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What is ethylene oxide
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Gas used to sterilize surgical instruments and other supplies |
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What action do you take if you find a hole in a sterile packet?
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Rewrap the equipment |
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What indicates that the sterilized pack has been exposed to steam?
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the appearance of dark stripes on the autoclave tape will appear |
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What temperature water do you use when sanitizing surgical equipment?
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Cold Water |
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When performing surgical hand washing what is washed and for how long?
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hands and forearms, 5-10 minutes
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how much pressure should an autoclave reach
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15lbs |
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Cold water is used to do what to surgical equipment prior to sterilization |
Rinse off equpiment |
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what is the best method to determine sterilization |
culture test |
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When sterilized equipment from the autoclave reaches the expiration date what must be completed
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re-sterilization |
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What is disinfection
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Killing or rendering inert most but not all pathogenic microorganisms, not spores or viruses |
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what appliance is used to sterilize medical instruments with steam under pressure?
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The Autoclave |
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What piece of surgical equipment should close in a smooth, even manner with no nicks or snags? |
Scissors |
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Sterilization |
destroys microorganisms and spores |
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Type of sterilization indicators |
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What is the best way to maintain a healthful, disease free environment
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Sanitization |
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should be used during any office surgical procedure, when handling sterile instruments to be used for incisions and excisions into body tissue, and when changing wound dressings |
Surgical asepsis/sterile technique |
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An example of sanitization is to
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wash your hands and wipe down surfaces |
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An example of cleaning a hospital room is an example of
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Disinfection |
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The process, act, or technique for destroying microorganisms using heat, water, chemicals, or gases
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Sterilization |
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what prevents transmission of pathogenic microbes to or from patients
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surgical asepsis |
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What are the principals sterilizing agents |
Steam under pressure dry heat ethylene oxide gas liquid chemicals |
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What temperature must the autoclave meet to work properly
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250 degrees |
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How is autoclave tape used |
on the outside of wrapped instruments |
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how are sterilization indicators used
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placed inside the pack to indicate sterility of contents |
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What type of water should be used in the autoclave
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distilled |
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What are the specifications for the autoclave
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30 minutes at 250 degrees Fahrenheit and 15 lbs of pressure |
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The timer of the autoclave should not be set until when
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the proper temperature has been reached |
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Records on sterile items should include |
description of load exposure time and temperature results of sterilization indicator name of operator expiration date |
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