What exactly does the SPD do? - ANSWER 1. receives
2. cleans
3. decontaminate
4. assemble
5. disinfect
6 sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care
What preferred name is recomme
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What exactly does the SPD do? - ANSWER 1. receives
2. cleans
3. decontaminate
4. assemble
5. disinfect
6 sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care
What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? - ANSWER Sterile Processing
What is SPD responsible for ? - ANSWER providing dependable, reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care
Work Flow - ANSWER how the work progresses through the department or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination area, where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should never be circumvented
People Flow - ANSWER how people move through the department or processing area
Traffic Control - ANSWER controlling access to SPD ( who comes in and out )
Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? - ANSWER The Joint Commision
Hippocratic Oath - ANSWER the ideal of doing no harm to another person
Regulations - ANSWER a principle, rule or law designed to control or govern behavior
Standard - ANSWER is an established norm determined by opinion, authority, research, and/or theory
Recommended Practices - ANSWER statements of sound principles of practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts
Validation - ANSWER documented procedure for obtaining, recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification. Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user
User vereification - ANSWER Documented procedures, performed in the user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that predetermined specification have been met (Users are facility personnel who reprocess or use the device)
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