Phlebotomy National Exam Study Guide (2024/2025) Rated A+

Phlebotomy National Exam Study Guide (2024/2025) Rated A+ OSHA - Answer ️️ -Occupational Saftey & Health Administration What vaccination does OSHA require all health care personnel get? - Answer ️️ -OSHA requires that all health care personnel exposed to blood and other bodily fluids must receive a vaccination against Hepatitis B Pulmonary Edema - Answer ️️ -Fluid in the lungs How much blood can a person donate in a session? - Answer ️️ -500 mL Patients have the right to what? - Answer ️️ -Under the Patient Bill Of Rights they always have the option to decline medical treatment and to know what tests are being performed on them. What can you NOT give a patient? - Answer ️️ -Results or a diagnosis. Because you are not medically qualified to do so. Negligence is? - Answer ️️ -Failure to give appropriate care. DON'T BE NEGLIGENT! PPE stands for? - Answer ️️ -Personal Protective Equipment One of the most important practices is? - Answer ️️ -Hand Washing is one of the most important (and easiest) practices used to prevent transmission of bloodborne pathogens Needles should never be - Answer ️️ -recapped Sharps containers must be what? - Answer ️️ -puncture-resistent, leak proof on the sides and bottom and must be labeled or color-coded Types of Hazards - Answer ️️ -Biologic - Infectious agents that can cause bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic infections Sharps - Needles, lancets and broken glass can puncture and cut, causing blood-borne pathogen exposure Chemical - Preservatives and chemicals used in the laboratory. Exposure to Toxin, Carcinogenic or caustic substances Fire or explosive - bunsen burners, oxygen and chemicals can cause burns or dismemberment Physical - wet floors, heavy lifting ance cause falls, sprains and strains * ALLERGIC reaction ** - Latex sensitivity is a PHYSICAL reaction to care worker allergic reation to the patient In infection control WHO is the agent? - Answer ️️ -Person In infection control WHAT is portal of exit? - Answer ️️ -Needle In infection control WHAT can we control? - Answer ️️ -Mode Of Transmission OR exit of infection In infection control WHAT is a portal of entry? - Answer ️️ -Mucas membrane In infection control WHO is a susceptible host? - Answer ️️ -Person Mode of Transmission - Answer ️️ -Specific ways in which microorganisms travel from the reservoir to the suseptible host Five main types or mode of transmission - Answer ️️ -contact - direct and indirect (fomite) Droplet - Cold, Flu and sneezing Airborne - viral - breath in common vehicle - person, fomite and not handwashing vector borne - illness that is transmitted through an invertebrate, such as an insect Mode of infection - Answer ️️ -the point in the infection chain where we aim at preventing the spread of infectious disease Standard precautions do what? - Answer ️️ -Infection control method designed to prevent direct contact with blood and other body fluids and tissues by using a barrier of protection and work control practices. What do we assume all patients to be? - Answer ️️ -Patients are presumed to be infective for blood-borne pathogens Standard precautions consist of what itmes? - Answer ️️ -Gloves - when collecting and handling body fluids, or tissue specimen Face shield - when danger of splashing on mucous me