Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
152 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
- 3rd side (hint)
Sterilizers are usually located in the prep and packaging area adjacent to
|
Sterile storage
|
|
|
Peel pouches should be placed on their blank with clear side of the pouch facing the paper side of the next out
|
Edge
|
|
|
What is the name of the test designed to detect air leaks and inadequate air removal
|
Bowie Dick
|
|
|
What are the three parameters for steam sterilization
|
Pressure time temperature
|
|
|
The method of sterilization that is appropriate for a particular medical device is dictated by cS/SPD department TRUE OR FALSE?
|
False manufacturers instructions for use
|
|
|
Until the results of the BI are known sterilized implants should be
|
Quarantined
|
|
|
Sterility is the absence of ------- Forms of microbial life including bacterial spores
|
All
|
|
|
The internal chamber of a steam sterilizer is surrounded by a
|
Insulating jacket
|
|
|
During this phase air is removed from the sterilizer chamber and steam injected
|
Conditioning
|
|
|
Instruments with a mesh bottoms and rigid containers should be placed--------- on the sterilizer rack
|
Flat
|
|
|
--------- sterilization is appropriate in an emergency situation formally known as the flash sterilization
|
I USS or immediate use
|
|
|
Routine biological monitoring must be run in a fully loaded chamber
|
True
|
|
|
------- Enables each sterilize device to be tracked
|
Lot control numbers
|
|
|
A control BI must show what result in order for the results to be valid
|
Positive
|
|
|
After unloading the sterilizer sterilized items must remain on the sterilizer cart untouched until they are completely
|
Cooled
|
|
|
The quality of---------supply to the sterilizer is important to successful sterilization and effective drying
|
Steam
|
|
|
-------- is critical to sterility maintenance
|
Drying
|
|
|
Dynamic air removal and gravity displacement are two basic
|
Steam cycles
|
|
|
A Bowie Dick test needs to be done in a gravity displacement cycle true or false
|
False
|
|
|
Two types of PCDs available are with a conventional BI and with an enzyme-based early readout BI true or false
|
True
|
|
|
A BI PCD may be used to release non-implant loads but is not required true or false
|
True DAT
|
|
|
For EO sterilization the --------- is critical to EEO penetration of bacterial cells in thus successful sterilization
|
Humidity
|
|
|
After EO sterilization, EO residuals must be completely removed by adequate
|
Aeration
|
|
|
During the--------- phase in a LT GP sterilizer, the chamber pressure is reduced by vacuum and radiofrequency energy is radiated with in the chamber from the electrode screen
|
Plasma
|
|
|
Most packaging material that are acceptable for steam sterilization is also acceptable for EO sterilization true or false
|
True
|
|
|
EO kills microorganisms by a process known as
|
Alkylation
|
|
|
__________ Is a toxic substance but it's benefits outweigh its risks
|
EO
|
|
|
________ Must have a dedicated exhaust and provide continuous filtered air washes
|
EEO aeration
|
|
|
Gravity type and convection type or two basic types of
|
Dry heat sterilizers
|
|
|
EO sterilizers and aerators must be vented to the outside of the building true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Because----------- processors are wet systems it can only be used for immersible items
|
Peracetic acid
|
|
|
EO, LT GP, ozone and Dryhead are all low temperature sterilization method true or false
|
False
|
|
|
---------sterilizer requires a special electrical outlet so it can be located anywhere
|
LTGP low temperature gas plasma
|
|
|
The parameters of-------sterilization are temperature and time
|
Dry heat
|
|
|
------------is a low temperature sterilization method that was cleared by the FDA in 2004
|
Ozone
|
|
|
Medical devices package for LT GP sterilization must be packaged in a non-cellulose-based material true or false
|
True DAT
|
|
|
---------are usually supplied in large cylinders or tanks
|
EO mixtures
|
|
|
Monitoring EO data as well as medical surveillance data must be recorded and maintained for---------- After termination of employment |
30 years
|
|
|
Dry heat sterilizers present the risks of---------- to personnel.
