Week 2

• what does OSHA stand for?

  occupational and safety health administration
• what does CLSI stand for?

  clinical laboratory and standards institute
• what does CDC stand for?

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• what does SDS?

  safety data sheet
• what does PPE stand for?

  Personal Protective Equipment
• what does CLIA stand for?

  Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
• Who implements "the bloodborne pathogen standard" ?

  OSHA
• what is the does the bloodborne pathogen standard do?

  protects phlebotomists from exposure to body fluids and requires implementation of work practices and enginerring controls to prevent exposure
• what does the standard for OSHA provide?

  plans for actions to take after accidental exposer to potential infectious agents
• what is standard precaution that all phlebotomists must follow?

  to treat all patients and bodily fluids as potentially infectious
• what does the joint commission do?

  accredits and certifies healthcare organizations in the U.S
• what does CLSI do?

  helps laboratories achieve accreditation
• who created the order of draw?

  clsi
• what is the cdc?

  they attempt to identify new diseases and work quickly to find ways to prevent their spread
• what does the cdc provide guidelines on?

  PPE, sharps handling, and hand hygiene
• what should you always do when handling bodily fluid?

  wear gloves
• what does hippa stand for?

  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• what does hippa help protect?

  patient privacy
• what must a patient do before healthcare workers may share info with any other requestor?

  sign a release form, there must be a consent form on file
• what should you avoid doing if you are in public or with those who have no direct involvement in the persons care?

  discussing patients info
• who regulates engineering controls?

  OSHA
• what should you never do with needles?

  never recap, reuse, or bend needles even for the same patient
• where do you dispose of sharps?

  into a designated sharps container asap
• what does the bloodborne pathogen standard identify sharps as

  any item that can easily break skin and therefore potentially transmit disease
• what are the four things a sharps containers must have?

  functionality, accessibility, visibility, accommodation
• what goes in biohazard containers?

  blood soaked cotton balls, or non sharp items
• what are the three common things you can do if you get a needle stick, splash, or cut?

  clean the contaminated area, notify your supervisor, document the injury
• what sized droplet is for airborn?

  smaller than 5 microns
• what sized droplet is for droplet?

  larger than 5 microns
• what is reverse isolation?

  patients are placed in a protective environment due to their compromised immune system
• what is an example of a reverse isolation?

  patients undergoing chemo or transplant recipients.
• what is included in ppe?

  gloves, mask, gown, and goggles
• what is the most effective means of preventing infection?

  Hand hygiene
• how do you give cpr?

  30 chest compressions at a rate of 100-120 per minute at a depth 1.5-2.0 inches and allow the chest to fully recoil between compressions
• what do you do after 30 compressions?

  2 rescue breaths
• what can you not do if you start cpr?

  stop
• what can a lack of oxygen that last 4 to 6 minutes lead to?

  irreversible brain damage or death
• what does chest compressions do?

  provide adequate blood circulation to the brain
• what is the name of the membrane that surrounds the heart and attached to blood vessels?

  pericardium
• what are the three layers of the heart?

  epicardium, myocardium, endocardium