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22 Cards in this Set
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Waste from patient diagnosis, treatment, or immunization may be subdivided into two categories: ______ and ________
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Infectious and noninfectious
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True or False. Noninfectious waste should always be treated as infectious waste.
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False. Noninfectious waste can be treated as general waste.
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What is noninfectious waste?
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Used personal hygiene products such as diapers, facial tissue, and sanitary napkins unless the waste is from isolation rooms, post partum suites or gynecological surgery wards. Also, absorbent material containing small amounts of blood.
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What is infectious waste?
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Liquid or solid waste containing pathogens in sufficient numbers and of sufficient virulence to cause infectious disease in susceptible hosts exposed to the waste.
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Separate infectious and noninfectious from its point of origin. Infectious waste shall be placed in containers labeled with ____________
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The universal biohazard symbol and the word "BIOHAZARD" or be red in color
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Sharps should be placed into _______
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Rigid, puncture resistant sharps
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What type of container should sharps containers be placed in before treatment and disposal?
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Plastic bag or rigid box
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Anatomical pathology waste should be placed where?
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Into double-walled corrugated boxes or equivalent rigid containers that are double lined with plastic bags.
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Can blood, suctioned fluid or potentially infectious liquid waste be decanted into clinical sinks?
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Yes, but not hand washing sinks.
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Limit storage time of infectous waste to ___ days
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7 days
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Transportation of infectious waste should be place in _____
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Rigid, leak proof containers
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Infectious waste treatment is acheived through destruction or through inactivation by heat, chemicals, or radiation _______ disintegrating the cells.
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without
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True or False. Infectious waste shall be sterilized and rendered noninfectious before compacting or grinding?
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True
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A practical system to monitor disposal of infectious waste shall include ____
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Date, type of waste, amount, and disposition
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Training with occupational exposure to infectious waste shall ___________
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Receive training at the time of initial assignment to tasks and annually, thereafter
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How do you clean a leaking container
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Remove blood and body fluid spills with an absorbent material and disinfect with Environmental Protection Agency approved disinfectant or solution of household bleach diluted 1:10 with clear water.
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Treatment and disposal methods of infectious waste.
Microbiological |
Steam sterilization, Chemical Disinfection and Incineration in sanitary landfill
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Treatment and disposal methods of infectious waste
Pathological |
Incineration and cremation in sanitary landfill and burial
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Treatment and disposal methods of infectious waste
Bulk blood and other infectious liquid |
Gelatinization in sanitary sewer and landfill
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Treatment and disposal methods of infectious waste
Sharps in sharps container |
Steam sterilization and incineration in sanitary landfill
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For effective sterilization, temperature must be maintained at ____
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121C(250F) for at least 90 minutes at 15 pounds per square inch of gauge pressure.
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_______ ________ spore strips must be used weekly to test the sterilization process
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Bacillus stearothermopihilus
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