OSHA Intro
Government organization created to protect workers from workplace hazards.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)?
Infectious microorganisms in human blood that can cause disease, to include but are not limited to Hep B, Hep C, and HIV.
What are Bloodborne Pathogens?
True or False: The practice of Standard Precautions also incorporates the requirements of Universal Precautions.
What is True?
True or False? Fortunately, a highly effective vaccine is available to prevent Hepatitis C.
What is False? There is no vaccine to protect against Hepatitis C.
The decade that OSHA formally came into existence.
What is the 70's?
Specifically April 28, 1971.
BBP is the acronym.
What is Blood Borne Pathogen?
All human blood and other potentially infectious materials should be treated as if they are infectious sums up the concept.
What is Universal Precautions?
Hand hygiene, barrier protection, such as using gloves and/or other PPE, safer needle practices, respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette are all practices of this.
What is Standard Precautions?
President responsible for signing the OSHA Act?
Who is President Richard Nixon?
You must not continue to fill a sharps container above this.
What is the Fill Line? or 2/3 full if the line isn't designated.
These are the 3 most common modes of Transmitting an illness from one person to the next.
What are: Airborne Transmission, Droplet Transmission, and Direct Contact Transmission
It uses closed chambers that apply pressure, steam, and heat to kill Microorganisms.
What is an autoclave?
True or false? Educating employees is a requirement of OSHA.
What is True?
These are required on refrigerators, freezers, waste containers, etc., if they contain biohazardous materials.
What are Warning Labels?
This is a barrier protection.
What is PPE?
This is the most effective way of spreading illness in the clinic aside from wearing a mask.
What is effective handwashing with soap and water?
Goal of OSHA to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
What is OSHA's Mission?
The length of time Blood Borne Pathogen Training must occur to remain in compliance with OSHA Standards.
What is every year?
Every patients must be treated as if they have this.
What is an infectious disease?
The only way to determine if you, or a patient, are infected with HIV.
What is to be tested?