Hazard Control Practices Flashcards
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A healthcare safety professional is assessing indoor air quality after staff report headaches near a newly renovated wing. Which control measure addresses the root cause MOST directly?
Answer: Increase the outdoor air ventilation rate in the renovated area
Increasing outdoor air ventilation is an engineering control that dilutes and removes volatile organic compounds at the source, directly addressing indoor air quality.
Under the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HazCom 2012), which element on a GHS-compliant Safety Data Sheet (SDS) specifically describes first aid measures?
Answer: Section 4 – First Aid Measures
Section 4 of the GHS-formatted SDS is dedicated to first aid measures, describing initial care for inhalation, skin contact, eye contact, and ingestion exposures.
A hospital laundry facility identifies a risk of worker exposure to bloodborne pathogens from contaminated linen. Which combination of controls BEST reflects the hierarchy of controls?
Answer: Install automated linen sorting machines and require cut-resistant gloves when manual handling is necessary
Automated sorting (engineering control) minimizes manual contact, while cut-resistant gloves (PPE) address residual risk when manual handling is unavoidable—correctly applying the hierarchy.
What is the function of a 'tagout' device when lockout is not feasible during maintenance activities?
Answer: It warns authorized employees that the equipment must not be operated
A tagout device is a warning label that communicates the equipment must not be operated; unlike lockout, it does not physically prevent energization and requires additional protective measures.
When evaluating the effectiveness of an implemented hazard control, which metric BEST indicates actual risk reduction?
Answer: The reduction in incident rates and near-miss reports related to the specific hazard
A reduction in incident and near-miss rates directly measures whether the control is preventing harm, which is the primary purpose of hazard control.
A safety officer discovers that a hospital pharmacy is storing flammable liquids in a standard refrigerator. What is the correct immediate corrective action?
Answer: Transfer the flammable liquids to a listed flammable-materials storage refrigerator immediately
Standard refrigerators contain ignition sources (motors, thermostats) that can ignite flammable vapors; only listed flammable-materials refrigerators are designed to eliminate internal ignition sources.
Which principle underlies the concept of 'defense in depth' when applying multiple layers of hazard controls in a healthcare facility?
Answer: Multiple independent controls ensure that failure of one does not result in uncontrolled worker exposure
Defense in depth uses redundant, independent layers of control so that if one layer fails, remaining controls continue to protect workers from the hazard.