Regulated Medical Waste

1.

1 point

Isolated wastes are:

generated by patients who are kept in isolation because they have a highly communicable disease

created by laboratories that perform biochemical analyses

wastes that must be kept isolated from all other wastes

all of the above

both (b) and (c)

2.

1 point

Potentially infectious waste is estimated to represent less than ____________ of total health care facility wastes.

30%

50%

10%

25%

3.

1 point

_______________ is a process that uses heat to destroy pathogens in the absence of oxygen.

Interment

Autoclaving

Enzyme treatment

Pyrolysis

4.

1 point

Some facilities forbid the use of chlorine bleach for disinfection or treatment of
medical wastes that will be autoclaved because:

these wastes will be disposed of in the regular waste stream once they are sterilized

the release of chlorine gas during steam sterilization can be hard on equip- ment and toxic to personnel

chlorine is not an effective disinfectant against all pathogens

all of the above

both (a) and (b)

5.

1 point

__________________ kills all organisms except high concentrations of bacterial spores.

Cleaning

Intermediate-level disinfection

High-level disinfection

Low-level infection

6.

1 point

Which of the following is true about mixed wastes?

Mixed wastes must be labeled for each category of hazard they represent.

Mixed wastes may contain infectious materials, radioactive materials, and/or hazardous chemicals.

Mixed wastes may be treated to eliminate one or more categories of hazard before disposal.

All of the above are true.

None of the above are true.

7.

1 point

Regulated medical waste is also called what?

infectious waste

biohazardous waste

mixed waste

all of the above

both (a) and (b)

8.

1 point

Specially permitted landfills may be used as disposal sites for regulated medical wastes.

True

False

9.

1 point

Which of the following is true about hospital waste?

Hospital waste is similar to normal household waste and has no special disposal requirements.

Hospital waste should be properly segregated from other types of waste.

“Hospital waste” includes non-hazardous discards such as packaging and waste paper.

All of the above are true.

None of the above are true.

10.

1 point

Recognizable human anatomical parts, such as removed body organs and limbs, or human surgery specimens and human tissues, are what type of wastes?

laboratory wastes

chemotherapeutic wastes

veterinary wastes

pathology wastes