Biohazard disposal
General Surgery · Topic 15
Source: NMC CBME Curriculum 2024 · Volume III · General Surgery · Topic 15 · combined PDF page 406
Practice questions
- A clinic is planning collection of used hypodermic needles at the point of use. Which device is directly supported by the supplied facility-based report as a low-cost collection approach?
- A locally produced needle container is being considered for an immunization clinic. Which capacity was described in the report?
- A health facility in a resource-constrained setting asks about the reported cost of a locally produced container for used hypodermic needles. Which range matches the study?
- A hospital is expanding its immunization campaign and wants to apply the finding from the low-cost needle-container report. Which setting most closely matches the settings in which the device was trialed?
- A student claims that the reported 500–1,000-needle capacity is a universal regulatory specification for sharps containers. Which response is most accurate?
- Which statement best captures the safety function of a purpose-made used-needle collection container?
- A facility plans to adapt the low-cost container initiative in another region. Which conclusion is justified by the reported study?
- A person who uses insulin at home asks where used syringes might be collected through a community-based program. Which location was among the return options described in the review?
- A review identified 15 community programs for safe syringe disposal. Which group primarily used insulin was served by the largest number of these programs?
- In the review of 15 community syringe-disposal programs, how many primarily served people who inject drugs?
- Which option was NOT one of the three broad strategies identified in the review of community-based syringe disposal programs?
- A community program seeks to improve participation by people who inject drugs. According to the review, which factor may deter their participation in safe syringe-disposal efforts?
- A regional public-health team is developing a community syringe-disposal program. Which approach best reflects the review's recommendations for program development?
- A national agency wants to standardize community syringe disposal across several jurisdictions. Which obstacle was identified in the review as hindering broader approaches?
- A reader assumes that the community syringe-disposal review evaluated only syringe-exchange programs. Which correction is most accurate?
- A sewage-treatment manager is considering earthworms to stabilize sludge. Which process was described as contributing to pathogen reduction?
- A study describes processing 1 m³ of wet sewage sludge into 0.5 m³ of vermicompost. What volume reduction does this represent?
- In the reported vermistabilization example, what happened to the moisture content from wet sludge to vermicompost?
- Which statement best describes the study's account of heavy metals during vermistabilization?
- Which nutrients did the vermistabilization study report as being mineralized from sewage sludge?
- A facility proposes using vermistabilization for discarded hypodermic needles because it was reported to reduce pathogens in sludge. Which assessment is most appropriate?
- A report states that vermistabilized sludge met grade A standards in the study context. Which interpretation is most careful?
- A clinician assumes that fetal-remains disposition rules are identical in every jurisdiction. Which statement best corrects this assumption based on the supplied analysis?
- According to the 2025 United States legal analysis, how are fetal remains handled in most states, as described by the article?
- The 2025 analysis focused on restrictive United States requirements for miscarried or aborted remains below which gestational age threshold?
- How many states with restrictive fetal-disposition requirements did the 2025 analysis identify?
- A hospital policy team is reviewing a restrictive fetal-disposition rule. Which concern did the 2025 analysis argue such requirements may raise?