The practice of adapting the job task or equipment so that you can perform the task safely and productively.

• precautionary statement
• ergonomics
• fire and explosive hazard

Federal guidelines developed by OSHA, specifying practices that ensure safe handling of specimens that may contain pathogens.

• Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• ergonomics
• precautionary statement

A word or term (usually either “danger” or “warning”) used on a label to indicate the relative level of severity of hazard.

• signal word
• chemical hygiene plan
• exposure control plan

Chemicals that pose a hazard when exposure occurs.

• physical hazards
• hazard statement
• hazardous materials (HAZMATS)

Legislation that mandates the use of safety devices that reduce needlestick injuries in the clinical setting.

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
• Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
• chemical hygiene plan

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Readiness for response during times of crisis.

• pictogram
• emergency preparedness
• ergonomics

Contact with electrical equipment or the failure of equipment that creates a dangerous condition.

• hazard statement
• signal word
• electrical hazard

A plan that specifies practices to ensure safe handling of chemicals.

• radioactive hazard
• fire and explosive hazard
• chemical hygiene plan

Description of the nature and degree of a chemical’s hazard(s).

• physical hazards
• Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
• hazard statement

A hazard that exists where ionizing radiation is present.

• exposure control plan
• hazard statement
• radioactive hazard

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8