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Laboratory equipment and other Reservoir
inanimate objects serve as what in the
chain of infection?
A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry
D. Point of exit
The chain of infection includes all of Disinfectant
the following except a:
A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method
,You arrive to work in the clinical Because you have a point of entry that could expose
laboratory with a small cut on your you to infectious agents
hand. Your supervisor pulls 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?
A. Because you will not have the
mobility in your hand to properly
collect blood
B. Because you are going to have to
wear a bandage all day long
C. Because you have a point of entry
that could expose you to infectious
agents
D. Because you are going to be an
active transmitter of infection onto
general surfaces
Centrifuging an uncapped tube of Aerosol
urine is most likely to produce a/an:
A. Electrical shock
B. Broken tube
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
Which of the following guidelines tells Standard precautions
laboratory personnel to consider all
patients as possible carriers of blood-
borne pathogens?
A. Urinalysis precautions
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions
C. Standard precautions
D. Body fluid precautions
,The Centers for Disease Control Specimens containing visible blood
(CDC) recommends that universal
precautions be followed when
encountering:
A. Specimens containing visible blood
B. Patients who are infected with
blood-borne pathogens
C. All body fluid specimens
D. Specimens that may produce
aerosols
Which of the following CDC Standard precautions
guidelines considers all moist body
substances to be potentially infectious
and stresses hand washing?
A. Universal precautions
B. Body fluid precautions
C. Standard precautions
D. Health-care personnel standards
The Occupational Exposure to Blood- A law enforced by OSHA
Borne Pathogens Standard is:
A. A guideline developed by the FDA
B. An additional precaution associated
with urinalysis
C. A guideline recommended by the
CDC
D. A law enforced by Occupational
Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA)
A laboratory worker who observes a Avoid wearing latex gloves in the future
red hand rash after removing gloves
should:
A. Avoid wearing gloves for 2 days
B. Wash the hands with antimicrobial
soap
C. Apply cortisone cream to the hands
D. Avoid wearing latex gloves in the
future
, Plexiglas shields are used in the Uncapped for analysis
laboratory when urine tube specimens
are being:
A. Sorted according to lab
B. Uncapped for analysis
C. Centrifuged for analysis
D. Observed for color characteristics
A urine specimen received in the It should be rejected
laboratory is leaking in a transport
bag. What is the next course of
action?
A. It should be relabeled
B. It should be rejected
C. It should be processed with no
special handling
D. It should be poured into a clean
container
Lab coats worn in the urinalysis lab Be completely buttoned
should:
A. Be worn loosely over uniforms
B. Have short sleeves
C. Be completely buttoned
D. Be worn at all times in and outside
of the laboratory
Proper hand washing includes all of Using a paper towel to turn on the water faucet
the following procedures except:
A. Rubbing to create a lather
B. Using warm water
C. Rinsing hands in a downward
position
D. Using a paper towel to turn on the
water faucet