Personal protective equipment: gloves, gowns, masks, respirators and eye or face protection worn against blood and infectious material; the employer provides it free.
Safety and Compliance, question 5A hospital laboratory uses hazardous chemicals on a non-production basis. Under OSHA's laboratory standard, which written plan must the…
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OPIMOther potentially infectious materials: fluids such as semen, CSF and any visibly bloody fluid, plus unfixed…
OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration: part of the U.S. Department of Labor; it writes and enforces…
PEPPost-exposure prophylaxis: medicine started after an exposure; for possible HIV it should begin as soon as…
PHIProtected health information: health information that identifies a patient, in any form (spoken, paper or…
QD, QODDaily (QD) and every other day (QOD). On The Joint Commission Do Not Use list: misread as each other or as…
SDSSafety data sheet: the 16-section document kept for each hazardous chemical; section 8 lists the protective…
SESIPSharp with engineered sharps injury protection: OSHA term for a needle or other sharp with a built-in…
TBTuberculosis: a bacterial infection, mainly of the lungs, spread through the air; it calls for airborne…