PHLEBOTOMY NATIONAL LATEST COMPREHENSIVE
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Biologic hazard is defined as what? - ✔✔infectious agents that can cause bacterial,
viral, fungal, or parasitic infections
✔✔Sharps hazards is defined as what? - ✔✔needles, lancets, and broken glass that
can puncture and cut and cause blood-borne pathogen exposure
✔✔chemical hazards is defined as what? - ✔✔preservatives and chemicals used in the
lab
✔✔electrical hazards is defined as what? - ✔✔high-voltage equipment can cause burns
and shock
✔✔fire/explosive hazards - ✔✔bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns
or dismemberment
✔✔physical hazards - ✔✔wet floors, heavy lifting can cause falls, sprains and strains
✔✔allergic reaction hazards - ✔✔latex sensitivity
, ✔✔Most effective way to control bleeding - ✔✔elevate affected part above heart level
and apply direct pressure
✔✔symptoms of shock - ✔✔rapid weak pulse, pale cold clammy skin, increased shallow
breathing rate, expressionless face, staring eyes
✔✔Agents - ✔✔infectious microorganisms like viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
✔✔Portal of exit - ✔✔the method by which an infectious agent leaves is reservoir
✔✔MODE of transmission - ✔✔specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the
reservoir to the susceptible host
✔✔FIVE main types of mode of transmission - ✔✔contact, droplet, airborne, common
vehicle, vector borne
✔✔Portal of entry - ✔✔allows the infectious agents access to the susceptible host
✔✔common entry sites - ✔✔broken skin, mucous membranes, and body systems
exposed to the external environment
✔✔susceptible host - ✔✔infectious agent enters a person who is not resistant or
immune
✔✔Medical asepsis - ✔✔the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms after they leave
the body
✔✔Most important means of preventing the spread of infection - ✔✔HANDWASHING
✔✔PPE - ✔✔personal protective equipment
✔✔PPE includes... - ✔✔gloves, masks, goggles, face shields, and respirator
✔✔CDC - ✔✔Center for Disease Control AND PREVENTION
✔✔Standard precautions - ✔✔infection control method designed to prevent direct
contact with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using barrier protection and
work control practices
✔✔When should you wear gloves? - ✔✔when collecting and handling blood, body
fluids, or tissue specimen
✔✔When should you wear a face shield? - ✔✔When there is danger for splashing on
mucous membranes
ALL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Biologic hazard is defined as what? - ✔✔infectious agents that can cause bacterial,
viral, fungal, or parasitic infections
✔✔Sharps hazards is defined as what? - ✔✔needles, lancets, and broken glass that
can puncture and cut and cause blood-borne pathogen exposure
✔✔chemical hazards is defined as what? - ✔✔preservatives and chemicals used in the
lab
✔✔electrical hazards is defined as what? - ✔✔high-voltage equipment can cause burns
and shock
✔✔fire/explosive hazards - ✔✔bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns
or dismemberment
✔✔physical hazards - ✔✔wet floors, heavy lifting can cause falls, sprains and strains
✔✔allergic reaction hazards - ✔✔latex sensitivity
, ✔✔Most effective way to control bleeding - ✔✔elevate affected part above heart level
and apply direct pressure
✔✔symptoms of shock - ✔✔rapid weak pulse, pale cold clammy skin, increased shallow
breathing rate, expressionless face, staring eyes
✔✔Agents - ✔✔infectious microorganisms like viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites
✔✔Portal of exit - ✔✔the method by which an infectious agent leaves is reservoir
✔✔MODE of transmission - ✔✔specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the
reservoir to the susceptible host
✔✔FIVE main types of mode of transmission - ✔✔contact, droplet, airborne, common
vehicle, vector borne
✔✔Portal of entry - ✔✔allows the infectious agents access to the susceptible host
✔✔common entry sites - ✔✔broken skin, mucous membranes, and body systems
exposed to the external environment
✔✔susceptible host - ✔✔infectious agent enters a person who is not resistant or
immune
✔✔Medical asepsis - ✔✔the destruction of pathogenic microorganisms after they leave
the body
✔✔Most important means of preventing the spread of infection - ✔✔HANDWASHING
✔✔PPE - ✔✔personal protective equipment
✔✔PPE includes... - ✔✔gloves, masks, goggles, face shields, and respirator
✔✔CDC - ✔✔Center for Disease Control AND PREVENTION
✔✔Standard precautions - ✔✔infection control method designed to prevent direct
contact with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using barrier protection and
work control practices
✔✔When should you wear gloves? - ✔✔when collecting and handling blood, body
fluids, or tissue specimen
✔✔When should you wear a face shield? - ✔✔When there is danger for splashing on
mucous membranes
