Miscellaneous
After you check the schedule for waiting patient and review the orders/memo/auth, what is the first thing you do when you call the patient from the waiting room on any SOW?
Introduce yourself
If you are performing a BAT and the donor gives an insufficient breath what do you document in the remarks section?
Insufficient breath, 2 attempts given
What route is a PPD given?
Intradermal
When should you clean the audio booth and what should you clean?
after every patient. Chair, walls, change ear muffs, door and door handle, and clicker.
What are the two requirements for the sleep apnea form given to CDL DRV appointments?
Male:
BMI: greater than 35
Neck: greater than 17 in
Female:
BMI: greater than 35
Neck: greater than 16 inches
What are the 3 patient identifiers?
Name, DOB, company
What are the 5 labs we use most for UDS collections?
Escreen/Alere, Quest, DrugScan/PHP, CRL, Medtox
How much time is in between the First Hep B in a series and the second Hep B?
30 days/ 1 month
True or False: You should postpone a hearing exam if the patient is displaying cold symptoms.
TRUE
What physicals do you have to do a urine dip for?
BUS and DRV
How long must you wait before conducting a confirmation BAT test?
15 minutes
How long does an oral drug screen take and what is the correct placement of the swab in the mouth?
5 minutes and instruct patient to hold the swab between their lower cheek and gum on either side.
How long after receiving a vaccine are you to have a titer done?
4-6 weeks
What do you do if the audio booth fails the daily calibration test?
Name 4 different types of Occupational Health physicals?
PPE, DRV, BUS, PER, RSP, MED
Who is NIOSH certified for PFT?
Karen G
Carol Hayes
True or False: It is ok to mix hair from the head and the body when performing a hair drug collection.
False: Head hair can be all from or mix of any head hair or facial hair (above the jaw line). Body hair can be all from or a mix of arm, leg, under arm, back, neck (below jaw line) Do not collect pubic hair.
If a PPD is given at 10:30am on a Tuesday when is it to be read?
Thursday after 10:30am and Friday before 10:30am
When do you have to have a provider see the patient based on audiogram results?
If the values are over 35.
When do you perform drug and alcohol testing on a WCI?
when ordered by the company
If a patient cannot tolerate laying on their back for an EKG what do you do?
It is ok to raise the head of bed if the patient cannot tolerate it just make note of an altered position in the information in the EKG machine.
How much hair is required for a hair drug collection?
50 mg of hair by weight aprox. 100 strands= the diameter of a soda straw
If a patient forgets to have their 1st step of a 2 step PPD read and they come in for the read what do you do?
restart step 1 immediately
What is one reason you might not perform a baseline audio exam based off of the audiogram questionnaire?
If patient has been exposed to loud noise in the last 14 hours without hearing protection. It is suggested baseline audio exam should not be performed.
How does a respiratory physical differ from a regular physical?
Respiratory physical focuses more on breathing. A PFT needs completed.