Ethics & Safety
What is Health Care Ethics?
Answer: The philosophical study of what is morally right and wrong in healthcare.
What is infection?
Answer: Invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.
What is PPE?
Answer: This acronym stands for Personal Protective Equipment.
The number of links in the chain of infection.
Question: What is six?
What is WHMIS?
Answer: This acronym stands for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System.
What is Non-maleficence?
Answer: This principle means "do no harm" to patients.
What is a systemic infection?
Answer: This type of infection affects the entire body.
What is 15 to 20 seconds?
Answer: The proper length of time for handwashing.
Question: What is the infectious agent?
Answer: The disease-causing microorganism in the chain of infection.
The most common type of workplace hazard.
What is physical hazard?
What is Autonomy?
Answer: This principle respects a patient's right to make their own healthcare decisions.
What is normal flora?
Answer: These are harmless microbes that naturally live in certain locations on our body.
The correct order for putting on PPE starts with this step.
What is hand hygiene?
Answer: In the measles scenario, Aidan represents this link in the chain.
Question: What is the susceptible host?
Answer: These are the three rights of every worker in Ontario.
Question: What are the right to know, the right to participate, and the right to refuse?
Mrs. Smith refuses to move to long-term care despite safety concerns, but her doctor says she's capable of deciding. This ethical principle supports her choice is what?
What is Autonomy?
What are nosocomial infections?
Answer: Infections acquired in healthcare settings are called this.
These three items are barriers to proper hand hygiene.
What are acrylic nails, nail polish, and jewelry?
Answer: For MRSA transmission, this is the mode of transmission.
Question: What is direct contact?
Question: What is WSIB (Workplace Safety and Insurance Board)?
Answer: This organization helps injured workers return to work and provides compensation.
What are Autonomy, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, and Justice?
Answer: These are the four main principles of healthcare ethics.
What are aerobes?
This type of bacteria requires oxygen to grow, like staphylococcus species.
When removing PPE, you should remove these first, followed by gown, then hand hygiene.
What are gloves?
What are proper hand hygiene, use of PPE, and immunizations?
Answer: These are three ways to break the chain of infection.
Answer: Eric's employer violated this worker's right when forcing him to operate equipment without training.
Question: What is the right to refuse unsafe work?