Chapter 1
Introduction: Principles and Practice of Safety
TRUE/FALSE
1. Although healthcare workers face hazards at the workplace, they can take steps to significantly reduce
exposure.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
2. HIV and Hepatitis B are blood-borne pathogens.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
3. Procedures such as computerized surveillance, hand hygiene, and use of gloves and masks
have been shown to significantly reduce healthcare-associated infections.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Describe the benefits of maintaining a safe healthcare workplace
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
4. Glutaraldehyde is found in disinfectants for heat-sensitive medical instruments, x-ray film
developing fluids, and tissue fixatives.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
5. Personal protective equipment is considered the most important factor in workplace safety.
ANSWER: F POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
6. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the primary agency that prescribes and
enforces safety standards in the healthcare workplace.
ANSWER: F POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Name key laws and agencies that oversee safety in the healthcare workplace
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
7. A floor plan designed to keep chemical use, storage, and waste disposal in a designated area away
from high foot traffic is an example of an engineering control.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
, COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
8. Replacing mercury thermometers with digital thermometers is an example of personal protective
equipment.
ANSWER: F POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
9. Safety training is an example of an administrative control.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
10. Following standard operating procedures is a component of safe work practice.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The CDC reports 57 documented cases of transmission of HIV to healthcare workers in the workplace
since 2001. This is an example of which healthcare hazard?
a. infectious hazard c. chemical hazard
b. blood-borne pathogen hazard d. radiation hazard
ANSWER: B POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Applying
2. Examples of radiological hazards include:
a. immune suppression, mutations, c. skin, eye, and respiratory irritants,
cancer, low birth weight, miscarriage, flammable, explosive, corrosive, or
and/or birth defects. carcinogenic materials.
b. HIV/AIDS and blood-borne pathogens. d. tuberculosis, influenza, staphylococcal
skin infections, and urinary tract
infections.
ANSWER: A POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
3. Which of the following poses the greatest risk to patients and employees in the healthcare setting?
a. exposure to hazardous chemicals used in c. physical injury from accidents
healthcare settings
b. healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) d. radiation exposure from medical testing
ANSWER: B POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
Introduction: Principles and Practice of Safety
TRUE/FALSE
1. Although healthcare workers face hazards at the workplace, they can take steps to significantly reduce
exposure.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
2. HIV and Hepatitis B are blood-borne pathogens.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
3. Procedures such as computerized surveillance, hand hygiene, and use of gloves and masks
have been shown to significantly reduce healthcare-associated infections.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Describe the benefits of maintaining a safe healthcare workplace
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
4. Glutaraldehyde is found in disinfectants for heat-sensitive medical instruments, x-ray film
developing fluids, and tissue fixatives.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
5. Personal protective equipment is considered the most important factor in workplace safety.
ANSWER: F POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
6. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the primary agency that prescribes and
enforces safety standards in the healthcare workplace.
ANSWER: F POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Name key laws and agencies that oversee safety in the healthcare workplace
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
7. A floor plan designed to keep chemical use, storage, and waste disposal in a designated area away
from high foot traffic is an example of an engineering control.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
, COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
8. Replacing mercury thermometers with digital thermometers is an example of personal protective
equipment.
ANSWER: F POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
9. Safety training is an example of an administrative control.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
10. Following standard operating procedures is a component of safe work practice.
ANSWER: T POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Understand how engineering controls, safe work practice, administrative controls, and
personal protective equipment prevent workplace hazards
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Understanding
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The CDC reports 57 documented cases of transmission of HIV to healthcare workers in the workplace
since 2001. This is an example of which healthcare hazard?
a. infectious hazard c. chemical hazard
b. blood-borne pathogen hazard d. radiation hazard
ANSWER: B POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Applying
2. Examples of radiological hazards include:
a. immune suppression, mutations, c. skin, eye, and respiratory irritants,
cancer, low birth weight, miscarriage, flammable, explosive, corrosive, or
and/or birth defects. carcinogenic materials.
b. HIV/AIDS and blood-borne pathogens. d. tuberculosis, influenza, staphylococcal
skin infections, and urinary tract
infections.
ANSWER: A POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
OBJECTIVE: Know the chief types of hazards faced by healthcare workers
COGNITIVE LEVEL: Remembering
3. Which of the following poses the greatest risk to patients and employees in the healthcare setting?
a. exposure to hazardous chemicals used in c. physical injury from accidents
healthcare settings
b. healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) d. radiation exposure from medical testing
ANSWER: B POINTS: 1 DIFFICULTY: Easy
