood borne pathogen standard

What does OSHA stand for

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

What does CLSI stand for

Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute

What does CDC stand for

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

What does CPR stand for

cardiopulmonary resuscitation

What does PPE stand for

Personal Protection Equipment

Explain standard precautions

Treating all bodily fluids as potentially infectious

The most effective way to keep patients and phlebotomist safe from contamination is

Hand hygiene

This mask should be worn when encountering patients who have
tuberculosis

N95 or N99

If an accidental needle stick occurs where should the incident be documented

Sharps injury log

What information does the Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide for laboratory professionals

Hazard warning labels

Threatening to move forward with a venipuncture without consent can be

Assult

While palpating for a vein a phlebotomist begins "slapping" the patient's arm

Battery

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) requires sharps containers to have four criteria which are

Functionality, accessibility, visibility, accomodation

All healthcare providers must follow these when handling potentially infectious material

Standard precautions

Name the three "means of transmission"

Droplet, contact, airborne

A patient informs a phlebotomist that he/she is allergic to alcohol what should the phlebotomist use to cleanse the patients venipuncture site

Benzalkonium chloride

When administering CPR to a patient

100-200 per minute ; 1.5-2

Define petechiae

Small red dots

What information does OSHA require in the accidental exposure
log

How it happened, when it happened, where it happened, type of equipment, safety measures of equipment, type of PPE used, procedure performed, surrounding situation