Mod G Week 2

Front 1

Which of the following instruments is not used for dilating, probing, and visualizing?

Back 1

Olsen Hegar needle holder

Front 2

Which type of forceps are used to grasp towels and dressings and hold drape towels in place?

Back 2

Backhaus

Front 3

This is not true as a general rule to follow when cleaning and caring for instruments?

Back 3

Blood, tissue, and other bodily fluids must be allowed to dry on an instrument

Front 4

This type of needle holder is used to grasp sutude needles

Back 4

Olsen Hegar

Front 5

Which of these statements is false?

Back 5

A surgical instruments function can often be determined by visual inspection

Front 6

What are adson forceps used for

Back 6

To grasp delicate tissue

Front 7

How many days do autoclaved items remain sterile if they have been properly processed and protected from moisture

Back 7

30

Front 8

Which of the following terms is defined as the process of destroying all disease causing microorganisms?

Back 8

Sterilization

Front 9

How long should you perform hand washing for surgical asepsis or surgical scrub?

Back 9

Two to six minutes

Front 10

How long should a routine handwashing for medical asepsis take?

Back 10

15 seconds

Front 11

Which of the following is not a chemical agent commonly used to sterilize certain surgical instruments?

Back 11

Dihydrogen monoxide

Front 12

What are operating scissors used to cut

Back 12

Tissue

Front 13

Specific and thorough hand washing procedure performed for six minutes before taking part in any sterile surgical procedure

Back 13

Scrub

Front 14

Instrument used to hold back tissue, making the operative site easier to visualize

Back 14

Retractor

Front 15

An instrument that permit viewing inside a body cavity

Back 15

Speculum

Front 16

Locking mechanism of an instrument

Back 16

Ratchet

Front 17

Techniques used to destroy all pathogenic organisms before they can enter the body

Back 17

Surgical asepsis

Front 18

The preparatory period proceeding surgery

Back 18

Preoperative

Front 19

Etchings located on the blades of an instrument to keep it from slipping

Back 19

Serrations

Front 20

Drapes are designed to prevent the spread of bacteria and this

Back 20

Strikethrough

Front 21

Aims to reduce the number of microbes associated with diseases

Back 21

Surgical asepsis

Front 22

This should not be worn during a surgical procedure because it harbors microbes

Back 22

Jewelry

Front 23

This should contain a special protein that breaks down blood and body fluids on the surface of surgical instruments

Back 23

Soaking solution

Front 24

Must be completed when the patient arrives for surgery

Back 24

Consent form

Front 25

Process in which sterilization is accomplished by raising the temperature of surgical instruments to the designated temperature that renders them sterile

Back 25

Dry heat

Front 26

Reaching over this will contaminate it

Back 26

Sterile drape

Front 27

When assisting with this type of procedure, preparation of the skin is simply to apply a product such as alcohol

Back 27

Acupuncture

Front 28

Total removal of all microbes associated with diseases

Back 28

Surgical asepsis

Front 29

Often recommended prior to surgery to lessen the possibility of nausea and vomiting

Back 29

Fasting

Front 30

Applied to a patients skin prior to surgery to reduce microbial growth

Back 30

Antiseptic

Front 31

Something that must be worn by anyone assisting in surgery

Back 31

Sterile gown

Front 32

Designed to inhibit and kill bacteria but should not take the place of proper hand washing

Back 32

Hand antiseptics

Front 33

An instrument used to grasp tissue and to clamp blood vessels

Back 33

Forceps

Front 34

Instrument used to hold a suture needle during the suturing process

Back 34

Needle holder

Front 35

Related to microbes

Back 35

Microbial

Front 36

The process of maintaining sterility throughout a surgical procedure

Back 36

Aseptic technique

Front 37

After or following a surgical procedure

Back 37

Postoperative

Front 38

An agent that produces insensibility to pain or touch, either generally or locally

Back 38

Anesthetic

Front 39

A type of forceps

Back 39

Hemostat

Front 40

Having a window or opening

Back 40

Fenestrated

Front 41

A microscopic living body not perceivable by the naked eye

Back 41

Microorganism

Front 42

Placed in contact with microorganisms

Back 42

Contamination

Front 43

Cryosurgery is sometimes referred to as this

Back 43

Using extremely cold temperatures

Front 44

The most common local anesthetic agents

Back 44

Xylocaine and novocaine

Front 45

What do you insert into the center of the infected area of the wound to collect a specimen of an infected wound

Back 45

A tip of a sterile swab

Front 46

Sutures that are not removed can

Back 46

Become infected

Front 47

After removing sutures, you should record all but which of the following in the progress notes in the patients chart?

Back 47

Cause of the incision

Front 48

Catgut is made from the intestines of

Back 48

Sheep

Front 49

Which of the following substances is commonly used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue?

Back 49

Liquid nitrogen