Safety Competency Quiz 2022

What PPE is needed for aerosols?

Gown and gloves

Gown and gloves, face mask

Gown, gloves, eye protection, mask

Eye protection

How often are safety inspections performed at your site?

Annually

Monthly

Quarterly

When necessary

How should you lift heavy items?

Bend over and pick up with your back

Never pick up heavy items

Bend and lift with your legs

Carry object away from your body

You have accidentally broken a cylinder and spilled a chemical on the table. What should you do?

Use water and paper towels to clean up the spill, place the broken tube in the disposal container specified for sharps

Throw the glass in the nearest trash and let the spill air dry

Quickly dispose of the glass, wipe up the spill and hope nobody notices

Review SDS and dispose of chemical as described, put broken glass in sharps container

A blood sample breaks within the centrifuge; what do you do?

Open the centrifuge as soon as you can

Wipe down the centrifuge with paper towel

Wait 30 minutes before opening centrifuge, wear PPE, remove broken glass, wipe down with appropriate disinfectant

Call company to come and clean

What are the three principal methods of decontamination?

Autoclave, chemicals, filter

Chemicals, incinerate, autoclave

Wash with soap, Javex, incinerate

Steam, boil, filter

What are the four modes of transmission of an infection into the body?

Touching surfaces

Taking the bus, kissing, allergies, biting

Touching, breathing in, eating, needle stick injury

Contact indirectly or directly

How should you handle dry ice?

With nitrile gloves

With insulated gloves

With your bare hands

Do not ever touch try ice

Where should nitrile gloves be disposed of?

Regular garbage unless visibly soiled with body fluids

Sharps containers

Biohazard waste containers

Chemical waste containers

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