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What do the following acronyms stand for:
TJC CAP CDC |
The Joint Commission
College of American Pathologists Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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What do the following acronyms stand for:
OSHA NIH CLSI |
Occupational Safety and Health Act
National Institutes of Health Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute |
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What agency sets forth and monitors safety requirements that employers and employees must follow or risk breaking federal laws?
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OSHA
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Define universal precautions
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Handling blood and body fluids as if they are known to contain infectious agents
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What document or initiative is used to notify employees of the proper means to prevent and control exposure to potentially-infectious agents?
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Exposure Control Plan
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Define bloodborne pathogen
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Pathogen that can be carried in and transmitted through blood and blood products
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Define airborne pathogen
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Pathogen that is carried and transmitted through the respiratory tract such as coughing and sneezing
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What type of PPE is most frequently used?
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Gloves
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What does PPE stand for?
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Personal protective equipment
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What responsibilities does the employer have to maintain a safe working environment?
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Establish work methods and safety policies, provide guidance and supervision of policies, provide all necessary PPE, instruction, equipment, training, and medical aid
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What responsibilities does the employee have to maintain a safe working environment?
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Wear and use PPE properly, know and comply with safety practices, report any unsafe conditions
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What type of hood is used to remove unpleasant odors and chemical smells?
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Fume hood
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What type of hood is used to remove biological agents?
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Biosafety hood
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Right-to-Know Law is also called:
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Hazard Communication
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What does MSDS stand for?
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Materials Safety Data Sheet
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MSDS sheets include:
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Product name and ID, hazardous ingredients, health hazard and carcinogen potential, fire and explosion hazard, spill and disposal information, emergency and first aid, storage
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A chemical that can cause damage to the eyes and respiratory tract through direct contact or inhalation
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Corrosive
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A chemical that has the potential to explode under certain conditions
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Reactive
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A chemical that can cause cancer
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Carcinogen
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A chemical that can catch on fire
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Flammable
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What four ways is waste commonly disposed of in the lab?
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Flushing down sink, sending to landfill, recycling, incinerating
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Identify each type of hazard based on the NFPA symbol:
1. Blue 2. Red 3. White 4. Yellow |
1. Health
2. Flammable 3. Special info or corrosive 4. Reactivity |
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What does PASS stand for in fire safety?
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Pull the pin
Aim at the base of the fire Squeeze the handle Sweep the nozzle side to side |
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Class of fire that includes wood, paper, and cloth
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Class A
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Class of fire that contains grease, gas, and oil
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Class B
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Class of fire that contains energized electrical materials
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Class C
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Class of fire that contains flammable metals
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Class D
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How long must accident records be kept per OSHA?
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Length of person's employment plus 30 years
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What should be included in an accident record?
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Initial report, investigation, summary
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System that maintains preanalytical, analytical, and postanalytical factors that could affect patient care are minimized
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Quality assurance
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System that uses samples of known concentrations to ensure that patient results are not erroneous
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Quality control
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Material of known concentration that mimics and should be analyzed like patient samples
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Control
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Material of exact concentration that is used to calibrate the instrument
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Standard
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Analytical error based on random and unforeseen problems
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Random error
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Error that results from a consistent alteration in procedure
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Systemic error
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How close something is to the true or correct value
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Accuracy
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How close something is to the values that were obtained before and after
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Precision
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Smallest concentration of a substance that can be detected
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Sensitivity
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Ability of a procedure to only test for the analyte it is supposed to test for
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Specificity
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The method that is considered to be the "gold" standard and all other methods are compared to
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Reference method
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Also called the normal range; range of low and high values that the "normal" healthy population has for a specific analyte
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Reference interval
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An abrupt change in data for quality control
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Shift
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A gradual change in data for quality control
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Trend
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Set of rules used to determine if quality control results are acceptable to use
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Westgard rules
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Issued when the patient's value for a particular test is drastically different than the previous result
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Delta check
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Science of gathering, analyzing, and comparing data
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Statistics
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Graphical representation of data using X and Y axes
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Histogram
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Method of illustrating the dispersion of data based on how the results vary from each other
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Standard deviation
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Average in a set of numbers
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Mean
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Middle value in a set of numbers that have been placed in order
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Median
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Most frequent number in a set of data
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Mode
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Bell-shaped curve that represents normal data
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Gaussian distribution
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Refers to tests performed by nurses or others and not by lab techs
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Point-of-care testing
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List some preanalytical factors.
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Patient preparation, specimen collection, specimen transport, specimen storage, clerical errors
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List some analytical factors.
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Preventative maintenance, use of reagents that are in-date, QC, instrument function, specimen integrity
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List some postanalytical factors.
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Clerical error, turnaround time, reporting error
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