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Sterile Processing Questions and Answers Already Passed Spiral-Shaped Bacteria ✔✔Spirillum This government agency is dedicated to ensuring a fast, safe, and efficient transportation system ✔ ... ✔Depart of Transportation (DOT) Rod-Shaped Bacteria ✔✔Bacillus Bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of free oxygen ✔✔Anaerobic Bacteria Round or spherical-Shaped Bacteria ✔✔Cocci Name the "links" in the chain of infection ✔✔Causative Agent Reservoir of the Agent Portal of Exit of the Agent to the Reservoir Mode of Transmission Portal of Entry into the Host Susceptible Host The percentage of hospital patients that develop a healthcare facility-associated infection. ✔✔Approximately 10% Recommended temperature for the Decontamination area of Central Service ✔✔60 - 65 degrees F (10 - 18 degrees C) Organization that establishes standards and guidelines for the processing of flexible endoscopes ✔✔Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA) Faccine provided to healthcare workers who may come in contact with bloodborne pathogens ✔✔Hepatitis B Vaccine This government agnecy regulates the reprocessing of single use devices and the approval of medical devices ✔✔Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Considers all patients potentially infectious and requires that healthcare professionals protect themselves from contact with blood and other blody fluids ✔✔Standard Precautions Name the 5 Principles of Asepsis ✔✔Know what is dirty Know what is clean Know what is sterile Keep the 3 conditions separate Remedy contamination immediately Contaminated items should be transported in ✔✔Enclosed containers or carts What is the requirement for routine cleaning of the floors in the Central Serivce Department ✔✔Floors should be wet-mopped daily Failure to perform soiled pick up rounds as scheduled can lead to ✔✔Instrument and Equipment shortages An inanimate object that can transmit bacteria ✔✔Fomite The instrument preparation process begins in the ✔✔User Department A surface-acting agent that lowers the surface tension of a liquid so it can penetrate deeper and prevents debris from being re-deposited on the item to which the soil was attached is called a ✔✔Surfactant Which is more corrosion-resistant, Austenitic or Martensitic Stainless Steel ✔✔Austenitic These enzymes break down blood, mucous, feces, and albumin ✔✔Protease Enzymes Name 2 high-level disenfectants that might be recommended for semi-cretical items such as flexible endoscopes and laryngoscopes ✔✔Glutaraldehyde and OPA These enzymes break down fatty deposits such as bone marrow and adipose tissue ✔✔Lipase The destruction of nearly all pathogenic microorganisms on an inanimate surface is called ✔✔Disinfection Peel pouches used for low temperature sterilization ✔✔Spunbond polyolefin-plastic combination pouches The process of sterilizing an item that is packaged ✔✔Terminal Sterilization This scope would be used to visually inspect the upper digestitive tract ✔✔Gastroscope This type of steam sterilizer is used for sterilizing liquids ✔✔Gravity Air Displacement Sterilizer AER's are used to ✔✔Clean, disinfect, and rinse flexible endoscopes The most commonly used method of sterilization used in healthcare facilities ✔✔Steam Sterilization Procedures used by healthcare facilities to con [Show More]

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