CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST PRACTICE EXAM #1 Questions and Answers 100% Solved
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Certified surgical technologist
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Certified Surgical Technologist
CERTIFIED SURGICAL TECHNOLOGIST
PRACTICE EXAM #1 Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
During which of the following surgeries is a Meckel's diverticulum typically
discovered?
a. hysterectomy
b. appendectomy
c. prostatectomy
d. varicocelectomy - b. During an appendectomy, bowel is examined
and...
a. if the incision is too small for an instrument to become buried
b. when the surgical technologist in the circulator role becomes too busy
c. if instruments are needed in another operating room
d. when the patient is receiving outpatient surgery - ✔✔a. The count can
be deleted if significant risk for a retained item is unlikely and falls within
hospital protocols.
When assisting with the closure of a skin incision and operating the skin
stapler, the surgical technologist in the scrub role is placing the staples
through which two layers?
a. cuticular and subcuticular
b. subicular and subcutaneous
c. subcuticular and subcutaneous
d. subcutaneous and fascia - ✔✔a. These layers are the two most outer
layers of the skin and are closed together by the skin stapler.
Which of the following is the definition of instrument sterilization?
a. surgical cleaning with an antiseptic
b. manual decontamination
c. destruction of microorganisms
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