PPE/Sharps
This is worn to prohibit blood or OPIM from passing through to your clothing, skin, eyes, or mucous membrane
What is personal protective equipment?
all employees are covered under the blood borne Pathogen Standard, not just health care employees (true or false) .
What is True?
Exposure to bloodborne pathogens will always cause infections (True or False)
What is False?
OPIM stands for
What is "Other Potentially Infectious Material"?
This is the document you report an incident with so it can trace workplace injuies and possible illnesses caused by a person's duties and responsibilites on the job.
What is an OSHA Form 300
If PPE is required in your workplace, your employer has to provide it but can charge you for the PPE that you use (true or false).
What is False, they must provide it at no cost.
Term for Safety Guidelines in which all blood and OPIM are handled as if they are contaminated
What is universal precaution?
best protection against HBV
What is the hepatitis B vaccine
Term for "a reasonably anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood or OPIM that may result from the performance of employees' duties." (think exposure at your job)
What is occupational exposure ?
you have the right to see an employees exposure control plan even if you have not accepted a job working there (true or false)
What is true
examples of PPE
what are googles, caps, eye shields, gloves, booties, lab coats
How often should employees who perform tasks involving potential exposure to bbp be required to receive training
What is Once a Year ; annually
Preventable measures to avoid HCV
What is handle needles and other sharps with caution, use barrier to prevent contact with blood, never share or reuse syringes?
microorganisms that are present in blood and can cause disease in humans
What is a Bloodborne Pathogen?
HBV is transmitted through food or water , airborne, or casual contact (True or False)
What is False , HBV is transmitted through direct contact with infectious blood through needle stick or injury by another sharp instrument, or coming into contact with other infected body fluids
Must be easily available in accessible areas where sharps are used and must be replaced routinely so there it does not overfill
what is a sharps container
All employees who are exposed to blood or OPIM that may contain pathogens are covered under Blood Borne Pathogen (BBP) Standard (True or false)
What is True
There is a vaccine for HCV (true or false)
what is false
Devices that isolate or remove the blood borne pathogen hazard from the workplace
What are engineering controls ?
Must be displayed when Freezers or refrigerators used for blood or other potentially infectious materials , Containers used to transport, ship or store blood or OPIM , Contaminated equipment until proper cleaning procedures are completed
What are warning labels ?
Warning labels are considered PPE (true or false)
What is false
Under Universal precaution, you should treat all materials as if they are infected with this
What is bloodborne pathogens?
You can be at risk for exposure of a bloodborne pathogen from direct or indirect contact (True or false )
What is True
Term for managing all body fluids and substances as if they are infectious
What is Body substance isolation
This must be reviewed at least annually and updated whenever work practice controls change and all new employees must be informed.
What is the exposure control plan ?