QUIZ # 3

1. Is a potential source of harm

Answer: Hazard
2-3. Provide at least two individuals who are susceptible to hazard in the operating room.
Answer: Nurse, Surgeon, Assistant surgeon, Anesthesiologist
4. The main hazards in the work of operating room nurses are due to their direct involvement in
the surgical operation. True/ false
Answer: True
5. Nurses sensitive to natural rubber latex must use non-latex or powder-free latex gloves and
avoid contact with other latex products
Answer: True
6-9: Give 3 examples of chemical hazards
Answer:
● Exposure to various anesthetic drugs
● frequent use of soaps, detergents, disinfectants,
● exposure to airborne aerosols or contact with droplets of washing and cleaning
liquids
● Chronic poisoning because of long-term exposure to medications, sterilizing fluids
● Latex allergy caused by exposure to natural latex gloves
10-12: Give 3 example of accident hazards
Answer:
● Injuries to legs and toes caused by falling objects
● Slips, trips, and falls on wet floors
● needle-pricks and cuts by blade/needles
● Electrical shock from faulty or improperly grounded equipment
● overexertion when handling heavy patients.
13-15: Give 3 example of biological hazards
Answer:
● blood-borne diseases such as HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
● Risk of contracting a nosocomial disease as a result of a prick from sharps
● Possibility of contracting palm and finger herpes (Herpes Whitlow)