Chapter 13

Front 1

The process by which instruments are steam sterilized for immediate use is called?

Back 1

Immediate use steam sterilization

Front 2

Items to be disinfected or sterilized at the point of use must be?

Back 2

Properly cleaned per Manufacturers Instructions of Use

Front 3

The best way to transport items that have been processed using immediate use steam sterilization at the point of use is?

Back 3

In a rigid container designed for immediate use steam sterilization

Front 4

Before an item can be placed in liquid chemical sterile processing system they must be?

Back 4

Cleaned

Front 5

Which of the following statements about immediate use sterilization is true?

Back 5

It should be used only when there is not time to process items using the wrapped method

Front 6

Both the Association of periOperatuve Registered Nurses and The Joint Commission recommend that

Back 6

The use of immediate use steam sterilization be minimized or decreased.

Front 7

Implantable devices

Back 7

Should not be immediate use steam sterilization sterilized unless there is a tracking system in place to tracking system in place to trace the item to a patient.

Front 8

When transporting items that have been immediate use steam sterilized, it is required that

Back 8

They be transported in such a manner that reduces the potential for contamination.

Front 9

When sterilizing items at the point of use, an abbreviated sterilization cycle may be used to the urgent need for the instruments.

Back 9

False

Front 10

Immediate use steam sterilization documentation should include

Back 10

The name of the patient for which the items were sterilized, sterilizers number and cycle, and name of the instrument sterilized.