OSHA EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What are the four precautions for dental personnel? - Answer- vaccinate, blood profiles, OSHA guidelines, infection control techniques What is the main function of OSHA? - Answer- to protect the employee What are sharps? - Answer- a sharp or pointed object What is OSHA plan part 1 about? - Answer- injury and illness prevention program and infection control/ universal precautions What should be documented in the forms of OSHA plan part 1? - Answer- name of person that is given the responsibility of employee safety What are the hazards covered in OSHA plan part 1? - Answer- infection control, universal precautions, prevention control, and contaminated hazard communication system What do the written booklets of OSHA paln part 1 include? - Answer- MSDS, obtaining manufacturing info, types of health hazards What are the steps to take in fire and emergency safety? - Answer- who calls 911, fire prevention, evacuation, loc. of alarm/ extinguishers, maintenance What are the three characteristics of a general office safety? - Answer- safe work place, safe work practices, always where protective clothes What does OSHA plan part 2 contain mainly? - Answer- documented proof of training What are the items that must be disposed/ saved for a period of time, and how are they handled? - Answer- sharps- thrown away in sharps container liquid waste- thrown away teeth- thrown away, or sterilized for patient information document tracking- records must be kept for a minimum of 2 years What are the different types of barrier protection? - Answer- plastic foil wrap for switches, chair, tubes, countertops, and hand-pieces What is virulence? - Answer- the strength of a pathogenic organism to cause a disease How is a droplet infection transferred? - Answer- by moisture in the air contaminated by bacteria and virus