|
Burns
|
|
|
During EEO employee monitoring air is sampled from the breathing zone which is located
|
Between the nose and upper chest
|
|
|
A chemical indicator provided by the sterilizer manufacture is read when I unprocessed and changes together when exposed to
|
Hydrogen peroxide
|
|
|
Reorder points is the highest quantity of an item that can be on hand before it is reordered true or false
|
False
|
|
|
The____________ requires all packaging manufactures to provide data from shelflife studies to end-users
|
FDA
|
|
|
Requisitioning specifies where an item is to be delivered true or false
|
True
|
|
|
__________ Ensure that all necessary supplies are available when needed and filled accordingly to an inventory list
|
Specialty carts
|
|
|
Your preference card is a list used to supply a_________ cart for a surgical procedure
|
Case
|
|
|
All medical device is kept in a sterile storage area must be stored at least_________ to __________
Inches from the floor to protect them from contamination during cleaning |
8 to 10 inches
|
|
|
AAM I does not recommend the stacking of
|
Wrapped sets
|
|
|
A package must be visually inspected for integrity_______ it is handled
|
Every time
|
|
|
Supplies delivered to areas outside of SPD/CS should be________ to prevent environmental contamination
|
Covered
|
|
|
Just in time is also known as stockless distribution true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Ccvv
|
Hahn
|
|
|
----------Systems are not commonly used today because of the duplicate inventories required expense and space
|
Exchange cart
|
|
|
The bottom shelf of the transport cart should be
|
Solid
|
|
|
Eric change within the sterile storage area should be at least--------- exchanges per hour routinely monitored
|
Four
|
|
|
The-------- area is the first to except responsibility for supplies received into a healthcare facility
|
Receiving
|
|
|
Using the -------- supplies first promote proper rotation of supply of supplies
|
Oldest
|
|
|
Sterile items on the top shelves must be at least---------Inches from the sprinkler heads
|
18
|
|
|
The most common means of transporting medical devices and other supplies is the
|
Distribution cart
|
|
|
Shelflife is considered to be event related and not time related true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Sterility maintenance coverage should be made of plastic______ to_____ mil thick
|
2 to 3
|
|
|
Anatomy is defined as the brand of science that deals with ________ of body parts
|
Structure
|
|
|
Diseases of the ________ system include coronary artery disease
|
circulatory
|
|
|
Cystoscopes are used to visualize the inside of the_________
|
Bladder
|
|
|
Endometriosis is a disease of the
|
reproductive system
|
|
|
The femur, tibia and fibula are part of the
|
Appendicular skeleton
|
|
|
The _____________ provides 2 way communication between the brain and the body
|
Spinal cord
|
Missed on quizz
|
|
The________ system includes the hair skin glands & nails
|
Integumentary
|
|
|
A dermatome is an instrument used to cut skin true or false
|
True
|
|
|
__________ is a type of connective tissue
|
Muscle
|
|
|
Hepatitis is a disease of__________ system
|
Digestive
|
|
|
Endocrine glands excrete
|
Hormones
|
|
|
The skull is part of the
|
Axial skeleton
|
|
|
The liver is the largest
|
Internal organ
|
|
|
The______ is the largest organ of the body.
|
Skin
|
|
|
____________is used to view the abdomen!
|
Laparoscope
|
|
|
Physiology is concerned with the ________ of the body parts
|
Function
|
|
|
________are the smallest structure of the body and are capable of performing all the processes needed for life
|
Cells
|
|
|
The principle organs of urinary system are the
|
Kidneys
|
|
|
A hysteroscope is used to visualize the inside of the ________
|
Uterus
|
|
|
_________ make up half of the body's bulk
|
Muscles
|
|
|
The critical part of the brain, where all the essential functions for life are controlled, is the
|
Brain stem
|
|
|
The area where soiled items are received & cleaned
|
Decontamination
|
|
|
The area where items for patient care from outside manufactures are stored
|
Sterile stores
|
|
|
The area where clean items are inspected assembled and packaged
|
Case carts
|
|
|
Employee scrubs should be laundered by
|
The facility
|
|
|
The CDC does not recommend the wearing of danger of fungal contamination under the nail
true or false |
True
|
|
|
The NTPA specifies a labeling code for types and severity of
|
Hazards
|
|
|
True or false
Fire doors should remain open never closed |
False
|
|
|
Sterile processing personnel are at risk of developing ________ if they use latex gloves frequently
|
Latex allergy
|
|
|
Annual competency testing is required by the
|
Joint commission
|
|
|
In fire safety it is important to remember RACE which stands for
|
Remove/rescue alarm contain extinguish
|
|
|
Any injury to an employee no matter how slight should be documented in an incident report
True or fAlse |
True
|
|
|
Most microorganisms can only be seen through a
|
Microscope
|
|
|
Staphylococci are found on
|
Skin & nasopharynx
|
|
|
The CDC does not recommend the wearing of danger gal nails of fungal contamination under the nail
true or false |
True
|
|
|
The ________ method is one of the most important staining techniques in medical microbiology
|
GrAm
|
|
|
Microorganisms and their component parts Are measured in
|
Microns
|
|
|
Bacteria that require oxygen are called anaerobes
True or false |
False
|
|
|
All healthcare facilities must comply with __________, which provides for the confidentiality and security of health information
|
HIPPA
|
|
|
A _______________ is a principle rule or a law designed to control or govern behavior.
