Page 11 - ractice Exam Questions and rationales

Your response:
OSHA guidelines stating that health care workers should take proper precautions.
Correct response:
Control measures that treat all body fluid as if it could be infectious.
Rationale: The CDC issues publications on the proper handling of blood borne pathogens with
guidelines outlining that blood and body fluid precautions are consistently used for all patients
regardless of their blood borne infection status. The recommendations call for blood and body
fluid precautions when a patient was known or suspected to be infected with blood borne
pathogens. Recommendations were based upon the following reasons: 1) body fluids to which
universal precautions apply, 2) use of protective barriers, 3) use of gloves for phlebotomy, 4)
selection of gloves for use while observing universal precautions, and 5) need for making
changes in waste management programs as a result of adopting universal precautions. However,
universal precautions do not apply to feces, nasal secretions, sputum, sweat, tears, urine, and
vomitus unless they contain visible blood. On the other hand, OSHA standards for reducing risks
of blood borne pathogens include: Implementation of a written Exposure Control Plan (ECP),
designed to eliminate or minimize employee exposure, and ensures that employees with
occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens receive appropriate training. The training shall
be provided to the employee free of charge and during work hours.
Which of the following types of licensure must a physician have and maintain to legally
dispense, prescribe, or administer controlled substances?

A. pharmaceutical

B. narcotics

C. business

D. occupational

Your response:
pharmaceutical
Correct response:
narcotics
Rationale: A physician must obtain and renew narcotics licensure by state and federally through
the Drug Enforcement Agency. Pharmaceutical, business, and occupational licensure is not a
requirement of physicians for controlled substances.
Which of the following blood components are visible in a centrifuged, evacuated red top tube?
(Select the two (2) correct answers.)

A. plasma

B. serum

C. individual erythrocytes