White Workbook sterile processing Questions& answers Graded A+

White Workbook. sterile processing.Questions& answers. Graded A+

a broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. which of the following should the technician do? - Ans-Place it in an appropriate rigid container

Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the following? - Ans-chemical

Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow in areas in which medical devices are processed? - Ans-Decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, sterile storage

The major reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing department is because they can - Ans-allow fungus to grow beneath them.

which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the sterile processing department? - Ans-Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines - Ans-departmental authority relationships

"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - Ans-work flow

What are the major physical areas of a typical sterile processing department? - Ans-Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile Storage

Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should not be worn in sterile processing because it - Ans-can get caught in moving equipment.

Hair covering are required - Ans-in all areas of the department.

Decontamination procedures - Ans-reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized

A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an example of - Ans-a healthcare acquired infection

Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - Ans-artsriosclevosis

The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - Ans-provide the body with nutrients

A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - Ans-Hepatitis C virus

The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - Ans-sepsis

Nosocimial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT - Ans-increasing the patient length of stay.

Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? - Ans-Hepatitis b

A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the sterile processing department on a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should - Ans-clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for trays.

When manually cleaning devices, all of the following personal Protective equipment (PPE) should be worn EXCEPT - Ans-a plastic apron over the scrub suit.

Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments? - Ans- cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level

A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to get additional tools.The technician should - Ans-report the problem to your supervisor

while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the sterile processing technician is asked by a unit secretary to take an opened and used tray of instruments back to the Decontamination area. which of the following is the BEST procedure to use? - Ans-return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart.

when preparing a st of instruments for processing in a washing/decontaminate, the instruments should be positioned with the - Ans-retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand held instruments on the top.

The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning surgical instruments is - Ans-neutral

which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high-level disinfection of semi-critical devices? - Ans-2?tivated glutaraldehyde

the effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT - Ans-cost of the chemical.

After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the Decontamination process is - Ans-rising

GENERALLY, the first step in loosening blood soils from the channels of an instruments is to soak it in - Ans-an enzymatic detergent

Paper plastic pouches are generally used to package - Ans-one to two light weight instruments

when using the sequential wrapping method - Ans-apply one wrapper followed by a second one

surgical grade instruments, if properly cared for, usually last longer than floor grade instruments because they have a - Ans-passivation layer

if the Operating room requests instruments for an emergency ruptured aortic aneurysm, the technician should send - Ans-major vascular instruments

which of the following is the main DISADVANTAGE of using. rigid sterilization container system? - Ans- they must be disassembled, processed, reassembled and checked before each use

containerized packaging systems are MOST commonly used to protect which of the following during steam sterilization? - Ans-surgical instrument sets

simultaneously wrapping means to wrap an instrument set with - Ans-a single non woven wrapper, double ply, bonded at the edges

clamps used for homeostasis are also designed to - Ans-minimize damage to tissue

An instrument tray for laparotomy procedure must include a(n) - Ans-abdominal retractor

inspection and verification of adequate cleaning is difficult with instruments - Ans-with lumens

cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process? - Ans-low temp gas plasma

Failure to completely dry devices to be processed in low temperature gas plasma can result in - Ans-a cycle cancellation

which of the following chemical indicators should only be used in the specific cycle for which they are located? - Ans-emulating