|
Regulation
|
|
|
A_____________is an established norm determined by opinion, authority research and or theory
|
Standard
|
|
|
The ____________ registers and regulates environment disinfectants and controls emissions into the air and into the water
|
EPA
|
|
|
The _________ regulates all medical devices
|
FDA
|
|
|
___________, greatly affects CS/SPD through it's regulation of occupational exposure to airborne contaminants occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and communication of workplace hazards
|
OSHA
|
|
|
An independent nonprofit organization that establishes accrediting standards and conducts extensive on site inspections to evaluate a healthcare facility's performance in areas that affect patient care
|
Joint commission
|
|
|
___________ develops consensus standards and coordinates the development of many international standArdS
|
AAMI
|
|
|
Medical personnel must use proper ________ to prevent the transfer of staphylococcal find themselves to patients or among patients
|
Handwashing techniques
|
|
|
Bacteria will not survive in
|
Refrigeration
|
|
|
Round or spherical bacteria are called
|
Cocci
|
|
|
Viruses are composed of cells and require a living host to multiply true or false
|
False
|
|
|
A form of prion disease in humans is called
|
CJD Creutzfeldt – Jacob disease
|
|
|
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents
|
Hepatitis C
|
|
|
Highly durable dehydrated cells with thick cells that are hard & shell like are called
|
Spores
|
|
|
Dedicating___________ items to individual patients can eliminate contamination
|
Single use
|
|
|
The general term for an inanimate object involved in the spread of an infection is a
|
Fomite
|
|
|
All cleaning and sterilization should be performed according to
|
Manufacturers instructions for use
|
|
|
_________is the ability of the body to specifically counteract antigens
|
Immunity
|
|
|
A healthcare acquired infection HAI is sometimes termed a
|
Nosocomial infection
|
|
|
_______________ Includes cover coat fluid resistant jumpsuits and Galligan's hair covering's shoe covers facemasks and masks are protection and gloves
|
PPE or personal protective equipment
|
|
|
Healthcare facilities must offer__________ vaccinations to all potential exposed employees
|
Hepatitis B
|
|
|
____________ is the single most effective way to prevent infections in the healthcare environment
|
Handwashing
|
|
|
Living things that cause disease i.e. mosquitoes flies ticks fleas
|
Vectors
|
|
|
The mucous membrane skin and parental role neural tissue are the portal of exit for pathogens true or false
|
false
|
|
|
Microbiology is the branch of biology that deals with microorganisms and their effect on other living organisms
True or false |
True
|
|
|
____________ Transmission refers to the transportation of disease agent by media such as water food & air
|
Vehicle
|
|
|
C diff spores can survive on. __________for many weeks or months
|
Dry services
|
|
|
Spirochete is a spiral shapes of
|
Bacteria
|
|
|
___________include single celled yeasts, multicellular molds and macroscopic species such as mushrooms
|
Fungi
|
|
|
Pathogens are disease producing microorganisms
True or false |
True
|
|
|
Anthrax smallpox plague botulism and hemorrhagic fever are all designated agent of
|
Bioterrorism
|
|
|
Gram staining helps identify different types of
|
Bacteria
|
|
|
__________ cause greater variety of diseases than any other group of bacteria
|
Streptococci
|
|
|
See diff is responsible for nosocomial outbreaks of G.I. disease is true or false
|
True
|
|
|
MR essay is transmitted by healthcare workers due to poor and infrequent handwashing true or false
|
True
|
|
|
___________ is designed to help protect employees against exposure to blood borne pathogens
|
Exposure control plan
|
|
|
Airborne precautions to prevent transmission infectious agents that remain infectious over long distances when suspended in their true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Understander precautions all blood and body other potentially infectious material or handled as if they were
|
Infectious
|
|
|
The causative agents of disease can be transmitted from a reservoir of infection to a subset double host true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Soil and water are two major_________ reservoirs
|
Nonliving
|
|
|
____________ Pathogens are micro organisms that can be present in human blood and body fluids
|
Blood borne
|
|
|
The hospitals ventilation system can be a mode of disease transmission true or false
|
True
|
|
|
____________ Precautions are intended to prevent transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions
|
Droplets
|
|
|
Infection control is the responsibility of
|
Everybody who works in healthcare
|
|
|
Airborne precautions to prevent transmission infectious agents that remain infectious over long distances when suspended in their true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Universal precautions all blood and body other potentially infectious material or handled as if they were
|
Infectious
|
|
|
The causative agents of disease can be transmitted from a reservoir of infection to a subset double host true or false
|
True
|
|
|
Soil and water are two major_________ reservoirs
|
Nonliving
|
|
|
____________ Pathogens are micro organisms that can be present in human blood and body fluids
|
Blood borne
|
|
|
The hospitals ventilation system can be a mode of disease transmission true or false
|
True
|
|
|
____________ Precautions are intended to prevent transmission of pathogens spread through close respiratory or mucous membrane contact with respiratory secretions
|
Droplets
|
|
|
Infection control is the responsibility of
|
Everybody who works in healthcare
|
|