What should the sterilizer access area pressure be? - Answers -Negative w/10 air
exchanges per hour
What two steps are involved in decontamination? - Answers -1. Manual and/or
automated mechanical cleaning
2. application of a thermal or chemical disinfection process
Define Cleaning... - Answers -The removal of contamination from an item to the extent
necessary for further processing or for the intended use.
nosocomial infections are well documented and caused by... - Answers -poor or
ineffective decontamination of instruments
What are Employee hazards in the decontamination process? - Answers -Technicians
work with a large amount of 1) unidentified bioburden 2) wet enviornment 3) handling
contaminated sharps 4) must know procedures for proper handling, equipment,
cleaning/sterilization agents
How should basins be placed in a sterilizer? - Answers -on tilted side same direction
What should be placed on the bottom of the rack in a mixed load? - Answers -metal
instruments
basin
other metal items
What should be placed on the top shelf? - Answers -textile packs and paper/plastic
pouches
Textile packs should be placed how in a sterilizer? - Answers -sides
Solid bottom trays should be loaded now? - Answers -tilted on sides
How should mesh bottom containers be loaded into the sterilizer? - Answers -flat on
rack
If packages are still moist when the sterilizer doors are open bacteria can do what? -
Answers -wick through the package
How does steam sterilization occur? - Answers -by condensation
What cases are proven to have prions? - Answers -1) neurosurgery
2) opthamology (eye)
, When should a flash sterilizer be monitored? - Answers -Weekly with a biological and a
class 5 or class 6 indicator
What can not be processed in an express cycle? - Answers -porous items
items with lumens
When should a flash sterilizer be used? - Answers -In an emergency; a one of a kind
instrument is dropped
How are liquids sterilized? - Answers -only through gravity displacement liquid cycles
What occurs during the drying phase? - Answers -Dynamic Air Removal: Filtered air is
drawn in achieve drying
Gravity: Heat in chamber evaporates moisture
*Approx.: 30 min. for both
What occurs during the exhaust phase? - Answers -steam is exhausted from the
chamber drain line
What occurs during he sterilization/exposure/"holding phase"? - Answers -exposure
temperature is maintained for the prescribed amount of time
What occurs during the conditioning phase of steam sterilizers? - Answers -Air is
removed and steam is injected
Where should the bowie dick test be placed in a steam sterilizer - Answers -drain line
Where is the sterilizers heat-sensing thermometer located? - Answers -Drain- line
What provides heat inside the chamber and prevents condensation in a steam
sterilizer? - Answers -the jacket
where is the dedicated steam supply made? - Answers -a boiler
Steam kills microorganisms by_______ the protein - Answers -denaturing (coagulation)
True/false
Removing as many microorganisms as possible before sterilization enhances the
probability of microbial kill - Answers -true
What is the air exchange in sterile storage - Answers -4 per hour
What is the suggested release temperature of packs? - Answers -70 to 80 degree
farenheit
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