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Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist Final Review
Four forms of Drug Preparation - answer✔`Gas, Liquid, Solid, Semi Solid
1 meter equals - answer✔1,000 centimeters
Name the two types of small sponges - answer✔Kitners and Peanut
Hemostasis - answer✔Stopping of blood loss (hemorrhage)
Ligate - answer✔to tie a structure, such as a vessel
Ligature, or tie referred to as "stick ties" - answer✔Strand of suture material used for tying a blood
vessel or other structure to constrict or bind.
Capillarity - answer✔allowing tissue fluides to move along the strand
Major types of suture material - answer✔a. absorbable b. nonabsorbable c. natural d. synthetic
Pathogenic - answer✔Having the potential to cause didease.
Analgesic - answer✔a medication to reduce or eliminate pain such: Codiene, Sublime , Morphine
Biological Hazards - answer✔laser and/or electrosurgical plume, pathogens found in body fluids, latex
sensitivity, and injuries from sharps
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologist
ARC-ST - answer✔Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology; a committee
on accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the CAAHEP(Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs)
JCAHO - answer✔Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; the agency
responsible for inspecting facilities in timed intervals in order for the facility to maintain "accreditation"
LCC-ST - answer✔liaison council on certification for the surgical technologist, changed its name to
NBSTSA, IN 2006
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NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting; national credentialing
organization that offers national certification examinations for the surgical technologist and surgical
assistants.
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - answer✔A method of classifying human needs and motivations into five
categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization
HIPPA - answer✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 1996- written to protect the
privacy of health info.
CDC - answer✔Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
bioburden - answer✔The number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given
time
Aerobe - answer✔a microorganism that can live and grow only in the presence of oxygen
Avitene - answer✔HEMOSTATIC AGENT THAT PROMOTES PLATELET AGGREGATION LEADING TO CLOT
FORMATION
Penrose Drain - answer✔a flat, thin, rubber tube inserted into a wound to allow for fluid to flow from
the wound; it has an open end that drains onto a dressing
Surgicel - answer✔A specially treated form of surgical gauze that is a hemostatic agent is:
pledgets - answer✔for bleeding through needle holes in vessel anastomosis, sewn over the hole, exerts
outside pressure
buccal - answer✔toward the inside of the cheek
Rapid Infusion Pump - answer✔A device attached to the IV line used to rapidly deliver a large volume of
blood or other fluid to the patient.
McGill Forceps - answer✔an instrument used to aid and facilitate the placement of nasotracheal tubes
and nasogastric tubes or to insert pharyngeal packing.
Chest Tube water seal - answer✔active or passive chest tube drainage device using a water seal that can
be used to prevent and treat pneumothorax
UltraSonic Washer - answer✔Machine that employs sound waves to remove particles and debris from
instrumentation
Helicobater Pylori - answer✔adhere to the gastric surface and interacts with a blood group antigen
(glycoprotein) of the gastric epithelium
Homologous - answer✔corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics,
corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist Final Review
Four forms of Drug Preparation - answer✔`Gas, Liquid, Solid, Semi Solid
1 meter equals - answer✔1,000 centimeters
Name the two types of small sponges - answer✔Kitners and Peanut
Hemostasis - answer✔Stopping of blood loss (hemorrhage)
Ligate - answer✔to tie a structure, such as a vessel
Ligature, or tie referred to as "stick ties" - answer✔Strand of suture material used for tying a blood
vessel or other structure to constrict or bind.
Capillarity - answer✔allowing tissue fluides to move along the strand
Major types of suture material - answer✔a. absorbable b. nonabsorbable c. natural d. synthetic
Pathogenic - answer✔Having the potential to cause didease.
Analgesic - answer✔a medication to reduce or eliminate pain such: Codiene, Sublime , Morphine
Biological Hazards - answer✔laser and/or electrosurgical plume, pathogens found in body fluids, latex
sensitivity, and injuries from sharps
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologist
ARC-ST - answer✔Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology; a committee
on accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the CAAHEP(Commission on Accreditation of Allied
Health Education Programs)
JCAHO - answer✔Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; the agency
responsible for inspecting facilities in timed intervals in order for the facility to maintain "accreditation"
LCC-ST - answer✔liaison council on certification for the surgical technologist, changed its name to
NBSTSA, IN 2006
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NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting; national credentialing
organization that offers national certification examinations for the surgical technologist and surgical
assistants.
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - answer✔A method of classifying human needs and motivations into five
categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self-actualization
HIPPA - answer✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 1996- written to protect the
privacy of health info.
CDC - answer✔Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
bioburden - answer✔The number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given
time
Aerobe - answer✔a microorganism that can live and grow only in the presence of oxygen
Avitene - answer✔HEMOSTATIC AGENT THAT PROMOTES PLATELET AGGREGATION LEADING TO CLOT
FORMATION
Penrose Drain - answer✔a flat, thin, rubber tube inserted into a wound to allow for fluid to flow from
the wound; it has an open end that drains onto a dressing
Surgicel - answer✔A specially treated form of surgical gauze that is a hemostatic agent is:
pledgets - answer✔for bleeding through needle holes in vessel anastomosis, sewn over the hole, exerts
outside pressure
buccal - answer✔toward the inside of the cheek
Rapid Infusion Pump - answer✔A device attached to the IV line used to rapidly deliver a large volume of
blood or other fluid to the patient.
McGill Forceps - answer✔an instrument used to aid and facilitate the placement of nasotracheal tubes
and nasogastric tubes or to insert pharyngeal packing.
Chest Tube water seal - answer✔active or passive chest tube drainage device using a water seal that can
be used to prevent and treat pneumothorax
UltraSonic Washer - answer✔Machine that employs sound waves to remove particles and debris from
instrumentation
Helicobater Pylori - answer✔adhere to the gastric surface and interacts with a blood group antigen
(glycoprotein) of the gastric epithelium
Homologous - answer✔corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics,
corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics
