Safety Quiz

Which is NOT a common cause of accidents:

• positive safety attitudes

• environmental hazards

• lack of knowledge

• poor safety behavior

______________ are rules developed by the CDC that every patient and body fluid must be treated as hazardous and infectious.

• Standard parameters

• Strict Permission

• Severe precautions

• Standard precautions

______ are requirements for standards precautions:

• wearing gloves, wearing gowns, not wearing eye protection

• recap needles, washing hands, wearing gloves

• properly disposing of sharps, wearing gloves, using resuscitation devices

• wearing eye protection, not wearing gloves, washing hands

MSDS stands for:

• Machine System Database Score

• Material Safety Data Sheet

• Materials Surely Deemed Safe

• Master Soccer Daily Scorer

Standard precautions were developed to:

• prevent the patient from sickness/infection

• Protect the health care worker from infection or disease

• give the patient comfort

• help the health care worker do their job

One example of a proper lifting technique is:

• bending with your back

• having an unstable base

• sizing up the load and bending with your knees

• twisting while carrying the load

One example of a safety rule/behavior is:

• removing all jewelry

• having a large group performing a skill

• keeping the area you are working in a mess

• using frayed electrical cords

Safety rules or behaviors may include:

• washing hands before/after and no horseplay

• not telling the instructor of an accident and keeping jewelry on

• not using frayed electrical cords and not taking safety precautions

• not following skill directions and not understanding the procedure

Which of the following is NOT a type of fire extinguisher:

• Ordinary Combustibles

• Flammable gases

• Frozen Liquids

• Electrical

A class _________ is the fire extinguisher to use with flammable liquids:

• C

• D

• B

• A