Sterile Processing and Distribution Exam Questions With Verified Answers.
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Sterile Processing and Distribution Exam
Questions With Verified Answers.
AAMI: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - answerAssociation responsible
for standards for steam sterilization, EO sterilization, chemical disinfection, and other types of sterile
processing that a...
Sterile Processing and Distribution Exam
Questions With Verified Answers.
AAMI: Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - answer✔Association responsible
for standards for steam sterilization, EO sterilization, chemical disinfection, and other types of sterile
processing that are recognized as the primary measure of good practice in SPD.
Acid - answer✔Substance having a pH of less than 7.
Action level - answer✔Level at which additional monitoring for chemical exposure must be performed.
Aerate - answer✔To subject EO sterilized items to warm, circulating air.
Air exchanges - answer✔Process of removing air from an area and replacing it with fresh air.
Alkaline - answer✔Substance having a pH greater than 7.
Alkylation - answer✔Process by which EO destroys microorganisms.
ANSI: American National Standards Institute - answer✔Organization that oversees the development of
voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the U.S.
AORN: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses - answer✔Organization that facilitates the
management, teaching, and practice of perioperative nursing.
Aseptic technique - answer✔Maintaining sterility or preventing contamination.
ASGE: American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - answer✔Association of physicians dedicated to
improving endoscopy.
Autoclave - answer✔Vessel used for sterilization by saturated steam under pressure.
Bacillus atropheus - answer✔Microorganism used to biologically monitor EO and dry heat sterilizers.
Antibacterial - answer✔Chemical agent or compound that counteracts, inhibits, and/or destroys
bacteria.
Antimicrobial - answer✔Chemical or material capable of destroying or inhibiting the growth of
microorganisms.
Antiseptic - answer✔Germicidal process that inhibits, inactivates, or destroys microorganisms present
on skin.
Aseptic - answer✔Free from pathogenic organisms.
Abrasive - answer✔Material used for grinding, rubbing away, wearing down or smoothing.
Airborne - answer✔Suspended or carried through the air.
Aqueous - answer✔Water, prepared with water.
Bactericide - answer✔Chemical agent that kills bacteria.
Bacteriostatic - answer✔Chemical agent that retards, inhibits, and/or prevents the growth of bacteria.
Bevel - answer✔Angle of the point of a needle.
Bioburden - answer✔Number of microorganisms on a contaminated object.
Biodegradable - answer✔Capable of being decomposed by bacteria or enzymatic solutions.
Biological indicator - answer✔Sterilization process monitoring device consisting of a viable population of
microorganisms (usually bacterial spores) known to be resistant to the mode of sterilization being
monitored.
Bloodborne pathogens - answer✔Transmissible microorganisms present in blood and blood products.
Bowie-Dick test - answer✔Test used daily to evaluate the ability of a prevacuum sterilizer to remove air
from the chamber under specific conditions.
Capital equipment - answer✔Major fixed equipment (e.g. new sterilizers or washers) for which the cost
is spread over a period of time or the life of the equipment.
Carcinogen - answer✔Cancer-causing substance.
Case cart - answer✔Distribution and inventory handling system that provides supplies for specialty areas
(e.g. OR).
Caustic - answer✔Corrosive alkali that destroys living tissue.
Cavitation - answer✔Process employed by ultrasonic cleaners that causes bubbles to implode and
dislodge soil from instruments.
CDC: Centers for Disease Control - answer✔Agency who's goal is to protect public health and safety
through through the control and prevention if disease, injury, and disability.
Centigrade - answer✔Temperature scale between the melting point of ice and the boiling point of
water.
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