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2025 UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT
MOST-TESTED QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
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What is the primary To reduce the presence of microorganisms and
purpose of prevent the soread of infections.
decontamination?
Disinfection eliminates many or all pathogenic
What's is the difference
microorganisms except bacterial spores, while
between disinfection and
sterilization destroys all microorganisms including
sterilization?
bacterial spores
Which type of cleaning Enzymatic detergents
solution is most
commonly used for
instrument
decontamination?
What is the Minimum of 110 degree Fahrenheit ( 43 degrees
recommended Celsius)
temperature for manual
cleaning of instruments?
Why are prolonged It can cause instrument discoloration and
soaking tines compromise the instruments integrity
discouraged during
instrument cleaning?
What's does PPE stand Personal protective equipment
for in the context of
decontamination?
, 10/27/24, 7:07 AM FINAL EXAM CRCST CERTIFICATION |2024-2025 UPDATE|COMPREHENSIVE FREQUENT MOST-TESTED QUESTIONS…
It uses sound waves to produce microscopic
How does ultrasonic
bubbles that implode on contact, removing debris
cleaning work?
from instruments
What is the significance It refers to the cleaning of instruments immediately
of point of use cleaning? after use, at the location where they were used
Which of the following is Color of the disinfectant
not a factor affecting the
efficiency of disinfection
process
Why is it important to To remove any residual detergent and prevent
rinse instruments after spotting or staining
cleaning?
Name a common method Manual scrubbing with appropriate detergent
of cleaning surgical
instruments
What is an enzymatic A detergent containing enzymes that breaking down
cleaner? organic material
How does temperature Higher temperature can improve cleaning
affect the cleaning effectiveness but may damage sensitive instruments
process?
What is the role of pH in It affects the detergent's ability to break down soils
detergents used for and proteins
decontamination?
What is an ultrasonic A device that uses high frequency sound waves to
cleaner? remove debris from instruments.
What is the purpose of To reduce the level of microbial contamination
disinfection in the
decontamination
process?
What are high level Chemical agents capable of killing spores and high
disinfectants? numbers or microorganisms
What are the difference High level disinfectants kill more types of
between high-level; and microorganisms including spores.
low level disinfectants?
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