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A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following
should the technician do? - Answer -Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on
which of the following? - Answer -Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow
in areas in which medical devices are processed? - Answer -Decontamination.
assembly, packaging, sterilization, sterile storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile
processing department is because they can - Answer -Allow fungus to grow beneath
them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and
walls in the Sterile Processing Department? - Answer -Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines - Answer
-Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - Answer -
Workflow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? - Answer
-Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization and Sterile
Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it -
Answer -Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED - Answer -In all areas of the department
, Decontamination procedures - Answer -Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed
medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is
an example of - Answer -A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - Answer -
Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT - Answer -
Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - Answer -Provide the body with
nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - Answer -Hepatitis C
virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - Answer -Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT - Answer -
Increasing the patient length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? -
Answer -Hepatitis B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department
on a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician
should - Answer -Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for the
trays.
When manually cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment
(PPE) should be worn EXCEPT - Answer -A plastic apron over the scrub suit
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments? - Answer -Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level
A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working
on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to
get additional tools. The technician should - Answer -Report the problem to your
supervisor
While delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the sterile processing
technician is asked by a unit secretary to take an opened and used tray of instruments
back to the Decontamination area. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to
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