Scrub Nursing Quiz
1. What does managing the instrument table involve? - ✔️✔️a. keeping the instruments
organized for quick retrieval
b. counting instruments and gauze squares at the beginning and end of surgery
c. loading the needle holders with suture material D. all of the above
e. a and c
2. Sterile drapes are used for keeping the: - ✔️✔️surgery field sterile
3. When an assistant is asked to help during a sterile procedure, they will need to
_______ to keep the field sterile. - ✔️✔️scrub in
4. The surgical pack and other instruments used in surgery are placed on a ________
for use during surgery, which is then placed close to the surgical patient and within easy
reach of the surgeon or scrub nurse. - ✔️✔️Mayo Stand
5. __________ can be used to cut or coagulate tissue and help to minimize bleeding. -
✔️✔️Electrosurgical units
6. T or F When scrubbing the hands in preparation for surgery, the scrub should contact
all the surfaces of the fingers, hands, and forearms. - ✔️✔️True
7. T or F Strict hand scrubbing is not important if you are going to put on sterile gloves. -
✔️✔️False
8. Once a sterile drape has been placed on the patient it can only be adjusted
_________ from the scrubbed surgical site. - ✔️✔️away
9. Instruments used for manipulation of contaminated tissue should be
placed__________ other instruments on the stand. "dirty corner" - ✔️✔️away from
11. The sterile area on a person is considered to be: - ✔️✔️the front of the gown, from
below the shoulders to the waist
12. Why should radiopaque sponges rather than plain gauze sponges be used in
abdominal or thoracic surgery? - ✔️✔️they can be more easily seen on radiographs if
they are left in the body cavity
13. Proper tissue handling involves which of the following? - ✔️✔️a. knowing how
much tension the tissue can safely tolerate (without damaging the tissue) while
retracting the tissue
1. What does managing the instrument table involve? - ✔️✔️a. keeping the instruments
organized for quick retrieval
b. counting instruments and gauze squares at the beginning and end of surgery
c. loading the needle holders with suture material D. all of the above
e. a and c
2. Sterile drapes are used for keeping the: - ✔️✔️surgery field sterile
3. When an assistant is asked to help during a sterile procedure, they will need to
_______ to keep the field sterile. - ✔️✔️scrub in
4. The surgical pack and other instruments used in surgery are placed on a ________
for use during surgery, which is then placed close to the surgical patient and within easy
reach of the surgeon or scrub nurse. - ✔️✔️Mayo Stand
5. __________ can be used to cut or coagulate tissue and help to minimize bleeding. -
✔️✔️Electrosurgical units
6. T or F When scrubbing the hands in preparation for surgery, the scrub should contact
all the surfaces of the fingers, hands, and forearms. - ✔️✔️True
7. T or F Strict hand scrubbing is not important if you are going to put on sterile gloves. -
✔️✔️False
8. Once a sterile drape has been placed on the patient it can only be adjusted
_________ from the scrubbed surgical site. - ✔️✔️away
9. Instruments used for manipulation of contaminated tissue should be
placed__________ other instruments on the stand. "dirty corner" - ✔️✔️away from
11. The sterile area on a person is considered to be: - ✔️✔️the front of the gown, from
below the shoulders to the waist
12. Why should radiopaque sponges rather than plain gauze sponges be used in
abdominal or thoracic surgery? - ✔️✔️they can be more easily seen on radiographs if
they are left in the body cavity
13. Proper tissue handling involves which of the following? - ✔️✔️a. knowing how
much tension the tissue can safely tolerate (without damaging the tissue) while
retracting the tissue
