General Hospital Safety
This is what OSHA stands for
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
This is the first person you should call in the event of a true emergency at the hospital
What is 911?
This is where all chemicals or potentially hazardous liquids should be stored
What is below eye level?
This is what PPE stands for
What is personal protective equipment?
This is a type of disease that can be transmitted from animals to humans
What is a zoonotic disease?
This is where food can be consumed in the hospital
What is the break room downstairs, or phone room upstairs. What is NOT any clinical areas of the hospital such as treatment or pharmacy.
This is the location of the panic button in the hospital
What is underneath the front desk?
These contain detailed information on a drug's physical and chemical properties, emergency and first aid response, health hazards, and precautions/control measures for safe handling
What are safety data sheets?
This is who should be sent home with a sharps container
What is anyone sent home with any type of sharps (needles/injectables)?
This is where any animal with a potentially communicable disease should be kept while in the hospital
What is isolation?
This is an instance in which it is okay to give your phone number to a client, or contact them outside of work (excluding family or prior friends/contacts)
What is never?
Fires under this size can be managed with a fire extinguisher
What is a small waste basket?
These substances require a secondary label to be placed on a container
What is ANY substance put in a secondary container?
A sharps container should never be more full then this before it is sealed and disposed of
What is 3/4 full?
This is the appropriate contact time listed for daily use/cleaning with Rescue disinfectant
What is 5 minutes?
In the instance that a client becomes injured while on the premises, this is what we can offer them in the way of help
What is only the most basic of first aid, and to call an ambulance?
In the event of a fire, this should be shut off, and this is where it is located
What is oxygen, and is located on the left wall leading into lab?
These are the two locations in which the hospital's spill kits are found
What is under the sink in lab, and in central supply?
This is the appropriate PPE when taking an x-ray
What is thyroid shield, lead gown, lead gloves, and dosimetry badge?
This is the mandatory quarantine period for any dog/cat that bites a human, regardless of their rabies vaccination status
What is 10 days?
These are the steps to take if you get injured while working (in a non-emergent scenario) (4 steps)
What is:
1. Fill out an OSHA 300 form (if unable to, then have a witness complete)
2. Notify practice manager
3. Seek medical care
4. Divert any bills to practice manager
This is the number of fire extinguishers and their locations in the hospital
What is 4 fire extinguishers- one by isolation, one by cat ward/freezer, one in vestibule, and one downstairs near stairs?
This is the method in which controlled dangerous substances are disposed of
What is reverse distribution?
This is the term used to describe the process of restricting the area of interest of an x-ray beam to minimize scatter
What is collimation?
This is the approximate number of confirmed rabies cases in the United States reported to the CDC in 2020 (this number includes both domestic and wild animals that were tested and confirmed positive)
What is 5,000?