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Surgical Technology: Fundamentals 1 Final
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
The sterile is absolute; an item is either sterile or not sterile - answer✔True
Only sterile items can be placed on the sterile field - answer✔True
At the end of a surgical case, the inside gloves are removed before the gown - answer✔False
If the surgical technologist contaminates his/her outside and inside gloves during a surgical procedure, a
sterile team member should reglove him/her. - answer✔True
The edges of a wrapper are considered sterile - answer✔False
When performing closed gloving, you must first pull the gown cuffs over your wrists to expose your
hand before donning the gloves. - answer✔False
____ perform the surgical handscrub, gown, and glove before the rest of the team members to prepare
the sterile field with instruments and supplies that have been opened for the case. - answer✔Surgical
technologist in the scrub role
Immediately prior to donning sterile gown and gloves, the surgical technologist must: - answer✔Perform
a surgical handscrub to surgically clean his/her hands and arms
Preliminary preparations must occur before the patient is brought to the room. The ____ must be
checked, along with case-cart supplies, to ensure that all of the instruments, supplies, and equipment
necessary for the procedure are available. - answer✔Surgeon's preference card
Sterile gowns are considered sterile - answer✔only in the front, from the chest to the waist
The amount of space that should be left between sterile and nonsterile surfaces is ____. - answer✔12-
18 inches
Which of the following is a correct statement?
-When closed gloving, the glove is positioned palm up on forearm to facilitate pulling onto hand.
-When closed gloving, the glove is positioned with fingers of glove pointed away from elbow to facilitate
pulling onto hand.
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-When closed gloving, hand must not extend beyond cuffs.
-When closed gloving, the RN circulator holds the outside of the glove cuff while the surgical
technologist secures his/her second glove. - answer✔When closed gloving, hand must not extend
beyond cuffs
In surgical facilities that provide cloth caps for employee use, the caps are laundered by the facility.
Cloth caps that are reused for several days between laundering are ____. - answer✔a source of gross
contamination
When employed correctly, alcohol-based brushless scrub products produce high levels of destruction of
microorganisms. - answer✔True
Hand washing is the simplest and most important preventive measure for reducing infection in the
operating room. - answer✔True
When opening supplies for a surgical procedure it is important that blades be opened in an area where
they will be completely covered by towels and/or drapes. - answer✔False
Please list and describe the six links in the chain of infection. - answer✔Infectious agent reservoir, portal
of exit mode of transmission, portal of entry, susceptible host
Please list 5 measures capable of breaking the chain of infection. - answer✔do not use contaminated
objects, perform surgical scrub, remove PPE properly, wash hands, wear PPE
A pathogen is a microorganism that has the potential to cause disease. - answer✔True
Virulence is the relative power of a pathogen to cause disease. - answer✔True
A fomite is an insect that transmits pathogens from infected to noninfected individuals. - answer✔False
To protect the eyes from blood, body fluids, and other debris, the surgical technologist in the scrub role
must wear protective eyewear. To be effective, the eyewear must cover the eye area from the brows to
the top of the surgical mask and must extend over the temples. - answer✔True
To be cost effective, masks may be worn as long as they do not show visible signs of contamination. -
answer✔False
When changing into operating room attire, the _____ must be donned first. - answer✔Hair covering
The surgical mask may be worn down around the neck when the surgical technologist is in between
assigned cases. - answer✔False
All are true statements regarding surgical masks except:
-Mask strings should be crisscrossed behind the head when tied.
-Masks should be on or off, rather than worn around the neck.
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-Masks should be changed between surgical procedures.
-Masks should be handled only by the strings when discarded. - answer✔Mask strings should be
crisscrossed behind the head when tied
To prevent cross contamination during removal and disposal, masks should be handled by the _____. -
answer✔Strings only
Microorganisms that do not normally reside in the tissue of an individual are called _____ flora. -
answer✔Transient
Organisms on the surface of the skin that are easily removed by handwashing are called _____. -
answer✔Transient organisms
When opening sterile supplies for a case, it is recommended that the surgical technologist's gown and
gloves be opened on the back table. - answer✔False
The surgical handscrub is intended to render the arms and hands _____. - answer✔Surgically clean
Which of the following is a nonsterile portion of the surgical gown? - answer✔Gown Cuff
After the surgical handscrub is complete, it is important to _____. - answer✔Avoid touching nonsterile
items
Which of the following has been shown to significantly reduce the amount of blood contamination of
the hands? - answer✔Double gloving
When self gowning and gloving, the surgical technologist in the scrub role should _____ following the
surgical handscrub. - answer✔Don the sterile gown first
The closed gloving technique is used _____. - answer✔After the sterile gown is gloved
When creating the sterile field, the _____ is typically opened first. - answer✔The back table
Randomly shifting items from one place to another during case set up _____. - answer✔Increases the
chance of contamination and is not productive
The order of technique for opening a sterile basin set is:
-tear sealing tape, verify exposure to a sterilization process, open first flap, open the side flaps, and pull
the flap closest to your body toward you
-tear sealing tape, open first flap, open the side flaps, pull the flap closest to your body toward you, and
verify exposure to a sterilization process
-verify exposure to a sterilization process, tear sealing tape, open first flap, open the side flaps, and pull
the flap closest to your body toward you
