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Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management Multiple Choice
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1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
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A. Carcinogen exposure tg
B. Strained back tg
C. Viral infection
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D. Shock
ANS: A tg
DIF: Level 1
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TOP: Safety hazards
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2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
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A. Electrical shock tg
B. Broken tube tg
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D tg
DIF: Level 2
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TOP: Safety hazards
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3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of infection?
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A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry tg tg
D. Point of exit tg tg
ANS: B tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
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4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
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A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method tg
ANS: C tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
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5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your supervisor
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gremoves you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of infection p
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rotocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand?
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A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
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B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
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C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
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D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces.
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ANS: C tg
DIF: Level 3
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OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
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6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all
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patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
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A. Urinalysis precautions tg
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions tg tg
C. Standard precautions tg
D. Body fluid precautions tg tg
ANS: C tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-3
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TOP: Standard precautions
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7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that universal
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precautions be followed when encountering:
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A. Specimens containing visible blood tg tg tg
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
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C. All body fluid specimens
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D. Specimens that may produce aerosols tg tg tg tg
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Chapter 1: Safety and Quality Management Multiple Choice
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1. An example of a chemical hazard is:
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A. Carcinogen exposure tg
B. Strained back tg
C. Viral infection
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D. Shock
ANS: A tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-1
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TOP: Safety hazards
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2. Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:
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A. Electrical shock tg
B. Broken tube tg
C. Unbalancing
D. Aerosol
ANS: D tg
DIF: Level 2
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OBJ: 1-1
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TOP: Safety hazards
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3. Laboratory equipment and other inanimate objects serve as what in the chain of infection?
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A. Host
B. Reservoir
C. Point of entry tg tg
D. Point of exit tg tg
ANS: B tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
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4. The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:
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A. Source
B. Host
C. Disinfectant
D. Transmission method tg
ANS: C tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
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5. You arrive to work in the clinical laboratory with a small cut on your hand. Your supervisor
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gremoves you from specimen collection (phlebotomy) duties for the day, citing chain of infection p
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rotocols. Why is your supervisor concerned about the cut on your hand?
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A. Because you will not have the mobility in your hand to properly collect blood.
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B. Because you are going to have to wear a bandage all day long.
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C. Because you have a point of entry that could expose you to infectious agents.
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D. Because you are going to be an active transmitter of infection onto general surfaces.
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ANS: C tg
DIF: Level 3
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OBJ: 1-2
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TOP: Chain of infection
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6. Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all
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patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?
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A. Urinalysis precautions tg
B. Blood-borne pathogen precautions tg tg
C. Standard precautions tg
D. Body fluid precautions tg tg
ANS: C tg
DIF: Level 1
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OBJ: 1-3
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TOP: Standard precautions
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7. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that universal
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precautions be followed when encountering:
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A. Specimens containing visible blood tg tg tg
B. Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens
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C. All body fluid specimens
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D. Specimens that may produce aerosols tg tg tg tg
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