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Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Managemen
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tMultiple Choice
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1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
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A. Carcinogen exposure c+
B. Strained back c+
C. Viral infection
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D. Shock
ANS: A c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-1
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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 c+
B. Broken tube c+
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D c+
DIF: Level 2
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OBJ: 1-1
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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
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D. Point of exit
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ANS: B c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2
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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 c+
ANS: C c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2 c+
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 supervis
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or removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of infe
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ctionprotocols. 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 c+
DIF: Level 3
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OBJ: 1-2 c+
TOP: Chain of infection
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6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all patie
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ntsas possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
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A. Urinalysis precautions c+
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions c+ c+
C. Standard precautions c+
D. Body fluid precautions c+ c+
ANS: C c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-3 c+
TOP: Standard precautions
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7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that univers
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alprecautions be followed when encountering:
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A. Specimens containing visible blood c+ c+ c+
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
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, URINALYSIS AND BODY FLUIDS 7TH EDITION TEST BANK c+ c+ c+ c+ c+ c+ c+
Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Managemen
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tMultiple Choice
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c c+
1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
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A. Carcinogen exposure c+
B. Strained back c+
C. Viral infection
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D. Shock
ANS: A c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-1
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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 c+
B. Broken tube c+
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D c+
DIF: Level 2
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OBJ: 1-1
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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
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D. Point of exit
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ANS: B c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2
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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 c+
ANS: C c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2 c+
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 supervis
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or removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of infe
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ctionprotocols. 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 c+
DIF: Level 3
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OBJ: 1-2 c+
TOP: Chain of infection
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6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all patie
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ntsas possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
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A. Urinalysis precautions c+
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions c+ c+
C. Standard precautions c+
D. Body fluid precautions c+ c+
ANS: C c+
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-3 c+
TOP: Standard precautions
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7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that univers
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alprecautions be followed when encountering:
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A. Specimens containing visible blood c+ c+ c+
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
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