Work Practice Control Flashcard 1
Rationale
D. Rationale: OSHA sets and enforces workplace health and safety standards that are applicable to most workplaces. OSHA does not just regulate healthcare, but within healthcare, all types of employees are covered.
Question
OSHA regulates:
a. Clinical care providers only
b. Laboratory workers
c. Hospital administrators
d. All of the above
Answer
d. All of the above
Rationale
C. Rationale: The exposure plan is the workplace’s plan for responding to and managing an exposure. Other workplace policies delineate responsibility and compensation.
Question
The Exposure Control plan is:
a. The plan that determines who is responsible for a bloodborne exposure
b. The plan that determines compensation following a bloodborne exposure
c. The plan for managing exposure to bloodborne pathogens
d. None of the above
Answer
c. The plan for managing exposure to bloodborne pathogens
Rationale
C. Rationale: OSHA Form 300 is the log that must be maintained in a facility to track employee injuries.
Question
The governmental form required to track employee injuries is the:
a. CDC Form 100
b. Biohazard Form 200
c. OSHA Form 300
d. Exposure Form 400
Answer
c. OSHA Form 300
Rationale
A. Rationale: When dealing with a biohazardous spill, the first thing to do is to put on appropriate PPE.
Question
There is a blood spill in the hall. The first thing you should do when dealing with this spill is:
a. Put on appropriate PPE
b. Sweep up broken glass
c. Call housekeeping staff
d. Soak the contaminated area with a bleach solution
Answer
a. Put on appropriate PPE
Rationale
True. Rationale: OSHA requires written procedures related to bloodborne pathogen exposures.
Question
Every healthcare facility must have written procedures related to reporting bloodborne pathogen exposure.
a. True
b. False
Answer
a. True
Rationale
C. Rationale: PPE needs to be readily accessible to employees and not locked away. Safety needles, biohazard bins, and mindful placement of alcohol based hand sanitizer all support safe employee practices.
Question
Which of the following is not an engineering control intended to prevent exposures:
a. Safety needles that do not require recapping
b. Placement of biohazard bins
c. Storing PPE in a locked office
d. Placing alcohol based hand sanitizer in multiple areas that are easily accessed
Answer
c. Storing PPE in a locked office
Rationale
B. Rationale: Work practice control pertains to written policies that ensure employees’ safety from exposure to biohazards. Having written procedures for decontamination, cleaning, and disinfecting areas in the workplace is one such policy. The placement of biohazard disposal bins, biohazard labeling, and acquisition of safe medical devices are part of engineering controls.
Question
Which of the following is a work practice control?
a. Placement of biohazard disposal bins
b. Procedures for decontamination, cleaning, and disinfecting areas in the workplace
c. Biohazard labels
d. Acquisition of safe medical devices
Answer
b. Procedures for decontamination, cleaning, and disinfecting areas in the workplace
Rationale
B. Rationale: The caregiver should immediately protect themselves. Donning clean gloves prior to cleaning up the body fluid spill is the first step to take. Subsequently, the area can be cleaned with absorbent material and then disinfected.
Question
While cleaning a patient’s wound, some body fluids spill onto the floor. The best next step is to:
a. Clean the area with absorbent material
b. Put on gloves
c. Clean the area with appropriate disinfectants
d. Tell your supervisor
Answer
b. Put on gloves
Rationale
A. Rationale: Before beginning clean up, the gloves worn while cleaning the patient’s wound should be removed and clean gloves should be donned. The area can then be cleaned with absorbent material and disinfected with workplace approved chemicals.
Question
While cleaning a patient’s wound, some body fluids spilled onto the floor. The next best step is to:
a. Clean the area with absorbent material
b. Put on gloves
c. Clean the area with appropriate disinfectants
d. Tell your supervisor
Answer
a. Clean the area with absorbent material
Rationale
B. Rationale: Work practice controls are things put in place to make employees safer. They do not necessarily support efficacy, communication, or productivity.
Question
Work practice controls improve:
a. Work efficacy
b. Work safety
c. Work communication
d. Work productivity
Answer
b. Work safety