Ptcb Quiz: Hazardous Disposal

What this quiz covers

This quiz focuses on Hazardous Disposal, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for Ptcb.

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Question 1

1. A red sharps container
2. A regular trash receptacle
3. A black hazardous waste container (correct answer)
4. A blue non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste container

Question 2

1. In a red biohazard bag for incineration.
2. In the regular trash after being placed in a sealed plastic bag.
3. In the black container for hazardous pharmaceutical waste. (correct answer)
4. In the yellow container for trace chemotherapy waste.

Question 3

1. The expired bottle of multivitamins.
2. The used lancet in its protective cap.
3. The expired epinephrine auto-injector. (correct answer)
4. None of the items are hazardous.

Question 4

1. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
2. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
3. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (correct answer)
4. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

Question 5

1. Warfarin (correct answer)
2. Metformin
3. Lisinopril
4. Amoxicillin

Question 6

1. Yellow
2. Black (correct answer)
3. Red
4. Blue

Question 7

1. Nicotine gum
2. Physostigmine injection
3. Warfarin tablets
4. Mitomycin injection (correct answer)

Question 8

1. Placed in a regular trash can because it is empty.
2. Placed in the red sharps container and handled as regular sharps waste.
3. Placed in the black hazardous waste container. (correct answer)
4. Rinsed three times and placed in the glass recycling bin.

Question 9

1. An expired bottle of amoxicillin tablets
2. A syringe used to administer a flu vaccine
3. An unopened box of cyclophosphamide for injection (correct answer)
4. An empty vial that contained warfarin

Question 10

1. The canister contains a propellant that makes it an ignitable hazardous waste. (correct answer)
2. The medication residue in the canister is considered acutely toxic.
3. All inhaled medications are automatically classified as biohazardous.
4. The plastic actuator is not recyclable and contaminates landfills.

Question 11

1. P-listed acutely hazardous waste.
2. U-listed toxic waste.
3. ignitable hazardous waste.
4. non-hazardous pharmaceutical waste. (correct answer)

Question 12

1. acutely toxic. (correct answer)
2. corrosive.
3. ignitable.
4. carcinogenic.

Question 13

1. A pair of gloves worn while compounding fluorouracil.
2. A vial of methotrexate that is more than 3% full by weight of its original volume. (correct answer)
3. An empty syringe that once contained a chemotherapy drug.
4. An IV administration set used to infuse a chemotherapy drug.

Question 14

1. biohazardous waste in a red bag.
2. non-hazardous waste in a blue container.
3. P-listed hazardous waste in a black container. (correct answer)
4. regular trash, since it was returned by a patient.

Question 15

1. They are acutely toxic in very small doses.
2. They are ignitable or reactive with other chemicals.
3. They are toxic, carcinogenic, mutagenic, or teratogenic. (correct answer)
4. They are also regulated as controlled substances by the DEA.

Question 16

1. It can be returned to the manufacturer for credit, so it is not waste.
2. It must be segregated and managed as RCRA hazardous waste. (correct answer)
3. It should be disposed of in a sewer with a witness per hospital policy.
4. It can be sent to the reverse distributor with non-hazardous drugs.

Question 17

1. An expired nicotine patch
2. An unopened vial of cyclophosphamide
3. A stock bottle of expired atorvastatin tablets (correct answer)
4. A partially used epinephrine auto-injector

Question 18

1. black container for bulk hazardous waste.
2. yellow container for trace chemotherapy waste. (correct answer)
3. red container for standard sharps.
4. blue container for non-hazardous waste.