TEST BANK FOR URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS 7TH EDITION BY STRASINGER |100% VERIFIED CHAPTER'S 1 - 17 | COMPLETE NEWEST Q&A VERSION 2025/2026

TEST BANK FOR URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS 7TH EDITION BY STRASINGER |100% VERIFIED CHAPTER'S 1 - 17 | COMPLETE NEWEST Q&A VERSION 2025/2026 Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management Multiple Choice An example of a chemical hazard is: Carcinogen exposure Strained back Viral infection Shock ANS: A DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-1 TOP: Safety hazards Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an: Electrical shock Broken tube Unbalancing Aerosol ANS: D DIF: Level 2 OBJ: 1-1 TOP: Safety hazards Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of infection? Host Reservoir Point of entry Point of exit ANS: B DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-2 TOP: Chain of infection The chain of infection includes all of the following except a: Source Host Disinfectant Transmission method ANS: C DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-2 TOP: Chain of infection You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your supervisor removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of infection protocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand? Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces. ANS: C DIF: Level 3 OBJ: 1-2 TOP: Chain of infection Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens? Urinalysis precautions Blood-borne pathogen precautions Standard precautions Body fluid precautions ANS: C DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-3 TOP: Standard precautions The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that universal precautions be followed when encountering: Specimens containing visible blood Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens All body fluid specimens Specimens that may produce aerosols ANS: A DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-3 TOP: Standard precautions Which of the following CDC guidelines considers all moist body substances to be potentially infectious and stresses hand washing? Universal precautions Body fluid precautions Standard precautions Health-care personnel standards ANS: C DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-4 TOP: Blood-borne pathogens The Occupational Exposure to Blood-Borne Pathogens Standard is: A guideline developed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Guidelines recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) A guideline recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) A law enforced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ANS: D DIF: Level 1 OBJ: 1-4 TOP: Blood-borne pathogens A laboratory worker who observes a red hand rash after removing gloves should: Avoid wearing gloves for 2 days Wash the hands with antimicrobial soap Apply cortisone cream to the hands Avoid wearing latex gloves in the future Continues....