You Are Considered To Be Exposed To Bloodborne Pathogens
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If you are exposed to potentially infectious materials on the job, you may request a vaccine for which bloodborne disease?
Hepatitis B
Which of the following materials could contain bloodborne pathogens?
All the material stated
If you wear gloves when cleaning up an accident site, it is not necessary to wash your hands afterwards.
False
Bloodborne pathogens may enter your system through:
All are means of entering your system
You should always treat all body fluids as if they are infectious and avoid direct skin contact with them.
True
You should never eat, drink, or smoke in a laboratory or other area where there may be potential exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
True
If you have blood or potentially infectious materials splashed into your eye, you should flush your eye with clean, running water for ....
15 minutes
Uncontaminated sharps may be disposed in regular trash bags.
False
Needles should never be recapped.
True
In an employer's exposure control plan, s/he is required to include a category called 'exposure determination'. This category is best described by which of the following?
Jobs and tasks with greater than normal
Epidemiology is:
The medical science behind tracking and
Which is NOT a category an employer is required to include in the facility-specific exposure control plan?
Attendance policy
Your employer is expected to update the facility-specific exposure control plan for all of the following EXCEPT:
Six months have elapsed since it was last
Hepatitis B vaccination provides protection for:
two years
Personal protective equipment (PPE) will protect employees from all exposure incidents.
False
Regarding the hepatitis B vaccine, the employer:
Must provide the vaccine within ten days the vaccine, not the cost of employee to new employees at risk of exposure to time to prepare and administer the blood/OPIM vaccine
What is usually the first action in the event of an exposure incident?
Wash the area thoroughly
The person to notify in the event of an exposure incident is always the direct supervisor.
False
Employees exposed to blood or OPIM are asked to consider several things when deciding to take post-exposure preventative medications. Which of the following should the employee EXCLUDE when considering whether to take the medication?
Cost of preventative medication employee was exposed
OPIM Stand for ______.
24 hours
Biological waste cannot be stored in healthcare settings accessed by the public longer than ________.
Is in violation of OSHA standards
John Smith last attended an OSHA bloodborne pathogen training session on June 1st of the previous year. It is now July 1st of the current year. John's employer:
Microscopic organisms present in human blood which cause serious and often fatal disease in humans
A bloodborne pathogen can be best defined as:
Transmission occurs by all means stated
Bloodborne pathogens can be transmitted:
Treat all human blood and other bodily fluids as if they are infectious for bloodborne pathogens
Universal precautions require employees to:
Proper decontamination of spill areas
One of the following is NOT an example of an engineering control:
false
Use of Personal Protective Equipment, such as gloves or protective clothing guarantees elimination of exposure risk.
Immediately clean up spill before it spreads
If you're exposed to blood or other bodily fluids during an accident and it splashes on you, you should do all of the following, EXCEPT:
Left in designated laundry container or receptacle
Contaminated clothing should be:
False
HBV vaccination is mandatory regardless of your daily job responsibilities.
hepatitis B virus Answer 2: hepatitis C virus Answer 3: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
are the 3 diseases addressed by OSHA you need to be cautious of at work.
three
_______ dose/doses of hepatitis B vaccine can protect people who may come into contact with the virus.
Sharing food
Which of the following ARE ways HIV can be transmitted?
Needlestick Prick
What is the most common way workers are exposed to infectious bloodborne pathogens?
Red plastic bag
What precaution would you NOT take when cleaning up a spill contaminated with bodily fluids?
HBV attack the ammune system
Which statement is FALSE regarding HBV?
Washing hands
What is the easiest yet most important hygiene precautions that prevents exposure to bloodborne pathogens?
Put them in an appropriate sharps container.
How should you dispose of contaminated sharps, such as glass or needles that have come into contact with blood?
False
AIDS is more contagious than hepititis B.
Annually
How often should Exposure Control Plans be reviewed and updated?
False
There are only 3 bloodborne diseases.
95%
The Hepatitis B Vaccination has been proven to prevent the disease in approximately what percentage of those receiving the vaccine.
False
Disposable PPE can be reused if it is properly decontaminated.
False
All persons infected with a bloodbome pathogen will begin showing symptoms soon after infection.
False
A negative HIV test means that you definitely have not been infected.
False
If a person tests negative for AIDS, he or she can still transfer the disease.
All are purposes
Which of the following purposes does a well-planned AIDS education program serve?
All of the events listed are components
A corporate AIDS policy should have which of the following components?
Allow them to work/perform job
HIV-positive employees should receive which of the following from the company?
True
According to the Centers for Disease Control, there is no single test that can reliably diagnose AIDS.
false
AIDS was first reported in the US in mid-1971.
true
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