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Question: The biological (BI) for the steam sterilization method is:Answer: stearothermophilus
Question: What is the relationship of pressure to temperature in a steam sterilizer?Answer: increased pressure increases
Question: Which type of wrapper material is compatible with the peroxide gas plasma sterilization method?Answer: Tyvek
Question: Why are items disinfected or sterilized in glutaraldehyde dried prior to submersion?Answer: moisture will eventually dilute the to ineffective levels
Question: Which of the statements regarding peracetic acid sterilized items is CORRECT?Answer: cassettes are not sealed, due to liquid immersion during the , so they cannot be stored.
Question: Personnel in CSPD who must move instruments from the ethylene oxide sterilizer to an aeration room should do which of the with the cart to reduce their exposure to vented gases?Answer: pull it
Question: What is the name of the outside area of an where steam is created before injection into the interior compartment?Answer:
Question: What term refers to a barrier, such as plastic-backed table cover, that does NOT allow for passage of liquid it?Answer: impervious
Question: During manual cleaning of surgical , what type of solution should be used?Answer: lukewarm water, detergent, and enzymatic cleaner with neutral
Question: What is the term for the condition of a surgical technologist's skin performing a surgical scrub?Answer: surgically
Question: How long should the steam biological indicator be incubated before the reading is ?Answer: 24 hours
Question: Which type of chemical is made of catalysts that aid in breaking down proteinaceous debris such as blood and fat?Answer:
Question: Which of the following is NOT a of patient care items?Answer: hypercritical
Question: Which kind of quality control device consists of a paper that has been with a dye that changes color in the presence of a specified temperature and sterilant?Answer: indicator
Question: What is the term for objects that harbor microorganisms that contribute to environmental contamination?Answer:
Question: Where should the biological test pack be on the steam sterilization cart for the first run of the day?Answer: bottom rack, front of sterilizer, over the
Question: Which of the following chemicals is a high-level disinfectant when items are immersed for 20 to 30 and a sterilant if items remain immersed for 10 hours?Answer:
Question: Which sterilization method is most commonly used, safest, least expensive, and for the majority of surgical instruments?Answer: saturated
Question: Which types of instruments must be cleaned with bristle-brushes on wires, pipe , or handheld pressure guns?Answer: tip lumens
Question: Which of the following is the MOST important factor in a surgical technologist's role in surgical site infections?Answer: strict conscience
Question: Which of the following should NEVER be processed by -use (flash) sterilization methods?Answer: implantable
Question: Internal chemical indicator/integrators should be placed in the center or most portion of a tray for the sterilant to reach.Answer: true
Question: Which of the following diseases is NOT a form of transmissible encephalopathy?Answer: toxic
Question: What is the name for the high-level disinfectant sodium hypochlorite?Answer: bleach
Question: When nested basin sets are sterilized, how should they be placed in the steam sterilizer?Answer: folded side down with a used to separate them
Question: Sterilely attired surgical team should pass one another in any of the following ways EXCEPT:Answer: to back
Question: of the following patient care items would be classified as noncritical?Answer: pulse
Question: Why are instruments placed in perforated or mesh-bottom trays for ?Answer: penetration of
Question: What is the term for the process of lubricating stiffened stainless steel surgical instruments by in a water-soluble solution?Answer:
Question: A nonsterile should approach a sterile area face forward while maintaining a distance of:Answer: 12 inches
Question: What is the advantage of ethylene oxide gas sterilization?Answer: it is safe for heat-and moisture-sensitive
Question: When a sterilely attired surgical technologist drapes an unsterile table, he or she opens the :Answer: toward him-or herself
Question: Which type of surgical instrument must NEVER be immersed in any type of decontaminating equipment?Answer: powered
Question: Which of the would be appropriate for use on animate surfaces?Answer:
Question: Gravity displacement steam sterilizer are much shorter than prevacuum cycles.Answer:
Question: Which of the concepts has replaced the previous system of assessing storage conditions and package integrity based on an arbitrary expiration designation?Answer: event
Question: The recommended biological indicator (BI) for peroxide gas plasma is:Answer: atrophaeus
Question: Which part of the instrument reprocessing is performed intraoperatively?Answer: with sterile water
Question: Which of the following cleaning methods for surgical relies on bubbles imploding, creating a vacuum that dislodges minute particles in crevices of instruments?Answer: ultrasonic
Question: The relative humidity in an oxide sterilizer should be below 30% to aid in the penetration of the gas through bacterial spores' protective coating.Answer: false
Question: What is the type of process the ultrasonic cleaner uses to dislodge particles of soil and organic debris?Answer:
Question: Which of the following is an acceptable position for placement of a scrubbed, gowned, and gloved technologist's hands?Answer: clasped together in front at waist
Question: Which type of packaging system has and removable locking devices?Answer: rigid
Question: Sterilization process monitors include mechanical, chemical, and biological methods to all parameters were met.Answer: true
Question: When opening a wrapped item such as a gown on a Mayo , the contents and wrapper are considered sterile up to what distance from the edge of the wrapper?Answer: 1 inch from the edge
Question: Cidex™ is the trade name for which of the methods of sterilization? Answer:
Question: All of the following are environmental specifications for the room in CSPD EXCEPT:Answer: positive air maintained
Question: Which term means the number of microbes or of organic debris on an object at any given time?Answer:
Question: What is another name for the intermediate-level compound phenol?Answer: carbolic
Question: Which method of sterilization uses gamma rays or beta and is chiefly used by large manufacturing companies?Answer: radiation
Question: Which of the following is the type of system that denotes the number of the calendar day in 1 through 365/366?Answer:
Question: How air hoses of powered instruments or fiber-optic light cords be placed in rigid container trays for sterilization?Answer: loosely in perforated or mesh basket
Question: Which of chemical sterilization has limitations based on the challenge of diffusion into narrow lumens?Answer: hydrogen peroxide gas
Question: What is a potential risk of placing surgical of dissimilar metallic type together in a washer sterilizer cycle?Answer: electrolytic conduction
Question: Why are large steam sterilizers loaded with space wrapped items or trays?Answer: it allows adequate circulation and of steam to all surfaces
Question: Which sterilization method presents the greatest exposure risk to CSPD personnel, is expensive, and requires the total cycle time?Answer: oxide
Question: The or chemical process by which all living microorganisms, including spores, are killed is:Answer: sterilization
Question: The Bowie-Dick test is performed for sterilization method?Answer: prevacuum air steam
Question: What would be the exposure phase time for an unwrapped instrument set with some lumens in a /dynamic air removal steam autoclave?Answer: 4 minutes
Question: Contamination caused by of microorganisms through a sterilized package by way of moisture wicking is termed:Answer: -through
Question: In steam sterilization, thermal destruction of microbes is the result of the denaturation and of protein within the cells.Answer: true
Question: Before opening any sterilely packaged item, what is MOST to verify about the package?Answer: integrity of
Question: What is the weight that AAMI has recommended instrument sets should NOT ?Answer: 25
Question: Which of the following would be appropriate for instruments covered with bioburden during a surgical procedure?Answer: sterile
Question: What is the term used to describe the process of removing all soiled linen, waste, and instruments from the room and cleaning of furniture, floors, or other surfaces in preparation for opening new supplies for a subsequent case?Answer:
 
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