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These 10 free CHSP questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Certified Healthcare Safety Professional blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A nurse routinely scans medication barcodes at the nurses' station before entering patient rooms. She believes checking the patient's name later provides equivalent protection, and her supervisor has encouraged the workaround to avoid delays. After bedside scanning is restored, how should the nurse's behavior be addressed under Just Culture?
Correct answer: B - Coach the nurse and remove the pressures that reward the workaround.
Two enteral-to-intravenous tubing misconnections are intercepted in a neonatal unit despite recent staff training and prominent line labels. The root cause analysis finds that the legacy connectors physically fit the wrong access ports. Procurement can obtain a compatible enteral system whose connectors cannot mate with intravenous ports. Which recommendation most directly removes the identified failure mechanism?
Correct answer: D - Replace the legacy enteral system with the physically incompatible connector system.
Which change would remove a common-cause failure from this proposed emergency-power design? The pre-installation failure mode and effects analysis identifies two generators with separate engines and controls, but one shared fuel-transfer pump located below the design flood level.
Correct answer: D - Provide independent fuel-transfer paths protected against the identified flood hazard.
An employee-safety dashboard must show the annual DART rate per 100 full-time-equivalent workers. There were nine distinct recordable cases: two involved days away, three others involved restricted work, and four involved medical treatment only. Together, the first five cases produced 28 days away or restricted days. Employees actually worked 400,000 hours; payroll also lists 40,000 hours of paid leave. Which DART rate belongs on the dashboard?
Correct answer: A - 2.5
Fire response is under way on an inpatient ward: the alarm has been activated, people in immediate danger have been removed, and doors have been closed. Smoke is now spreading within the affected smoke compartment. A protected horizontal route leads to an unaffected compartment with staff, oxygen, and space to maintain care. Where should the next patient relocation be directed?
Correct answer: C - Across the smoke barrier into the verified safe compartment on the same floor.
An allogeneic stem-cell transplant recipient has no infection requiring Airborne Precautions. During a previously approved renovation, the patient's protective-environment room remains at +4 Pa relative to the corridor, with functioning HEPA-filtered supply air and 14 air changes per hour. The construction enclosure is under negative pressure, and its dust barriers are intact. A request is made to put the patient's room under negative pressure as an added precaution. How should that request be handled?
Correct answer: C - Retain positive pressure in the patient's room and negative pressure in the construction enclosure.
A pharmacy introduces closed-system drug-transfer devices for intravenous cyclophosphamide. Staff currently use an appropriate externally exhausted containment cabinet, two pairs of chemotherapy-tested gloves, and a protective hazardous-drug gown. The director asks which protections can be reduced now that drug transfer is closed. What is the correct recommendation?
Correct answer: A - Add the devices without reducing required containment or chemotherapy PPE.
Personal sampling during a pathology technician's eight-hour shift shows formaldehyde exposure of 1.2 ppm for two hours and 0.4 ppm for the remaining six hours. Separate short-term samples never exceed 1.4 ppm over 15 minutes. Federal OSHA specifies an eight-hour action level of 0.5 ppm, an eight-hour permissible exposure limit of 0.75 ppm, and a 15-minute limit of 2 ppm. Which interpretation supports the required follow-up?
Correct answer: A - The TWA is 0.60 ppm; action-level monitoring and medical surveillance are required.
A phlebotomist sustains a work-related puncture from a needle contaminated with a patient's blood. Prompt occupational-health evaluation is completed. The employee loses no work time, has no restrictions, and follow-up testing shows no infection. When the OSHA 300 Log is reviewed, which entry is appropriate?
Correct answer: B - Retain an injury entry, using a privacy-case designation instead of the employee's name.
A respiratory therapist cannot obtain an adequate fit with the available tight-fitting respirators. The hospital selects a NIOSH-approved loose-fitting hood PAPR suitable for caring for patients with pulmonary tuberculosis. Medical clearance, device-specific training, demonstrated correct use, and equipment checks are complete. Which authorization is consistent with OSHA's respiratory-protection requirements?
Correct answer: B - Authorize the PAPR; tight-fitting-facepiece fit testing does not apply to this hood.
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