Safety Hazards
Acts
Zoonotic Hazards
Sanitation
Chemicals
100
Are especially dangerous with farm animals because of their size.
What is Physical Hazards?
100
Developed a set of guidelines called the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
What is OSHA?
100
Rabies
What is a virus?
100
physically removing all visible signs of dirt and organic matter such as feces, blood, hair, etc.
What is cleaning?
100
Effective against gram positive and negative bacteria, fungi and most viruses
Cheapest, most effective chemical disinfectant
Irritating and toxic to tissues
What is Chlorine?
200
Drugs
Cleaning agents
Insecticides
Anesthetic gases
What is Chemical Hazards?
200
MSDS
What is Material Safety Data Sheet?
200
Ringworm
What is a Fungus?
200
Destroying all microorganisms and viruses on an object using chemicals and/or heat.
What is sterilizing?
200
Effective against gram positive and negative bacteria
Usually diluted to 60-70%
Irritating to tissues
Used as a solvent for disinfectants and antiseptics
What is Alcohols?
300
“Sharps” must be disposed of in red, sealed containers marked with the bio-hazard symbol.
What is Biological Hazards?
300
HCS
What is Hazard Communication Standard?
300
Cat Scratch Fever
What is a Bacteria?
300
Solutions that destroy microorganisms or inhibit their growth on living tissue.
What is antiseptics?
300
Effective against gram positive and negative bacteria, fungi, and most viruses
Irritating and toxic to tissues
What is Aldehydes?
400
Any disease that can be passed from animals to humans.
What is Zoonotic Hazards?
400
OSHA
What is Occupational Health and Safety Administration?
400
Brucellosis
What is a Bacteria?
400
A sealed chamber in which objects are exposed to heat and steam under pressure. Autoclaves are commonly used to sterilize items used in surgery.
What is Autoclave?
400
Effective against gram positive bacteria and some gram negative bacteria, some fungi, and some viruses
Deodorizes
What is Quaternary ammonias?
500
What is Physical Hazards?
500
Act of 1988 that regulates disposal of medical wastes and biohazards.
What is Federal Medical Waste Tracking Act?
500
Toxoplasmosis
What is a parasite?
500
Incinerating an object or exposing it to flame. I.e. burning animal carcasses or infected tissue, or passing a microbiology “loop” through open flame.
What is Dry Heat?
500
Effective against gram positive and negative bacteria and fungi
Usually used in solution with water or alcohol
Stains and irritates skin
What is Iodine?