occupational safety and health administration - ANSWER osha
personal protection equipment - ANSWER PPE
legal responsibility of the employer as well as an obligation to the employee - ANSWER laboratory safety
published numerous safety standards that apply to clinical laboratories - ANSWER osha and cdc
documented policies and effectice use of mandated plans to control the exposure of pathogens and bbps
- ANSWER A formal safety program
each lab must have a comprehensice and effectice formal safety program (a safety officer is appointed,
but safety is each employee's responsibility) - ANSWER Safety program
Chemical hygiene plan, MSDS, exposure plan, TB exposure control plan, and ergonomics program -
ANSWER Mandated programs
,CHP - ANSWER Chemical Hygiene Plan
A complete chemical inventory, updated annually, fire and explosion hazard, overexposure, first-aid,
identity by chemical/common name, boiling point, and spill and disposal procedures - ANSWER MSDS
Plan which explains exposure to blood borne pathogens and waste handling - ANSWER Exposure control
plan
All employees have occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials - ANSWER
Group I
Some employees have occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials -
ANSWER Group II
Employees do not have any occupational exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials -
ANSWER Group III
To prevent the transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis which causes tuberculosis. - ANSWER
Purpose of TB control plan
Early identification, enviromental controls, proper equipment, education, and early initiation of therapy
of TB - ANSWER Controls of TB control plan
RCRA - ANSWER Resource conservation and recovery act
health and safety professional and the disposal of materials classifiable within 9 classes and are
personally liable for each individual violation - ANSWER RCRA
DOT - ANSWER Department of transportation
, shipping and handling of hazardous material (class of 6 toxic materials [biological materials are a critical
safety issue]) - ANSWER DOT
What does DOT require that all chemicals transported in the United States must carry based on UN
classification? - ANSWER Labels
Explosives, compressed gases, flammable liquids, flammable solids, oxidizer materials, toxic materials,
radioactive materials, corrosive materials, miscellaneous materials - ANSWER Nine united nations (UN
classes of hazardous materials)
NFPA - ANSWER National fire protection association (704-M)
Red - ANSWER Fire hazard
Blue - ANSWER Health
Yellow - ANSWER Reactivity
White - ANSWER Specific hazard / Special
Reactivity Area 0 - ANSWER Stable
Reactivity Area 1 - ANSWER Unstable if heated
Reactivity Area 2 - ANSWER Violent chemical
Reactivity Area 3 - ANSWER Shock/heat may detonate
Reactivity Area 4 - ANSWER May detonate
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