CIS Questions and Answers Rated A+

CIS Questions and Answers Rated A+ 400 Series Steel ✔✔Scissors, osteotomes, chisels, rongeurs, forceps, hemostats, and needle holders 400 Series Steel ✔✔Martensitic Stainless Steel, 400 Series Steel ✔✔hardened steel ...

CIS Questions and Answers Rated A+ 400 Series Steel ✔✔Scissors, osteotomes, chisels, rongeurs, forceps, hemostats, and needle holders 400 Series Steel ✔✔Martensitic Stainless Steel, 400 Series Steel ✔✔hardened steel 300 Series Steel ✔✔retractors, cannulas, rib-spreaders, and suctions 300 Series Steel ✔✔Austenitic Stainless Steel 300 Series Steel ✔✔workable and malleable Titanium ✔✔lightweight instruments non-magnetic Silver ✔✔malleable Silver ✔✔trachea tubes and lacrymal probes Copper ✔✔malleable Copper ✔✔trachea tubes and lacrymal probes Forging ✔✔Stamp of the rough outline of an instrument Flash ✔✔The excessive steel surrounding the forging Final Heating ✔✔Instruments heated to roughly 1500 degrees F Polishing ✔✔Necessary to achieve smooth finish Mirror Finish ✔✔Shiny and stains less frequently Matte or Satin Finish ✔✔Gray color and does not reflect light Passivation ✔✔Nitric acid is used to remove all the iron content which helps to build a protective outside layer of chromium oxide Passivation ✔✔highly resistant to corrosion Etching ✔✔an acid-based chemical procedure that employs stencils that apply the company name, the part number, and the country of origin Laser etching and stamping ✔✔additional methods used for marking instruments Manufacturing cycle ✔✔from forging to finished instrument takes up to six weeks Pakistan Instruments ✔✔Disposable or semi-disposable Pakistan Instruments ✔✔will rust quickly (will cause staining of German made instruments if processed together) Pakistan Instruments ✔✔never sharpen or repair 400 Series Steel ✔✔Subject to corrosion due to lack of nickel 300 Series Steel ✔✔Highly corrosion resistant and cannot be heat-hardened Pakistan Instruments ✔✔made from 420 Stainless Steel Titanium ✔✔used for microsurgical instruments Titanium ✔✔identified with a blue color Tungsten Carbide ✔✔extremely hard metal Tungsten Carbide ✔✔scissors and needle holders Tungsten Carbide ✔✔identified with gold handles Magnetic ✔✔new instruments tend to be _________ in the box locks, serrations, and ratchets due to the manufacturing process Enemies of Surgical Instruments ✔✔allowing blood to dry onto instruments soaking in hard water soaking in saline long-term soaking improper use rough handling improper cleaning solutions and lubricants allowing water to dry onto instruments Soaps to avoid ✔✔Housekeeping soaps Laundry soaps Surgeon's hand scrub Iodine based soaps Brown/Orange Stain ✔✔high pH surface deposit Brown/Orange Stain ✔✔caused by chlorhexidine usage, improper soaps and detergents, cold sterilization solution, possibly baked on blood, soaking in saline, or using laundry soap Dark Brown/ Black Stains ✔✔Low ph (less than 6) acid stain Dark Brown/ Black Stains ✔✔caused by improper detergents and soaps and/or dried blood Bluish Black Stains ✔✔reverse plating when different metals are ultrasonically processed together Bluish Black Stains ✔✔exposure to saline, blood, or potassium chloride Multicolor Stains ✔✔excessive heat by a localized "hot spot" in the processing cycle Light and Dark Spots ✔✔water spots from allowing instruments to air-dry. With slow evaporation, the minerals (sodium, calcium, and magnesium) are left on the instrument's surface Bluish Gray Stains ✔✔cold sterilization solution being used outside manufacturer's guidelines Black Stains ✔✔exposure to ammonia Bariatric Instruments ✔✔Longer overall length Arthroscopy Punches ✔✔test with a thin piece of leather Cervical Biopsy Punches ✔✔test by cutting two layers of facial tissue Lister bandage scissor ✔✔test by cutting a towel or 3 layers of 4x4 gauze Bone cutters, pin cutters, and nail clippers ✔✔test by cutting through an index card Clipper blades ✔✔testing twine Black handle scissors ✔✔sharpest, but will go dull the quickest Black handled scissors ✔✔known as Microgrind or Supercut Black handled scissors ✔✔slices tissue Black handled scissors ✔✔only need resharpened 3-4 times a year Roger Wire Scissor ✔✔test by cutting fine surgical wire Balfour Retractor ✔✔used in abdominal surgery Ferguson angiotribe ✔✔used to clamp and crush removable tissue and organs Key Elevator ✔✔used to separate muscle from bone Langenbeck Periosteal Elevator ✔✔used to separate muscle from bone Doyen Elevator Rasp ✔✔used to scrape tissue and cartilage from ribs Alexander-Farabeuf Periosteotome ✔✔used to scrape tissue and cartilage form ribs and bones Lebsche Sternum Knife ✔✔ Bailey Rib Contractor ✔✔ Strabismus Scissor ✔✔ Littauer Stitch Scissors ✔✔ Castroviejo Corneal Scissors ✔✔ Sims Uterine Scissors ✔✔ Braun Episiotomy Scissor ✔✔ Caplan Nasal Bone Scissor ✔✔ Cottle Dorsal Scissor ✔✔ Derf Needle Holder ✔✔ Olsen Hegar Needle Holder ✔✔ Baron Suction tube ✔✔ Allison Lung Retractor ✔✔ Davidson Scapula Retractor ✔✔ Carmalt Forceps ✔✔ Jones Towel Forcep ✔✔ Ferguson Angiotribe ✔✔ Doyen Forcep ✔✔ Bonney Tissue Forcep ✔✔ Potts-Smith Dressing Forcep ✔✔ Jansen Dressing Forcep ✔✔ Lucae Forcep ✔✔ Gerzog Mallet ✔✔ Mead Mallet ✔✔ Langenbeck Periosteal Elevator ✔✔ Lowman Bone Holding Clamp ✔✔ Martin Cartilage Clamp ✔✔ Kern Bone Holding Forceps ✔✔ Doyen Elevator Rasp ✔✔ Alexander-Farabeuf Periosteotome ✔✔ Debakey Ring Handled Bulldog Clamp ✔✔ Debakey Vascular Clamp ✔✔ Bowman Lacrimal Probe ✔✔ Fomon Retractor ✔✔ Aufricht Retractor ✔✔ Hartman Ear Specula ✔✔ Hartman Ear Forcep ✔✔ Bruening Snare ✔✔ Ballenger Swivel Knife ✔✔ Jansen-Middleton Septum Forcep ✔✔ Barnhill Adenoid Curette ✔✔ Fomon Periosteal Elevator ✔✔ Gutmann Vaginal Speculum ✔✔ Goodell Uterine Dilator ✔✔ Bill Traction Handle ✔✔ Iowa Trumpet Pudendal Needle Guide ✔✔ Novak Uterine Curette ✔✔ Kogan Endocervical Speculum ✔✔ Heaney Hysterectomy Forceps ✔✔ Jacobs Uterine Vulsellum Forcep ✔✔ Schroeder Uterine Tenaculum ✔✔ Gomco clamp ✔✔ Mogen Circumcision Clamp ✔✔ Sheldon Circumcision Clamp ✔✔ Desmarres Chalazion Retractor ✔✔ Jameson Strabismus Hook ✔✔ Castroviejo Eye