Midterm 1.9 Lab Rules

Question 1

Who enforces lab safety code?

Answer 1

McGill Food and Nutrition Lab Director, or if not present whoever is in charge or TAs

Question 2

What happens if non-compliant with PPP, Food Safety and Health Safety rules?

Answer 2

Personal Protective Principles - immediate expulsion from lab

Food safety and health safety - warning followed by immediate correction

Question 3

Before coming in ensure

Answer 3

Health
Have required materials
Clean, and no scents
Clothing is food lab compliant

Question 4

Dress code

Answer 4

PPP - Personal Protective Principles

Comfortable, non-synthetic and non-flammable clothing

Legs covered ankles to hips
Arms covered wrists to shoulders

Avoid skin tight and loose-fitting clothing

Protect feet (closed toe, flat shoes)

Remove jewelry and piercings
Remove nail polish

Question 5

Entering food lab

Answer 5

Wear hairnet
Put on clean chef coat
Wash hands

Question 6

Before leaving lab

Answer 6

Leave nothing behind (store perishables)
Wash, sanitize and restock station
Leave chef coat and rags to wash
Person in charge audits station and authorizes team to leave

Question 7

Telephone number hierarchy

Answer 7

MFNL director
9-1-1 (medical)
Campus facilities (infrastructure, spill or odor emergency)
Emergency campus security
Campus security

Question 8

Medical emergency procedure

Answer 8

1. Ensure patient is safe
2. Contact person in charge
3. Have witness explain
4. Person in charge provides first aid and decides what’s next
5. Person in charge complete incident report

Question 9

Infrastructure damage procedure

Answer 9

1. Secure area where damage occurred and don’t clean up
2. Contact person in charge
3. Describe issue
4. Person in charge assess (evacuate, secure, call facilities)
5. Person in charge file incident report

Question 10

Fire/gas emergency procedure

Answer 10

1. Secure area
2. Contact person in charge
3. Person in charge assess (evac, close gas valves, contact campus security, trigger fire alarm)
4. Incident report

Question 11

Evacuation procedure

Answer 11

1. Decision to evacuate by person in charge
2. Power shortage longer than 10 min, turn off appliances and evacuate with stuff
3. When fire alarm goes, leave belongings and turn off appliances
4. Use main food lab entrance and ballroom stairwell (TEACH 1-4), back entrance for TEACH 4-8
5. Check in with person in charge

Question 12

First aid hierarchy

Answer 12

MFNL director
Activity Instructor
Teaching Assistant
Student with valid proof of training (with authorization)

Question 13

First aid protocol overview

Answer 13

Check, call, care

Don’t use first aid kit for minor cuts and bruises or personal hygiene products

Question 14

First aid CHECK

Answer 14

1. Ensure person is safe
2. Assess what happened
3. Check vital signs
4. Determine who is best suited to provide care
5. Give care only if trained

Question 15

First aid CALL

Answer 15

1. Campus security if more care help is needed, or you cannot provide care
2. Call 911 if victim is unresponsive, not breathing normally, has persistent chest pain/pressure, life threatening bleeding, seizure, head/neck/spinal injury

Question 16

First aid CARE

Answer 16

Give care within scope of knowledge and training
- PPE
- monitor breathing
- Explain and get consent
- Get person into recovery position as needed
- Keep from getting chilled or overheated
- Reassure
- Watch for changes in condition

Question 17

Recovery position

Answer 17

1. Raise arm closest to you
2. Place other arm across chest on cheek
3. Raise farther knee
4. Roll person towards you
5. Position person on side with knee preventing rolling onto face
6. Move other arm in front
7. Reassess comfort