NCCT Practice Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct | with Rationale
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NCCT Practice Exam Questions and Answers |
100% Correct | with Rationale
What is the minimum percentage level of humidity in the OR suite?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 26%
D. 30% - Answer️️ -20%
Rationale: The current standard for the range of relative humidity in the
OR is to be 20 to 60%. These l...
NCCT Practice Exam Questions and Answers |
100% Correct | with Rationale
What is the minimum percentage level of humidity in the OR suite?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 26%
D. 30% - Answer✔️✔️-20%
Rationale: The current standard for the range of relative humidity in the
OR is to be 20 to 60%. These levels provide comfort for the patient and
surgical team, contribute to infection control and decrease static discharge.
Which of the following is the minimum amount of time an unwrapped
Kelly clamp needs to be flash sterilized for?
Rationale: The minimum amount of time is 3 minutes.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the
surgical technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three
(3) correct answers.)
A. Patient
B. Date
C. Medication
D. Dosage
E. Procedure - Answer✔️✔️-Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the
circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of
medication and dosage must be communicated during transfer of
medication by the circulator and surgical technician to reduce medication
errors.
A class II or a clean-contaminated surgical wound enters through where?
A. Respiratory, GI, genital, or urinary tract
B. Respiratory, genital, or urinary tract but not GI
D. Respiratory only - Answer✔️✔️-Respiratory, GI, genital, or urinary tract
Rationale: Class II: Clean Contaminated involves minor break in sterile
technique. Controlled entry to aerodigestive (including biliary tract) or
genitourinary tract; this includes respiratory and GI.
When disinfecting a flexible endoscope used on a patient with TB, which of
the following sterilization methods should be employed?
A. Steris
B. Bleach
C. Steam
D. Enzymatic - Answer✔️✔️-Steris
Rationale: The Steris is the machine used to clean and rid microorganisms
from flexible endoscopes. Steam sterilization is not compatible with
endoscopes because it will damage the endoscope. Bleach and enzymatic
are both disinfectants.
Which of the following patients is at the greatest risk for intraoperative
hypothermia?
A. 2-year-old undergoing excisional debridement for full-thickness burns
B. 14-year-old undergoing posterior spinal fusion with Harrington Rods
C. 40-year-old undergoing transabdominal laparoscopic nephrectomy
D. 86-year-old undergoing an esophageal dilation for stricture -
Answer✔️✔️-2-year-old undergoing excisional debridement for full-
thickness burns
Rationale: Children can lose heat quickly if they're left in a cold room as
they can't regulate their body temperature as well as adults. Focus must be
given to keeping the OR rooms at a warmer temperature, using warmed
solutions for IV and irrigations, use of forced warm air devices and warm
blankets to help keep the body temperature of children in a healthy range.
The surgeon is closing skin with the final stitch and all counts are complete.
Which of the following should the surgical technologist have ready for next
step? (Select the three (3) correct answers.)
A. Wet sponge
B. Dry sponge
C. ABD pad
D. Duraprep
E. Cottonoids - Answer✔️✔️-Wet sponge, Dry sponge, ABD pad
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