Infection Control
These are recommended for hearing screenings to reduce cross-contamination.
disposable insert earphones
This is a term for a chemical compound or substance used in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of disease or other abnormal conditions
Drug
What are the two main treatment approaches to consider for managing risk?
Risk Control and Risk Financing
OSHA requires employers to implement a Hearing Conservation Program when workers are exposed to this 8‑hour Time-Weighted Average level.
85 dB (or 85 dBA)
This class of antibiotics, including gentamicin and tobramycin, is one of the most common causes of drug-induced hearing loss.
aminoglycosides
These should be worn when there is risk of contact with blood, mucus, or ear drainage.
gloves
This is a word referring to the application of drugs for the prevention and treatment of disease.
Pharmacotherapy or pharmacotherapeutics
This refers how an organization will pay for loss events in the most effective and least costly way possible
Risk financing
OSHA requires employers to notify workers in writing within 21 days if this audiometric event occurs.
What is a Standard Threshold Shift
This substance is associated with delayed Wave I ABR latency, as well as potential auditory processing effects.
Lead
This process destroys all microorganisms and spores on audiology equipment.
sterilization
This term refers to the percentage of active drug that reaches the systemic circulation
Bioavailability
What does HIPAA stand for?
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
OSHA mandates that employers provide this at no cost when noise exceeds permissible levels.
hearing protection
This word refers to damage to kidney function associated with toxins and drug treatment.
nephrotoxicity
This common infection control practice is considered one of the simplest ways to prevent disease transmission.
hand washing
Reduced gastric acid affects absorption in which two populations?
Pediatric and Geriatric
What year was HIPAA enacted?
1996
OSHA defines this as a “Standard Threshold Shift.”
a 10 dB average shift at 2k, 3k, and 4k Hz
Sequential use of aminoglycosides may have this effect, even when spread out by several years.
additive effect
This ear substance may contain blood or mucus and should be treated as potentially infectious.
cerumen
This is a term that refers to when a drug binds to a receptor to simply block a biologic response.
Antagonist
A situation in which a person of a company becomes liable to another on the basis of their own act or omission
Direct Liability
Doubling the distance from a noise source can reduce noise by up to this many dB.
6 dB
Aspirin and Pepto Bismol fall within this category of drugs.
NSAIDS