CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study
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A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do? ✔✔Place it in an appropriate rigi
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CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study
Guide Questions and Answers Rated A+
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do? ✔✔Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the
following? ✔✔Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in
which medical devices are processed? ✔✔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 ✔✔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? ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines ✔✔Departmental
authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe ✔✔Work flow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department?
✔✔Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it ✔✔Can
get caught in moving equipmentHair coverings are REQUIRED ✔✔In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures ✔✔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 ✔✔A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with ✔✔Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT ✔✔Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to ✔✔Provide the body with nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? ✔✔Hepatitis C Virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called ✔✔Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT ✔✔Increasing the patient
length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? ✔✔Hepatitis
B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department in a cart
and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should ✔✔Clean and
dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the traysWhen manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment should be worn
EXCEPT ✔✔A plastic apron over the scrub suit
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments?
✔✔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 ✔✔Report the problem to your supervisor
while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an opened/used
tray to decon, best procedure? ✔✔Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using
the appropriate collection cart
When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the instruments
should be positioned with the ✔✔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 ✔✔Neutral
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level
disinfection of semi-critical devices ✔✔2% activated glutaraldehyde
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT
✔✔Cost of the chemical
After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the decontamination
process is ✔✔RinsingGenerally, the first step in loosening blood soils from the channels of an instrument is to soak it in
✔✔An enzymatic detergent
When cleaning an intravenous (IV) pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump surface
in order to ✔✔Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment
The chemical disinfectant that leaves a residual film is ✔✔Phenolic
A tray of instruments has been brought to the decontamination area in a saline solution. Which of
the following actions should the technician take? ✔✔Rinse them with water and then clean them
according the manufacturer's instructions
The MOST commonly recognized halogen is ✔✔Sodium hypochlorite
When working the decontamination area, transmission of pathogenic organisms from used surgical
instruments can BEST be minimized by ✔✔Wearing appropriate personal protective equipment
Paper-plastic pouches are generally used to package ✔✔One to two light weight instruments
When using the sequential wrapping method ✔✔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 ✔✔Passivation layer
If the operating room requests instruments for an emergency ruptured aortic aneurysm, the
technician should send ✔✔Maj
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