Biosafety Levels Determine

question 37

Multiple Choice

Biosafety levels determine:

• A)on what floor certain infectious disease testing can be performed.
• B)the degree of risk for certain areas of a health care facility to exposure to infectious diseases.
• C)the amount of ventilation required in a transfusion service.
• D)how many biohazardous waste containers a laboratory must have.

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Definitions:

Pyroclastic Flows

Fast-moving current of hot gas and volcanic materials that move away from a volcano during an explosive eruption.

Ash Column

A large plume of volcanic ash that is ejected into the atmosphere during a volcanic eruption.

Composite Volcanoes

Volcanic structures formed from alternating layers of lava flows, ash, and other volcanic debris.

Island Arc

Curved chains of volcanic islands located at convergent tectonic plate boundaries, often formed from the subduction of an oceanic plate under another oceanic plate.