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CSMLS 1 Exam Study Guide.
3 major elements of WHMIS - answer✔labels, training, and MSDS
5 categories of hazards - answer✔chemical, physical, ergonomical, biological, psychological
lagging indicator - answer✔the number of time loss incidents is an example
leading indicator - answer✔the number of laboratory inspections completed is an example
Severity - answer✔in risk assessment, the degree of harm that may result from an exposure
Probability - answer✔in risk assessment, the likelihood that a hazard may result in an injury
Decontamination procedures - answer✔is an example of administrative control for biological hazards
the level of individual risk and community risk - answer✔risk groups are classified by considering
containment level 2 - answer✔most clinical/diagnostic laboratories follow procedures for
the risk level of the organism - answer✔the factor that does not determine if an infection in will occur as
a result to exposure to an aerosol
Biological indicators placed with the load - answer✔the best type of indicator to verify effective
autoclave use
Class B fires - answer✔liquid fuels
Class A fire - answer✔paper and cardboard
Class C fire - answer✔Electrical equipment
Class D Fire - answer✔combustible metals
ph value 12 - answer✔solutions that is most corrosive
Picric Acid - answer✔a chemical which becomes explosive when it becomes dry
15 milliamperes - answer✔the lowest current (from a 110 volt power source) that has the potential to
cause fatality.
Alpha - answer✔type of radioactive particle that presents a great risk once inside the body