CRCST 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which organization make regulations to help ensure medical devices are safe for patients and healthcare workers? - Answer- FDA
How long must alcohol remain in wet contact with an item to achieve a reasonable level of disinfection - Answer- 5 mi...
CRCST 2024 EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which organization make regulations to help ensure medical devices are safe for
patients and healthcare workers? - Answer- FDA
How long must alcohol remain in wet contact with an item to achieve a reasonable level
of disinfection - Answer- 5 minutes
High level disinfectant that provides a fast and effective way to disinfect a wide range of
instruments - Answer- OPA (Ortho-Phthalaldehyde)
which of the following is the most popular title for the central service department head -
Answer- director
what is the coolest part of the sterilizer - Answer- the drain line of the sterilizer
Sterilizers used in hospitals, outpatient clinics, and CS department. They create steam
in the presence of air. They can also sterilize liquids. - Answer- Gravity Air
Displacement sterilizers
Steam sterilizers that use a vacuum pump or water ejector to remove air from the
chamber. Operates at a very high temperature 270-275 degrees. - Answer- Dynamic Air
Removal sterilizers
Uses gravity to remove air from the chamber. As steam enters the gravity sterilizer
chamber, cooler air is forced out through the chamber drain. - Answer- Steam-flush
pressure -pulse sterilizers
The process of sterilizing an item that is packaged. - Answer- Terminal sterilization
The process of sterilizing an item that is packaged.
4 main steps in the steam sterilizer cycle phase - Answer- Conditioning, exposure,
exhaust, drying.
Conditioning phase - Answer- steam enters the chamber as air is removed through the
drain
Exposure Phase of Steam Sterilization - Answer- Pressure and steam temperature rise,
once it reaches the temperature time starts.
, exhaust phase - Answer- The chamber drain opens and steam is removed, creates a
vacuum.
Biocidal - Answer- Process or ability to kill or control the growth of living organisms.
Asepsis (medical) Clean Technique - Answer- Procedures performed to reduce the
number of microorganisms to minimize their spread.
Aspesis (surgical) - Answer- Procedures to eliminate the presence of all
microorganisms to minimize the spread.
aseptic - Answer- Free from pathogenic organism.
Asepsis - Answer- Absence of microorganisms that cause disease
Name the five principles of asepsis - Answer- 1.) Know what is dirty
2.) Know what is clean
3.) Know what is sterile.
4.) Keep the three conditions separate.
5.) Remedy contamination immediately.
What is a Nosocomial infection? - Answer- hospital acquired infection
The human resources tool that identifies major tasks performed by persons in specific
positions is called a - Answer- Job description
Which of the following is the most popular title for the central service department head?
- Answer- Director
What is the coolest part of the sterilizer? - Answer-
Rules issued by administrative agencies that have force of law - Answer- regulation
A unit used to measure the length of light waves - Answer- angstrom
A method or technique that has shown results superior to those achieved by other
means - Answer- best practice
A uniform method of defining basic parameters for processes, products, services, and
measurements - Answer- Standard
A written law adopted by a legislative body that governs a city, county, state or country -
Answer- Statute
Guidelines or recommendations for best practices to provide better patient care.
Industry, nonprofit organizations trade associations and others develop these. - Answer-
Voluntary standards
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