1. Every medical facility is required by OSHA to have an exposure control plan.

a. true

b. false

2. The exposure control plan shall be made available to the Assistant Secretary and the Director upon request for examination and copying.

a. true

b. false

3. “HIV” means ______.

a. hepatitis B virus

b. hepatitis C virus

c. human immunodeficiency virus

d. human infectious virus

4. ______ means any contaminated object that can penetrate the skin including, but not limited to needles, scalpels, broken glass, broken capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wired.

a. “Contaminated Devices”

b. “Disposable Devices”

c. “Contaminated Sharps”

d. “Dangerous Incisor”

5. Reasonable anticipated skin, eye, mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood, or other potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee’s duties is called ______.

a. occupational exposure

b. daily risk

c. occupational risk

d. professional threat

6. Any individual, living or dead, whose blood, or other potentially infectious materials may be a source of occupational exposure to the employee is called a (an) ______.

a. hazardous individual

b. source individual

c. infected specimen

d. quarantined source

7. To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial endospores is to ______.

a. eradicate

b. toxify

c. sterilize

d. acid wash

8. ______ is the single most important source of HIV and HBV in the workplace.

a. semen

b. saliva in dental procedures

c. pleural fluid

d. blood

9. The risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood from a patient known to be infected with HIV is approximately ______.

a. 0.01%

b. 0.50%

c. 1.00%

d. 5.00%

10. General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range of ______ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-care environment.

a. diseases

b. conditions

c. microbiological agents

d. sickness

11. “Contact with blood, or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous inoculation, or contact with an open wound, non-intact skin, or mucous membrane during the performance of normal duties” this definition (found in the Federal Register) applies to ______.

a. human exposure

b. exposed worker

c. worker stress

d. stressed worker

12. All workers whose jobs involved participation in tasks, or activities with exposure to blood, or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply, should be vaccinated with ______ vaccine.

a. human immunodeficiency

b. hepatitis C

c. small pox

d. hepatitis B

13. ______ testing should be made available by the employer to all workers who maybe concerned they have been infected with HIV through an occupational exposure.

a. serologic

b. blood

c. immediate

d. virologic

14. Studies suggest that the potential for salivary transmission of HIV is ______.

a. frequent

b. 25%

c. remote

d. as frequent as blood transmission

15. After they are used, disposable syringes and needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp items should be placed in ______ containers for disposal.

a. biodegradable

b. puncture-resistant

c. OSHA

d. sanitized

16. Broken glassware which may be contaminated shall not be picked up directly with the hands but by mechanical means, such as ______.

a. by a lab technician

b. a vacutainer

c. a brush and dust pan

d. gloved hands

17. Contaminated laundry shall be ______ where it was soiled.

a. destroyed at the location

b. transported away from the location

c. disinfected or discarded at the location

d. bagged or containerized at the location

18. All spills of blood-contaminated fluid should be promptly cleaned up using ______ approved germicide, or a 1:100 solution of household bleach.

a. an OSHA

b. an EPA

c. a hospital or clinic

d. a consumer

19. In cases of blood contamination shoe coverings and gloves should be disposed of in ______ biohazard plastic bags.

a. black

b. clearly marked

c. orange-red

d. transparent

20. It is recommended that protective masks and eye wear, or face shields, be worn by laboratory technicians, or housekeeping personnel ______.

a. when removing blood stains

b. at all times

c. when routinely cleaning equipment

d. when dealing with any fluids

21. Blood from all individuals should be considered ______.

a. decontaminated

b. infected

c. biodegradable

d. hazardous

22. When starting an Intravenous line gloves, gown, and eye wear are recommended.

a. true

b. false

23. A specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, non-intact skin, or parenteral contact with blood, or other potentially infectious materials that results from the performance of an employees duties is called ______.

a. unfortunate incident

b. hazardous exposure

c. occupational hazard

d. exposure incident

24. “Universal Precautions” is ______.

a. an organization to promote infection control

b. an approach to infection control

c. EPA guidelines

d. World Health Organization guidelines

25. CDC has estimated that ______ health-care workers whose jobs entail exposure to blood become infected with HBV each year.

a. 1,000

b. 200,000

c. 12,000

d. 35,000

26. Vaccinations against HBV infection provide 90% protection against hepatitis B for ______ or more years following vaccination.

a. seven

b. ten

c. four

d. twelve

27. Employees that fall in Category II of job classifications may include ______.

a. Dentists

b. Phlebotomists

c. Medical Office Manager

d. Morticians

28. The decision as to whether workers infected with HIV can adequately and safely be allowed to perform patient-care, should be made ______.

a. in a court of law

b. by an OSHA review board

c. by worker’s personal physician in conjunction with the employer’s medical advisor

d. by the employer

29. ______ means piercing mucous membranes, or skin barrier, through such events as needle sticks, human bites, cuts, and abrasions.

a. Incise

b. Parenchyma

c. Parenteral

d. Lyse

30. The first of defense in preventing disease is ______.

a. wearing a mask

b. the medical hand wash

c. wearing gloves

d. wearing a gown

31. Biohazard labels must be colored ______.

a. blue

b. orange-red

c. green

d. grey-black

32. What federal agency requires the use of Sharps Containers?

a. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

b. Drug Enforcement Agency

c. Department of Defense

d. Law Enforcement Agency