CBSPD Quiz Sterilization 2023 Questions and Answers
with complete solution
Cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process?
Low temperature gas plasma.
Supplies contaminated with blood and body fluids that require sterilization should be...
cleaned, dried and passed on to the processing area for assembly, packaging, and
sterilization.
Which of the following items MUST be sterilized with an accompanying biological
indicator?
Implants.
If a technician's skin is exposed to liquid ethylene oxide, what should the technician do
FIRST?
Wash the exposed area with large amounts of soap and water.
A positive biological indicator (BI) test shows that the sterilization process...
did not result in the death of all the test organisms.
Lot control numbers should be placed on each package sterilized, and on the...
sterilzation load record.
The technician is asked to remove an arthroscopy set from the aerator four hours prior
to the completion of aeration time. The supervisor is not available. Which of the followig
should the technician do?
Let the set complete the aeration cycle and borrow a set from another hospital.
Which of the following is necessary to attain the high temperature needed in a steam
sterilizer?
Pressure
Which of the following would be an appropriate sterilization cycle for an autoclave load
containing a basin set, a minor surgery set, and twelve towel packs?
270F (132C) for 4 minutes, 30 PSI and 30 minutes dry time.
Drains in pre-vacuum and gravity-displacement sterilizers are placed at the bottom fron
of the sterilizers...
because air tends to concentrate at the bottom of the chamber.
To kill the remaining microorganisms on metal surgical instruments within the SPD, the
MOST cost-efficient sterilization method is generally considered to be...
steam under pressure.
When heat is added to steam without increasing the moisture content, the steam is...
superheated steam.
Which of the following steilization methods would be appropriate for petrolatum gauze
dressings?
Dry heat
When a steam sterilizer load contains a mixture of fabric and metal items, the items
should be placed...
which the metal items below the fabric items.
When a steam sterilizer is loaded with linen packs only, the packs should be...
placed on their edges.
with complete solution
Cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process?
Low temperature gas plasma.
Supplies contaminated with blood and body fluids that require sterilization should be...
cleaned, dried and passed on to the processing area for assembly, packaging, and
sterilization.
Which of the following items MUST be sterilized with an accompanying biological
indicator?
Implants.
If a technician's skin is exposed to liquid ethylene oxide, what should the technician do
FIRST?
Wash the exposed area with large amounts of soap and water.
A positive biological indicator (BI) test shows that the sterilization process...
did not result in the death of all the test organisms.
Lot control numbers should be placed on each package sterilized, and on the...
sterilzation load record.
The technician is asked to remove an arthroscopy set from the aerator four hours prior
to the completion of aeration time. The supervisor is not available. Which of the followig
should the technician do?
Let the set complete the aeration cycle and borrow a set from another hospital.
Which of the following is necessary to attain the high temperature needed in a steam
sterilizer?
Pressure
Which of the following would be an appropriate sterilization cycle for an autoclave load
containing a basin set, a minor surgery set, and twelve towel packs?
270F (132C) for 4 minutes, 30 PSI and 30 minutes dry time.
Drains in pre-vacuum and gravity-displacement sterilizers are placed at the bottom fron
of the sterilizers...
because air tends to concentrate at the bottom of the chamber.
To kill the remaining microorganisms on metal surgical instruments within the SPD, the
MOST cost-efficient sterilization method is generally considered to be...
steam under pressure.
When heat is added to steam without increasing the moisture content, the steam is...
superheated steam.
Which of the following steilization methods would be appropriate for petrolatum gauze
dressings?
Dry heat
When a steam sterilizer load contains a mixture of fabric and metal items, the items
should be placed...
which the metal items below the fabric items.
When a steam sterilizer is loaded with linen packs only, the packs should be...
placed on their edges.
