Test Bank for Urinalysis and Body Fluids 7th Edition by Strasinger | Verified Chapter's 1 - 17 | Complete Newest Version

,Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management



Multiple Choice


1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
A. Carcinogen exposure
B. Strained back
C. Viral infection
D. Shock

ANS: A
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards



2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
A. Electrical shock
B. Broken tube
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol

ANS: D
DIF: Level 2
OBJ: 1-1
TOP: Safety hazards



3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of infection?
A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry
D. Point of exit

ANS: B
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection

,4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method

ANS: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection



5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your supervisor
removes you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of
infectionprotocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand?
A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces.

ANS: C
DIF: Level 3
OBJ: 1-2
TOP: Chain of infection



6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all
patientsas possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
A. Urinalysis precautions
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions
C. Standard precautions
D. Body fluid precautions

ANS: C
DIF: Level 1
OBJ: 1-3
TOP: Standard precautions



7. ThemCentersmformDiseasemControlmandmPreventionm(CDC)mrecommendsmthatmu
niversalmprecautionsmbemfollowedmwhenmencountering:
A. Specimensmcontainingmvisiblemblood
B. Patientsmwhomareminfectedmwithmblood-bornempathogens

, C. Allmbodymfluidmspecimens
D. Specimensmthatmmaymproducemaerosols

ANS:mA
DIF:mLevelm1
OBJ:m1-3
TOP:mStandardmprecautions



8. WhichmofmthemfollowingmCDCmguidelinesmconsidersmallmmoistmbodymsubstancesmtombemp
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A. Universalmprecautions
B. Bodymfluidmprecautions
C. Standardmprecautions
D. Health-carempersonnelmstandards

ANS:mC
DIF:mLevelm1
OBJ:m1-4
TOP:mBlood-bornempathogens



9. ThemOccupationalmExposuremtomBlood-BornemPathogensmStandardmis:
A. AmguidelinemdevelopedmbymthemFoodmandmDrugmAdministrationm(FDA)
B. GuidelinesmrecommendedmbymthemClinicalmandmLaboratorymStandardsmInstitutem(CLSI)
C. AmguidelinemrecommendedmbymthemCentersmformDiseasemControlmandmPreventionm(CDC)
D. AmlawmenforcedmbymthemOccupationalmSafetymandmHealthmAdministrationm(OSHA)

ANS:mD
DIF:mLevelm1
OBJ:m1-4
TOP:mBlood-bornempathogens



10. Amlaboratorymworkermwhomobservesmamredmhandmrashmaftermremovingmglovesmshould:
A. Avoidmwearingmglovesmform2mdays
B. Washmthemhandsmwithmantimicrobialmsoap
C. Applymcortisonemcreammtomthemhands
D. Avoidmwearingmlatexmglovesminmthemfuture

ANS:mD
DIF:mLevelm2
OBJ:m5