15 - Bloodborne Pathogens

Bloodborne pathogens may enter your system through:

All are means of entering your system

Which of the following purposes does a well-planned AIDS education program serve?

All are purposes

A corporate AIDS policy should have which of the following components?

All of the events listed are components

Which of the following materials could contain bloodborne pathogens?

All the material stated

HIV-positive employees should receive which of the following from the company?

Allow them to work/perform job

How often should Exposure Control Plans be reviewed and updated?

Annually

Which is NOT a category an employer is required to include in the facility-specific exposure control plan?

Attendance policy

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

A negative HIV test means that you definitely have not been infected.

False

AIDS is more contagious than hepititis B.

False

All persons infected with a bloodbome pathogen will begin showing symptoms soon after infection.

False

Disposable PPE can be reused if it is properly decontaminated.

False

HBV vaccination is mandatory regardless of your daily job responsibilities.

False

If a person tests negative for AIDS, he or she can still transfer the disease.

False

If you wear gloves when cleaning up an accident site, it is not necessary to wash your hands afterwards.

False

Personal protective equipment (PPE) will protect employees from all exposure incidents.

False

The person to notify in the event of an exposure incident is always the direct supervisor.

False

There are only 3 bloodborne diseases.

False

Uncontaminated sharps may be disposed in regular trash bags.

False

Which statement is FALSE regarding HBV?

HBV attack the ammune system

If you are exposed to potentially infectious materials on the job, you may request a vaccine for which bloodborne disease?

Hepatitis B

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:

Immediately clean up spill before it spreads

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:

Is in violation of OSHA standards

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

Contaminated clothing should be:

Left in designated laundry container or receptacle

A bloodborne pathogen can be best defined as:

Microscopic organisms present in human blood which cause serious and often fatal disease in humans

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 the most common way workers are exposed to infectious bloodborne pathogens?

Needlestick Prick

If you have blood or potentially infectious materials splashed into your eye, you should flush your eye with clean, running water for ....

15 minutes

Biological waste cannot be stored in healthcare settings accessed by the public longer than ________.

24 hours

The Hepatitis B Vaccination has been proven to prevent the disease in approximately what percentage of those receiving the vaccine.

95%

_______ dose/doses of hepatitis B vaccine can protect people who may come into contact with the virus.

three

The OSH Act prohibits employers from retaliating against an employee who refuses to work in an environment he or she believes may be unhealthy.

true

Hepatitis B vaccination provides protection for:

two years

One of the following is NOT an example of an engineering control:

Proper decontamination of spill areas

How should you dispose of contaminated sharps, such as glass or needles that have come into contact with blood?

Put them in an appropriate sharps container.

What precaution would you NOT take when cleaning up a spill contaminated with bodily fluids?

Red plastic bag

What is usually the first action in the event of an exposure incident?

Wash the area thoroughly

What is the easiest yet most important hygiene precautions that prevents exposure to bloodborne pathogens?

Washing hands

are the 3 diseases addressed by OSHA you need to be cautious of at work.

hepatitis B virus Answer 2: hepatitis C virus Answer 3: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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

Use of Personal Protective Equipment, such as gloves or protective clothing guarantees elimination of exposure risk.

false

AIDS was first reported in the US in mid-1971.

false

Needles should never be recapped.

True

Which of the following ARE ways HIV can be transmitted?

Sharing food

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

Epidemiology is:

The medical science behind tracking and

Bloodborne pathogens can be transmitted:

Transmission occurs by all means stated

Universal precautions require employees to:

Treat all human blood and other bodily fluids as if they are infectious for bloodborne pathogens

According to the Centers for Disease Control, there is no single test that can reliably diagnose AIDS.

True