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Decontamination - ANSWER Removing or reducing contamination by infectious organisms or other harmful substances. Decontamination Area - ANSWER location within a healthcare facility designated for collection, retention, and cleaning of soiled and/or contaminated items. Negative air pressure. Workflow - ANSWER the workflow in a central service department is designed to avoid cross-contamination and insure that items efficiently flow through the process from decontamination to storage. Cent...

Information technology is often the cornerstone of initiatives to transform healthcare - Correct answer-True Disposable items increase combustible load in a healthcare facility - Correct answerTrue Enabling people to use information gained to interact with others is known as - Correct answer-human relations At this time tracking systems are unable to track worker productivity information. - Correct answer-false A step in communication that occurs when a listener asks a question is called ...

Since Central service techs dont handle money, ethics do not apply to them. True or False False pg 16 Central service workflow can be divided into the handling of 3 categories of items: soiled items, clean items, or sterile items. True or False True pg 9 The use of positive and negative air pressure in the CSD is designed to take the place of heating and cooling. True or False False Pg 13 Since modern CS departments are virtually risk free, CS Techs do not need to concerned with safe...

The physical method by which an ultrasonic units clean is called - CORRECT ANSWER----Cavitation Equipment should be inspected for obvious hazards such as cracked or frayed electrical cords: - CORRECT ANSWER----whenever the equipment is cleaned Impregnated Gauze Strips may be sterilized using: - CORRECT ANSWER----dry heat sterilization Powered surgical instruments should be cleaned using a mechanical cleaning process. - CORRECT ANSWER----False. They should all be cleaned manually. Agency ...

The physical method by which an ultrasonic units clean is called - CORRECT ANSWEER Cavitation Equipment should be inspected for obvious hazards such as cracked or frayed electrical cords: - CORRECT ANSWEER whenever the equipment is cleaned Impregnated Gauze Strips may be sterilized using: - CORRECT ANSWEER dry heat sterilization Powered surgical instruments should be cleaned using a mechanical cleaning process. - CORRECT ANSWEER False. They should all be cleaned manually. Agency responsi...

Information technology is often the cornerstone of initiatives to transform healthcare - ANSWER True Disposable items increase combustible load in a healthcare facility - ANSWER True Enabling people to use information gained to interact with others is known as - ANSWER human relations At this time tracking systems are unable to track worker productivity information. - ANSWER false A step in communication that occurs when a listener asks a question is called - ANSWER feedback Impro...

All soiled instruments and materials are received from the user units into the Central Service ______ area. preparation decontamination sterilization process storage - Answerdecontamination All medical terms consist of each of the following word elements: prefix, root and suffix. True False - AnswerFalse The purpose of a prefix is to alter or modify the meaning of the root element. True False - AnswerTrue There are two parts to the ear: the outer ear and the inner ear. True False -...

Since Central service techs dont handle money, ethics do not apply to them. True or False - answerFalse pg 16 Central service workflow can be divided into the handling of 3 categories of items: soiled items, clean items, or sterile items. True or False - answerTrue pg 9 The use of positive and negative air pressure in the CSD is designed to take the place of heating and cooling. True or False - answerFalse Pg 13 Since modern CS departments are virtually risk free, CS Techs do not need to...

Decontamination - Removing or reducing contamination by infectious organisms or other harmful substances. Decontamination Area - location within a healthcare facility designated for collection, retention, and cleaning of soiled and/or contaminated items. Negative air pressure. Workflow - the workflow in a central service department is designed to avoid crosscontamination and insure that items efficiently flow through the process from decontamination to storage. Central Service Workflow - D...