Penn Foster Pathology Intro to the
Clinical Laboratory
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - answer What organization
enforces federal laws regarding safety and mandates specific practices that must be
incorporated into laboratory safety policy?
That each employer designate and employee as the chemical hygiene officer who will
implement the Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP). - answer What does the OSHA
Laboratory
Standard require?
In the Code of Federal Regulations - answer Where are OSHA standards found?
On MSDS sheets - answer Where are specific recommendations for chemical safety
located and where are chemical hazards described?
The Hazard Communication Standard. - answerWhat law mandates that employers
evaluate potential chemical hazards and communicates hazard information and
protective measures to employes. This includes maintaining MSDS sheets and that
hazardous chemicals carry specific labels.
zoonoses - answerWhat do you call diseases that can be transmitted between animals
and humans.
1 - answerAgents in what biosafety level usually do not cause disease in humans.
2 - answerAgents in what biosafety level are those that have the potential to cause
human disease if handled incorrectly.
Steps:
1. Place sample in a watertight container.
2. Surround with absorbent material.
3. Covered in a 2nd watertight layer.
4. Label with an inventory list.
5. Package for shipment.
6. Label with an infectious substance label and any other labels mandated by
regulation. - answerHow should potentially hazardous materials in category A or B be
packaged if they are to be sent by mail.
3 - answerAgents in what biosafety level are those that can cause serious and
potentially lethal diseases.
, 4 - answerAgents found in what biosafety level pose a high risk of causing life-
threatening diseases.
US department of Transportation - answerWhat agency regulates the shipping of
hazardous materials.
1. Regular training
2. written safety statements
3. PPE
4. quality control and calibration for equipment and reagents
5. Waste disposal
6. Equipment maintenance. - answerList the components of a comprehensive laboratory
safety program
1. Engineering controls (equipment such as fume hood)
2. Administrative controls (specific protocols)
3. Procedural controls (policies that modify human behavior)
3. PPE - answerWhat are the 4 basic methods of minimizing workplace hazards?
T - answerT or F: All specimins such as urine or blood should be treated as potentially
hazardous.
Coats, gloves, and masks - answerWhat PPE should be worn in the laboratory?
Surfaces should be decontaminated at the end of the day and immediately after a spill
with 70% ethanol or 0.5% solution of sodium hypochlorite (bleach). - answerWhen
should workbenches and other hazardous survaces be decontaminated and with what
products?
gram, liter, meter - answerWhat are the 3 basic units of measurement in the metric
system?
microhematocrit - answerTest tubes used primarily for packed cell volume analysis.
Supernatant - answerLiquid components in a separated sample.
Sediment - answerSolid components in a separated sample.
SG ratio, and total protein in g/dL (dL = deciliter = 100ml). - answerWhat does a
refractometer measure and in what units?
Transfer pipettes - answerWhat pipettes are used when critical volume measurements
are not needed.
Clinical Laboratory
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - answer What organization
enforces federal laws regarding safety and mandates specific practices that must be
incorporated into laboratory safety policy?
That each employer designate and employee as the chemical hygiene officer who will
implement the Chemical Hygiene Plan (CHP). - answer What does the OSHA
Laboratory
Standard require?
In the Code of Federal Regulations - answer Where are OSHA standards found?
On MSDS sheets - answer Where are specific recommendations for chemical safety
located and where are chemical hazards described?
The Hazard Communication Standard. - answerWhat law mandates that employers
evaluate potential chemical hazards and communicates hazard information and
protective measures to employes. This includes maintaining MSDS sheets and that
hazardous chemicals carry specific labels.
zoonoses - answerWhat do you call diseases that can be transmitted between animals
and humans.
1 - answerAgents in what biosafety level usually do not cause disease in humans.
2 - answerAgents in what biosafety level are those that have the potential to cause
human disease if handled incorrectly.
Steps:
1. Place sample in a watertight container.
2. Surround with absorbent material.
3. Covered in a 2nd watertight layer.
4. Label with an inventory list.
5. Package for shipment.
6. Label with an infectious substance label and any other labels mandated by
regulation. - answerHow should potentially hazardous materials in category A or B be
packaged if they are to be sent by mail.
3 - answerAgents in what biosafety level are those that can cause serious and
potentially lethal diseases.
, 4 - answerAgents found in what biosafety level pose a high risk of causing life-
threatening diseases.
US department of Transportation - answerWhat agency regulates the shipping of
hazardous materials.
1. Regular training
2. written safety statements
3. PPE
4. quality control and calibration for equipment and reagents
5. Waste disposal
6. Equipment maintenance. - answerList the components of a comprehensive laboratory
safety program
1. Engineering controls (equipment such as fume hood)
2. Administrative controls (specific protocols)
3. Procedural controls (policies that modify human behavior)
3. PPE - answerWhat are the 4 basic methods of minimizing workplace hazards?
T - answerT or F: All specimins such as urine or blood should be treated as potentially
hazardous.
Coats, gloves, and masks - answerWhat PPE should be worn in the laboratory?
Surfaces should be decontaminated at the end of the day and immediately after a spill
with 70% ethanol or 0.5% solution of sodium hypochlorite (bleach). - answerWhen
should workbenches and other hazardous survaces be decontaminated and with what
products?
gram, liter, meter - answerWhat are the 3 basic units of measurement in the metric
system?
microhematocrit - answerTest tubes used primarily for packed cell volume analysis.
Supernatant - answerLiquid components in a separated sample.
Sediment - answerSolid components in a separated sample.
SG ratio, and total protein in g/dL (dL = deciliter = 100ml). - answerWhat does a
refractometer measure and in what units?
Transfer pipettes - answerWhat pipettes are used when critical volume measurements
are not needed.
