Safety & Infection Control Flashcards
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A practitioner is bitten by a horse during a treatment session. After first aid, what documentation is legally and professionally required?
Answer: An incident report filed with the practice and the property owner notified
Animal bites must be documented in an incident report for the practice's records, and the property owner should be notified for liability, insurance, and potential rabies risk assessment purposes.
Wet-to-dry contact with manure-contaminated surfaces is a transmission route for which equine pathogen?
Answer: Salmonella species
Salmonella spp. are shed in equine feces and can be transmitted through contact with contaminated manure, posing both an equine and zoonotic infection risk.
Which of the following flooring treatments reduces the risk of slip-and-fall injuries for both horses and practitioners in a treatment area?
Answer: Rubber matting with drainage channels
Rubber matting provides traction for the horse's hooves and the practitioner's footwear while drainage channels prevent moisture accumulation that creates slip hazards.
The concept of 'clean to dirty' in equine infection control refers to:
Answer: Moving from uncontaminated areas or items to contaminated ones in a single direction to prevent cross-contamination
The 'clean to dirty' principle means work flows in one direction—from sterile or uncontaminated areas toward contaminated ones—so that clean items are never re-contaminated by movement.
A practitioner treats five horses on a farm visit and uses the same adjustment mallet without disinfecting it between patients. This violates which infection control principle?
Answer: Point-of-care instrument disinfection between patients
Point-of-care disinfection requires that any instrument contacting multiple patients be cleaned and disinfected between uses to prevent pathogen transfer.
What is the primary reason for practitioners to receive a tetanus toxoid booster every 10 years?
Answer: Immunity from previous vaccination wanes over time, leaving practitioners vulnerable to wound inoculation in stable environments
Tetanus toxoid immunity naturally diminishes over approximately 10 years, so booster doses are required to maintain protective immunity in practitioners regularly exposed to soil, manure, and wound risks.
Which action best demonstrates a chiropractic practitioner's application of 'hierarchy of controls' for kick hazards?
Answer: Redesigning the treatment area to incorporate restraint stocks (engineering control)
Engineering controls such as restraint stocks physically reduce the horse's ability to kick, ranking higher in the hierarchy of controls than administrative controls or PPE, which are lower-tier protections.