Centrifuging an uncapped tube of urine is most likely to produce a/an:

• Electrical shock

• Broken tube

• Unbalancing

• Aerosol

The chain of infection includes all of the following except a:

• Source

• Host

• Disinfectant

• Transmission method

Which of the following guidelines states that laboratory personnel should consider all patients as possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens?

• Urinalysis precautions

• Blood-borne pathogen precautions

• Standard precautions

• Body fluid precautions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that universal precautions be followed when encountering:

• Specimens containing visible blood

• Patients who are infected with blood-borne pathogens

• All body fluid specimens

A urine specimen received in the laboratory is leaking in a transport bag. What is the next course of action?

• It should be relabeled.

• It should be rejected.

• It should be processed with no special handling.

• It should be poured into a clean container.

The acceptable method for disposing of urine specimens is:

• Autoclaving the entire urine specimen

• Pouring the urine specimen down the sink followed by copious amounts of water

• Placing the urine specimen in a biohazard bag

• Diluting urine with sodium hypochlorite

Which of the following is a practice that all laboratory workers must avoid?

• Changing gloves that are soiled

• Centrifuging conical tubes

• Moving puncture-resistant containers

• Manually recapping needles

The acronym RACE is used when encountering a/an:

• Fire

• Chemical spill

• Blood spill

• Needlestick

Variables that are included in a quality management program include all of the following except:

• Preexamination

• Clinical

• Examination

• Postexamination

When a critical value is obtained in the laboratory:

• The test should be rejected

• The pathologist should be notified

• A new specimen must be requested

• The result must be reported to the health-care provider