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Safety
Hazardous Material
Chain of Infection
Hospital-Acquired Infections
Medical Math
100
This is how you use a portable fire extinguisher.
What is PASS (pull the pin, aim low, squeeze the trigger, and sweep from the bottom)?
100
This color is considered for general waste such as paper towels, packaging, and food.
What is black?
100
This is the microorganism that causes infection.
What is a pathogen?
100
This the #1 way to prevent pathogen transmission.
What is good hand hygiene?
100
This is how many milliliters converts to 2.5 liters.
What is 2500ml?
200
This is what you should do in case of a fire.
What is RACE (rescue, alert, contain, evacuate)?
200
Blood, body fluids, and infectious lab wastes are placed in bags or containers of this color.
What is red?
200
This is the place where microorganisms live, such as in humans and animals, in soils, food, plants, air or water.
What is the reservoir or reservoir host?
200
This refers to the use of routine hand washing, hand drying and use of non-sterile gloves for contact with intact skin/mucus membranes and contaminated objects?
What is clean technique? Some examples include: taking vital signs or examining patients.
200
This is how many kilograms converts to 165lbs.
What is 75kg?
300
These are the rules for proper body mechanics.
What is: -Using stronger, larger muscles to perform tasks which require physical effort -Pushing or pulling instead of lifting heavy objects -Getting help if an object feels too heavy to lift -Lifting in a smooth motion to prevent injury -Raising or lowering tables to complete tasks at waist level
300
Syringes, IV needles, scalpels, and other items that can puncture the skin are place in these.
What are sharps containers?
300
This is how the microorganism leaves the reservoir host.
What is the portal of exit?
300
This is used for short invasive procedures. This involves antiseptic hand hygiene, usually sterile gloves, antiseptic on the patient's skin, and a clean area.
What is aseptic technique? Some examples include: placing a urinary catheter, inserting an IV, or suctioning a patient.
300
This is how much to give when Tagamet 0.6 gm is ordered and the only drug available is Tagamet 300 mg per tablet .
What are 2 tablets?
400
This is the resource for employees regarding health and safety information about every chemical located in the facility.
What are the Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)?
400
Chemotherapy or other cytotoxic materials are placed in containers of this color.
What is yellow?
400
This is is how the pathogen moves from place to place.
What is the mode of transmission?
400
This is used during surgery and for invasive procedures with high rates of infection .
What is sterile technique? Some examples include: placement of central IV lines or preparing IV fluids and/or medications.
400
This is how many milligrams will be given with each dose when 520 mg of a medication is ordered to be given in a 24 hour period. The drug is ordered every 6 hours.
What is 130mg for each of 4 doses?
500
This government agency establishes and enforces safety standards ?in the workplace
What is the Occupation Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)?
500
These are ways we stay safe from hazardous material.
What is wearing eye protection, hand protection, and protective clothing during handling of hazardous material.
500
This is is how the microorganism enters the host.
What is the portal of entry?
500
This process is used to kill/destroy pathogens mostly on objects.
What is disinfection?
500
This is how many mg/min your 90kg patient is receiving when a Lidocaine drip is infusion at 22 cc/hour. The Lidocaine concentration is 2 grams in 250 cc of D5W.
What is 3mg/min?