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7th Edition by Strasinger
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Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management
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Multiple Choice r
1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
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A. Carcinogen exposure r
B. Strained back r
C. Viral infection r
D. Shock
ANS: A r
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-1r
TOP: Safety hazards
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2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
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A. Electrical shock r
B. Broken tube r
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D r
DIF: Level 2
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OBJ: 1-1r
TOP: Safety hazards
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3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of infection?
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A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry r r
D. Point of exit r r
ANS: B r
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2r
TOP: Chain of infection
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4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
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A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method r
ANS: C r
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2r
TOP: Chain of infection
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5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your supervisor
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removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of
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infectionprotocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand?
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A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
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B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
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C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
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D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces.
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ANS: C r
DIF: Level 3
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OBJ: 1-2r
TOP: Chain of infection
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6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all
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patientsas possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
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A. Urinalysis precautions r
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions r r
C. Standard precautions r
D. Body fluid precautions
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ANS: C r
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-3r
TOP: Standard precautions
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7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that
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universalprecautions be followed when encountering:
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A. Specimens containing visible blood r r r
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B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
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