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2024 Newest|CANS Exam | most recent version|Comprehensive questions and verified answers/accurate solutions|Already graded A+|Get it 100% correct. Practice questions for this set Terms in this set (128) Learn Studied 7 terms Nice work, you're crushing it Continue studying in Learn Infection control The method used to eliminate or reduce the transmisson of infectious organisms from one individual to another OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration was created as part of the U.S department of labour to regulate and enforce safety and health standards to protect employees in the workplace Why is OSHA important? Products used daily. Addresses issues relating to the handling, mixing, storing, and disposing of products; general safety in the workplace; and your right to know about any hazardous ingredients contained in the products and how to avoid these hazards. SDS How OSHA communicates the potential hazards. 16- category, standard-format document that replaces the previously mandated MSDS or PSDS. Who registers all types of disinfectants sold and used in the US? The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 12/13/24, 9:35 AM 2024 Newest|CANS Exam | most recent version|Comprehensive questions and verified answers/accurate solutions|Alr… Disinfectants are chemical products that destroy most bacteria (excluding spores), fungi, and viruses on surfaces. What are federal agencies guidelines? Set guidelines for manufactures, sale, and use of equipment and chemical ingredients. Monitor safety in the workplace and places limits on the types of services you can perform. State Regulatory Agencies? Includes licensing agencies, state boards, commissions, and health departments. What does regulatory agencies require? That everyone working with clients follow specific procedures. Enforcement of the rules through inspections and investigations of consumer complaints is also part of the agency's responsibility. Laws? Laws or statutes are written by both federal and state legislatures to determine the scope of practice and establish guidelines for regulatory agencies to make rules. What is more specific than laws? rules, regulations Who writes the rules and determines how the law must be applied? Regulatory agency or state board Rules establishes what? Specific standards of conduct and can be changed or updated frequently. Disease? Any abnormal condition of all or part of the body, its systems, or its organs that make the body incapable of carrying on normal functions Infection? The invasion of body tissue by disease-causing pathogens. Transmission? Is the process by which pathogens move between individuals and objects What is the most common types of transmission in the salon, spa, or barbershop environment? Direct, indirect (surface), airborne, and respiratory droplet. Direct transmission? Involves the transmission of pathogens through touching, kissing, coughing, sneezing, and talking. Indirect transmission? occurs through contact with an intermediate contaminated object, such as a razor, extractor, nipper, or an environmental surface upon which the pathogen resides. Doorknobs, phones, food- preparation surfaces or implements. 12/13/24, 9:35 AM 2024 Newest|CANS Exam | most recent version|Comprehensive questions and verified answers/accurate solutions|Alr… How are respiratory droplets and airborne transmission similar? similar in that transmission occurs when a pathogen living in our respiratory tract is expelled through coughing, sneezing, or even talking. How are respiratory droplets and airborne transmission different? Respiratory droplets are large particles that do not stay suspended in the air for long, where as Airborne transmission the particles are much smaller and dryer, so they hang in the air longer allowing for the pathogen to spread further. infectious disease? Is caused by pathogenic (harmful) organisms that enter the body Cleaning? Is a mechanical process using soap and water or detergent and water to remove all visible dirt, debris, and many disease-causing germs from tools, implements, and equipment. Disinfection? Involves the use of a chemical to destroy most, but not necessarily all, harmful organisms on environmental surfaces. Is not effective against bacterial spores Bacterial Spores? Bacteria capable of production a protective coating that allows them to withstand very harsh environments and to shed the coating when conditions become more favourable to them. Disinfectants used in salons, spas, and barbershops must be? bactericidal (capable of destroying bacteria), virucidal (capable of destroying viruses), and fungicidal (capable of destroying molds and fungi) Contagious disease? When a disease is capable of being spread from one person to another. Also known as communicable disease. contamination? The presence, or the reasonably anticipated presence, of blood or other potentially infectious materials on an item's surface or visible debris or residues such as dust, hair, and skin.