Review Topics: Laboratory Safety and HIPAA

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Review TopicsLaboratory Safety and HIPAA
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Question safety

• 1. Define the term blood borne pathogen
• 2. Provide an example of a blood borne
• pathogen

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Answer

• 1. A blood borne pathogen is a substance that
  is capable of transmitting disease through the
  blood stream or other body fluid
• 2. Examples of blood borne pathogens include
  HIV, hepatitis virus

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Question safety

• Name a disinfectant often used in the
• clinical laboratory

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Answer

• Disinfectants often used in the
• clinical laboratory include
• 10 bleach solution
• phenolic disinfectant

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Question safety

• What laboratory safety policy is in place to
• prevent the exposure and spread of a
• potentially infectious agent to personnel?

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Answer

• What laboratory safety policy is in place to
• prevent the exposure and spread of a
• potentially infectious agent to personnel?
• Standard precautions

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Question safety

• What does the acronym RACE stand
• for?
• 2. When is this acronym used?

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Answer

• R rescue anyone in danger
• A activate the alarm, alert people of danger
• C confine the fire by closing doors and
  windows
• E extinguish the fire or exit to safety
• 2. Used as an aid for remembering the proper
  procedure to follow when responding to a fire

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Question safety

• True or False
• Proper hand-washing requires the use of
• soap and water with friction for 15 minutes

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Answer

• False
• Proper hand-washing requires the use of
• soap and water with friction for 15 seconds

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Question safety

• Name three items that are considered to be PPE

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Answer

• PPE items include
• lab coat
• gloves
• eye goggles
• face mask or shield
• close-toed shoes

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Question safety

• Your co-worker just splashed reagent into their
  eye.
• How long should the eye be flushed?
• What should you use to flush the eye?
• List three things that should be done as follow
  up to this incident

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Answer

• Your co-worker just splashed reagent into their
  eye.
• The eye should be flushed with water for 15
  minutes
• Flush the eye using the eye wash
• Notify your supervisor, complete an incident
  report form, seek medical care

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Question safety

• Define biological hazard

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Answer

• A biological hazard is any material or
• entity that is contaminated with biological
• material that is potentially capable of
• transmitting disease

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Question safety

• What does PPE stand for?

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Answer

• Personal protective equipment

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Question safety

• What is the one thing, (maybe even
• considered the most important thing),
• you can do to prevent the spread of
• disease?

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Answer

• What is the one thing, (maybe even
• considered the most important thing),
• you can do to prevent the spread of
• disease?
• HANDWASHING

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Question HIPAA

• True or False
• It is okay to discuss a patients set of test
• results and the likely diagnosis in the
• cafeteria if you DO NOT mention the
• patients name

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Answer

• False
• It is never appropriate to discuss patient test
• results in any setting except the immediate
• work place (lab). In this scenario, a relative
• or friend of another patient may overhear the
• conversation and think you are talking about
• their loved one/friend

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Question HIPAA

• Complete the phrase
• HIPAA is an acronym that stands for
• Health Information _____ and _____ Act

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Answer

• Complete the phrase
• HIPAA is an acronym that stands for
• Health Information _____ and _____ Act
• Portability Accountability

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Question safety

• What does the acronym PASS stand
• for?
• 2. When is this acronym used?

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Answer

• P pull the safety pin
• A aim the nozzle at the base of the fire
• S squeeze the handles together
• S sweep the contents towards and
• around the base of the fire
• Used as an aid for remembering how to
• use a fire extinguisher

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Question safety

• Define decontamination

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Answer

• Decontamination is a process used to
• remove a potential biological hazard from an
• area such as a countertop

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Question safety

• I am a division of the US Department of
• Labor that is responsible for defining
• potential safety and health hazards in the
• workplace, establish guidelines to safeguard
• employees from these hazards and monitor
• compliance with safety guidelines.
• Who am I?

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Answer

• I am a division of the US Department of
• Labor that is responsible for defining
• potential safety and health hazards in the
• workplace, establish guidelines to safeguard
• employees from these hazards and monitor
• compliance with safety guidelines.
• Who am I? OSHA

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Question safety

• What does OSHA stand for?

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Answer

• What does OSHA stand for?
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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Question HIPPA

• Your cousin has been admitted through the
• ER and you were the technologist who
• analyzed his blood. Your mother asks you
• what was wrong with him.
• If you told her his admitting diagnosis, would
• this be considered a HIPAA violation?

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Answer

• Would this be considered a HIPAA violation?
• Yes. You cannot disclose any information about
• any patient at any time to anyone (unless you
• have been granted this right by the patient
  himself)
• Remember, in the laboratory we are granted only
• need to know access to patient health
  information
• that we may need to complete our analysis of the
• specimen

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Question safety

• Explain what is meant by the term
• standard precautions

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Answer

• Standard precautions means that we
• handle all body substances as potentially
• infectious.
• This means we must follow all safety
• guidelines and wear appropriate PPE at all
• times when handling any patient test sample