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Spiral-Shaped Bacteria ✔✔Spirillum
This government agency is dedicated to ensuring a fast, safe, and efficient transportation system
✔✔Depart of Transportation
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Sterile Processing Questions and
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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 DepartmentA 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
SterilizationProcedures used by healthcare facilities to confirm that the validation undertaken by the equipmetn
manufacturer is applicable to the specific setting ✔✔Verification
A method of inventory distribution in which item needs are requested by the user department and
filled from a central storage location ✔✔Requisition system
Procedures used by equipment manufacturers to obtain, record, and interpret test results required
to establish that a process consistently procduces a sterile product ✔✔Validation
What is the name of the spore used to test H2O2 sterilizers ✔✔Geobacillus Stearothermophilus
Which type of Dry Heat sterilizer is more efficient ✔✔Mechnical Convection Sterilizer
The process by which a device is actively subjected to moving air to facilite the removal of
ethylene oxide gas ✔✔Aeration
The strategy of finding solutions to eliminate the root causes of process performance indicators
✔✔Process Improvement
A voluntary process by which an organization measures its performance and services against
national recognized standards ✔✔Accreditation
The consistent delivery of products and services according to established standards ✔✔Quality
The sequence of steps used to address customer complaints and problems that yields a win-win
situation ✔✔Service RecoveryThe primary goal of an ergonomics program is to ✔✔Reduce work-related Muscoloskeletal
disorders (WMSDs)
A healthcare facility that allows patients to have selected surgical procedures performed that do
not require hospitalization ✔✔Ambulatory Surgery Center
Nucleus ✔✔The functional Center of a cell ("Brain Center")
Ossification ✔✔The process by which cartilage is replaced by bone
Connective Tissue ✔✔Tissue that provides support, stores energy, and connects other tissues
Herniorrphaphy ✔✔Surgical repair of a rupture
One-way Workflow ✔✔The desired flow of materials in a Central Service Department; from
soiled to clean to sterile
Intercosto ✔✔Between the ribs
Material Management Department ✔✔The healthcare department responsible for researching,
ordering, receiving, and managing inventory (consumable supplies)
Gynecology ✔✔The study of diseases affecting the female
Career Ladder ✔✔A succession of progressively more responsible professional positions that
serves as the foundation of a professional development plan
Nervous Tissue ✔✔Tissue of communication that is located throughout the bodyBKA ✔✔Surgical removal of the leg below the knee
Epithelial Tissue ✔✔Tissue that covers the body's external surface and the livings of body cavities
Cerebellum ✔✔This portion of the brain controls muscle coordination, body balance and posture
The name of the surgical procedure that involves removing a testicle
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