CAPRS,PAPRS & BEARS
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This department elevates the level of caring for and maintaining the JMH supply of CAPRS & PAPRS in the acute care setting
What is the Lift Team?
In order to reduce or eliminate needlesticks to healthcare workers Cal/OSHA now requires that needles and syringes come with better engineering controls better known as:
What are safety devices?
COVID-19 vaccines teach our immune systems how to recognize and fight the virus that causes COVID-19. It typically takes this long after completing the vaccination series for the person to be considered protected
What is two weeks?
Some men have a close shave when they fail their respirator fit test before they start the test because they show up with this
What is a beard or facial hair?
TB has the ability to attack any part of the body such as the kidney, spine, and brain. The most common part of the body for the bacteria to live and grow is...
The Lungs
Employees are never negative when wearing a CAPR or PAPR because they know the air supply is powered by this type of pressure:
What is positive pressure?
Safety devices can be passively or actively triggered. What method is the most acquiescent and more likely to have a greater impact on injury prevention:
What is Passive? Passive safety features remain in effect before, during, and after use; workers do not have to activate them.
When enough people in a community are protected from a disease caused by past infection or vaccination, it makes it difficult to spread from person to person. This protects those who cannot be vaccinated and is referred to as:. This is called
What is Herd immunity
N-95 respirators protects the wearer from airborne contaminants that can sometimes go viral. The two most common airborne contaminants are bacteria and
What are viruses?
Two TB-related conditions exist in those infected with the mycobacterium tuberculosis. Active TB Disease causes illness and can be passed to others. The other does not show signs or symptoms and is not communicable. It is known as:
Latent Tuberculosis Infection LTBI
CAPRS & PAPRS offer a higher level of respiratory protection and are required to be worn when performing these types of medical procedures:
What are aerosol generating procedures? (AGPs)
More than 20 pathogens have reportedly been transmitted from needlestick injuries. Name the three most serious pathogens that can be transmitted from blood exposures?
What are HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C.
New variants of the COVID virus happen through a natural process of mutation. Recently a COVID variant caused cases in Contra Costa County to rise significantly. It was called:
What is the Delta variant
Respirator Fit Testing may be performed by two different methods. Which method measures the quality of the air inside and outside your respirator to determine how well your respirator fits you.
What is a Quantitative Fit Test?
Opportunistic infections are a serious concern for those living with HIV. What is the leading cause of death for people living with HIV?
What is tuberculosis? In 2015, one in every 3 deaths among HIV-positive individuals was due to TB. The risk of developing TB is estimated to be 26 to 31 times greater in people living with HIV than those living without.
Everyone knows that CAPRS & PAPRS protect us from airborne contaminants and other respiratory threats, but it also protect staff against these types of dangerous drugs.
What are hazardous drugs?
Historically, there have been reported transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C to healthcare workers through needlesticks. Which one of these are the least likely to infect an injured worker?
What is HIV? The risk of transmission has to do with the prevalence of these diseases in the patient population. An estimated 1.25 million people in the U.S. are chronically infected with HBV and HCV also is a major cause of chronic liver disease worldwide.
The CDC has developed a new tool to help quickly find any safety issues with COVID-19 vaccines. It is an after-vaccination health checker and is smart-phoned based. What is the name of this program?
What is V-Safe?
Once you have been respirator fit tested and approved to wear a certain make and model of respirator, how often do you need to be fit tested?
What is every year?
There are two different FDA approved IGRA tests. What are they called?
What is Quantiferon and T-Spot?
The TR-600 PAPR may cause women to faint when they find out that it not only protects against particulates, but also from gases and these:
What are vapors?
HIV, HCV and HBV can be occupationally transmitted to those exposed to another person’s blood or OPIM. OPIM stands for:
What is Other Potentially Infectious Materials?
Currently, there is a non-FDA approved treatment for non-hospitalized people with mild to moderate COVID-19. It is targeted for those who are at high risk for progressing to severe disease and/or hospitalization. This treatment is known as
What is Monoclonal Antibodies?
There is a quick procedure you should conduct every time you wear a respirator to make sure you donned the respirator properly. What is it called?
What is a respirator seal check?
If after having a positive TB test, individuals should be immediately evaluated for possible active disease. What is the most widely used test to rule out active TB disease.
What is a a Chest X-Ray?