Speculum ✔✔ Eye Dressing Forcep ✔✔ Iris Tissue Forcep ✔✔ Graefe Fixation Forcep ✔✔ Nail Splitter ✔✔ Nail Nipper ✔✔ Cleaning ✔✔The removal of contamination from an item to the extent necessary for further processing or the intended use. Cleaning and thorough rinsing ✔✔first and most critical step in instrument processing sterilized ✔✔instruments that have not been properly cleaned cannot be __________ new instruments ✔✔must be decontaminated before use ultrasonic ✔✔chrome-plated, ebonized, or plastic instruments should not be cleaned in an ________ thermal disinfection ✔✔hot water Green Goiter Retractor ✔✔ Spring Wire Retractor ✔✔ Cushing Vein Retractor ✔✔ Murphy Gall Bladder Retractor ✔✔ Sistrunk Retractor ✔✔ Mayo-Collins Retractor ✔✔ Ferguson Gall Stone Scoop ✔✔ Key Biopsy Punches ✔✔ Saurbach Retractor ✔✔ Bennett Retractor ✔✔ Gigli Saw Handles ✔✔ Chandler Elevator ✔✔ Crego Elevator ✔✔ Cooley Coronary Dilators ✔✔ Shoemaker Rib Shears ✔✔ Duval Lung Forceps ✔✔ Potts-Smith Scissors ✔✔ Reverse Cutting Potts-Smith Scissors ✔✔ Cooley Multipurpose Clamp ✔✔ Forgarty Hydragrip Clamp ✔✔ Hurd Tonsil Dissector and Pillar Retractor ✔✔ Weder Tongue Blade ✔✔ Soft Palate Retractor ✔✔ Wilde Ear Forceps ✔✔ Buck Ear Currette ✔✔ Billeau Ear Curette ✔✔ Jennings Mouth Gag ✔✔ Tydings Tonsil Snare with Automatic Ratchet ✔✔ Coakley Sinus Curettes ✔✔ Sickle Knife ✔✔ Somers Uterine Elevating Forceps ✔✔ Hulka-Kenwick Uterine Elevating and Manipulating Forceps ✔✔ Thomas Uterine Curette Blunt ✔✔ Kevorkian Endocervical Curette ✔✔ Heaney Uterine Curette ✔✔ Ballentine Hysterectomy Forceps ✔✔ Heaney-Simon Retractor ✔✔ Dee Lee Retractor ✔✔ Murless Head Extractor ✔✔ Capsule Forceps ✔✔ Vannas Scissors ✔✔ Barraquer Eye Speculum ✔✔ Eyelid Retractor ✔✔ Lacrimal Dilators ✔✔ Enucleation Scissors ✔✔ Cryer Elevator ✔✔ Apical Elevator ✔✔ Henahan Elevator ✔✔ Crane Pick ✔✔ Pennington Hemorrhoidal Forceps ✔✔ Pratt-Smith Hemostatic Forceps ✔✔ Hegar Dilators ✔✔ Hank Dilators ✔✔ Van Buren Urethral Sounds ✔✔ Otis Bougies Dilators ✔✔ Zipser Meatus Clamp ✔✔ LASER ✔✔Light Amplification of Stimulated Emission of Radiation FFE ✔✔Flexible fiberoptic endoscopes Laser ✔✔A concentrated beam of light that can be directed to incise or cauterize PSI ✔✔Powered Surgical Instruments direct ✔✔The quality of an instrument technician's work has a ______ impact on the success or failure of the sterilization process Skilled ✔✔_______ instrument technicians are regarded as a valuable resource by surgery customer service skills ✔✔even though instrument technicians work behind the scenes they still need ________ investment ✔✔The surgical instrument inventory represents a large _____ to the facility impact ✔✔Every instrument handled by instrument technicians has the potential to _______ patient outcomes replacement ✔✔Proper care and handling of instruments can reduce ________ costs Dumont ✔✔ Debakey Tangential Occlusion Clamp ✔✔ Adson Elevator ✔✔ Operating Scissor ✔✔ Cooley-Derra Clamp ✔✔ Finochietto Rib Spreader ✔✔ Killian Septum Speculum ✔✔ Lewin Bone Forcep ✔✔ Tischler Biopsy Punch ✔✔