MLLS 106 - Additional Review Questions for Final Module Exam

-What are the different lab departments and their definitions.

-What is a pathogen?

-Microscope, parts of the microscope, what do you use to clean the lens?

-What are the three objectives, which objective should you first start looking at a slide? Which objective is for the oil immersion lens?

-What is TDG? What is the purpose of TDG? Does it apply to all hazardous materials that also travel by rail, water or highway? Or just local roads?

-Knowing the symbols and classes of TDG. What is the UN number? Do you have to put the UN number? What are the UN number the class 6 Category A and B? What is the UN number for dry ice? What is the UN number for medical waste for sharps? Do you need a training in TDG to be able to package specimens for transport?

-Knowing the symbols of WHMIS and what does WHMIS stand for? What are the three elements/things that falls under WHMIS? What does GHS stand for? What does MSDS/SDS stand for? What is the purpose of having an MSDS?. When can we apply a workplace label?

-List some of the potential health hazards

-What is a supplier label and a workplace label? What are the differences between the two? What does the supplier label includes? What are the signal words you find? Do you have to include a statement saying refer to MSDS on a workplace label?

-What does due diligence mean? (knowing the definition) -Go over the slide for due diligence and what is it about.

-What the employee have the right to refuse unsafe work?

-Who governs the laboratories?

-What is confidentiality? Do we have to protect information?

-What are the different pipettes, list them. Differentiate between a TD and TC pipette.

-What are the different types of water? Which one the purest type of water?

-What is ergonomics? How can we get musculoskeletal injuries in the lab? What is the number one cause in lab to get carpal tunnel syndrome?

-Know everything about the fire extinguisher. The classes and the different types of fire extinguishers. What class is for what items.

-What are the three components that make up the fire triangle? What is the component of the fire triangle that turns it into a fire tetrahedron?

-What are the principles that are involved in radiation exposure?

-When should we wear gloves? What is the procedure for donning and doffing?

-How should we wash our hands? What are the steps we should take while washing our hands?

-What is the difference between a fume hood and a biological safety cabinet? What are the different classes of BSC?

-What do we use to clean bench tops? What should we use to clean blood spills? What should we use to clean metals?

-If you get a chemical in your eyes, how long minimum should we flush it with water?

-Should we add acid to water or water to acid?

-What are bloodborne pathogens? Can you give some examples? How can be protect ourselves from bloodborne pathogens?

-If you have made a large spill in the lab with aerosol, what should you do?

-What type of mask should we wear to protect from airborne precautions? What are the other types of precautions? What are the routes of transmission? What is a vector infection transmission? What is an example of it? How can the biological hazards enter our body, through what? Review all the slides of transmission and route of entry etc.

-What is the difference between airborne precautions and droplet precautions?

-What is the chain of infection? How can we break the chain of infection?

-What is a biohazard?

-If you get blood on a specimen tube on the outside, what should you use to wipe it?

-What is nosocomial infection? How can we prevent it?

-What is reverse or protective isolation?

-What does virulence mean?

-What does susceptibility mean?

-What does infectious mean?

-What does fomites mean?

-What does systemic mean?

-What does immune mean?

-What does breach of confidentiality mean?

-What are the different types of consent?

-What does negligence mean?

-What does battery mean?

What does assault mean?

-What does ethical standard mean?

-What is distillation?

-What is standard precautions? What is universal precautions?

-Are we allowed to wear artificial nails in the lab? Are we allowed to eat in the lab? Go over all the safety and general rules for the laboratory.

-What is preanalytical, analytical and post analytical? Provide examples. Which category would incomplete requisition fall under?

-What our the duties of a laboratory technician?

-What is the difference between technician and technologist?

-What is the regulation number for laboratory specimen procurement?

-List out the different legislation and acts found under lesson 6.

-What is sterilization? How do we do it?

-What is the principle behind an autoclave? What is the time, temperature and PSI?

-What is the glassware you can sterilize and what is the plasticware you can sterilize?

-Name some of the lab equipment you find in the laboratory.

-How do you use a centrifuge?