6 Written Questions

1. a section of the Hazard Communication Standard stating that any equipment that may pose health risk must be specified as a hazard.
2. state laws that allow employees access to information about toxic or hazardous substances, employer duties, employee rights, and other workplace health and safety issues.
3. the federal law that authorizes OSHA to inspect hazardous and to cite offices for unsafe or unhealthy practices regarding these wastes.
4. the standard for occupational exposures to hazardous chemicals in laboratoires, which clarifies the handling of hazardous chemicals in medical laboratories.
5. a concept of employment whereby either the employer or the employee can end the employment at any time, for any reason.
6. a form of insurance established by federal and state statutes that provides reimbursement for workers who are injured on the job.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. an emplyer's legal reason for firing an employee.
   1. Public Policy
   2. General Duty Clause
   3. Just Cause
   4. Surety Bond
2. established by the occupational safety and health act of 1970, the organization taht is charged with writing and enforcing compulsory standards for health and safety in the workplace.
   1. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)
   2. Medical Waste Tracking Act
   3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
   4. Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
3. a concept established by precendent that says an employer risks litigation if he or she does not have just cause for firing an employee.
   1. Just Cause
   2. Public Policy
   3. General Duty Clause
   4. Wrongful Discharge
4. a type of insurance taht allows employers, if convered, to collect up to the specified amount of the bond if an employee embezzeles or otherwise absconds with business funds.
   1. Just Cause
   2. Discrimination
   3. Public Policy
   4. Surety Bond
5. an OSHA regulation designed to protect health care workers from the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
   1. Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)
   2. Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogen Standard
   3. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
   4. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)

5 True/False Questions

1. Discrimination → prejudiced or prejudcial outlook, action, or treatment.

   True        False

2. Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) → an OSHA standard intended to increase health care practioners' awareness of risks, improve work practices and appopriate use of personal prtectiove equipment, and redice inquiries and illnesses in the workplace.

   True        False

3. Affirmative Action → prejudiced or prejudcial outlook, action, or treatment.

   True        False

4. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA) → also called clinical laboratory improvement amendments. Federal Statute passed in 188 that established minimum quuality standards for all laboratory testing.

   True        False

5. Public Policy → the common law concept of wrongful discharge when an employee has acted for the "common good"

   True        False