NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING
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needles
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razors
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glass medicine bottles
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all of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -No loose sharps – Hypodermic needles, syringes with attached needles (or needleless plungers), scalpels, razor blades, and broken glass must be disposed of in a rigid, plastic sharps container. Only full, properly labeled, and sealed sharps containers can go in the Red BIOHAZARD Waste Collection Bins.
Detailed explanation-2: -Sharps waste must be accumulated in a sharps container labeled with the biohazard symbol or wording. These containers may not be overfilled.
Detailed explanation-3: -Place only sharps (as defined in OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogens standard, for example, contaminated syringes, needles, lancets, scalpels, infusion needle sets, connection needles, auto-injectors) in sharps disposal containers.
Detailed explanation-4: -Blood, blood products and OPIM. Dressings, cotton balls, specimen swabs or other materials soaked or caked with blood or OPIM. Paper towels and other disposable materials used to clean up spills containing blood or OPIM. Disposable gloves or gowns soaked/caked with blood or OPIM. More items •23-May-2019