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How can you tell a surgical pack is sterilized?
a. the peel back will be sealed all the way around.
b. the sterilizer's initials will be written on the pack
c. the indicator tape has marks will appear black
d. the indicator tape hash marks will disappear - ANSWER c
You pull out a sterile pack and you see a strike-through is present. What do you do?
a. not to use the pack and to discard it according to facility policy?
b. to throw away the outer wrap because it has become wet and is now contaminated
c strike through means the pack has exceeded the expiration date and is no longer
sterile
d. to use the pack as long as the hash marks on the tape have not changed colours -
ANSWER a
You are handed a case of prepackaged sterile gauze. To verify this as sterile when you
take it out of the case you would:
check the color of the hash marks on the tape
check the stamped expiration date on the package
look at the package for areas that are open or unsealed
look for the date and initials of the person who sterilized the package. - ANSWER B, C
Which of the following are restricted areas in the hospital to maintain surgical asepsis?
(select all that apply)
,A. Burn units
B. Pediatric units
C. Heart catheterization laboratories
D. Surgical suites
E. Delivery rooms
F. Cardiac care units - ANSWER A, C, D, E
You are placed in the cardiac catheterization laboratory for observation. What will you
do before leaving the unit to go to lunch?
a. change from hospital scrubs back into street clothes.
b. your scrubs are covered with a lab coat or cloth isolation gown
c. shoe covers are worn over your shoes and patient gown over your scrubs
d. you are not required to take special precautions if you leave the unit for lunch.
-ANSWER B
You should use sterile technique when you place tubes and needles because:
a. it is standard hospital policy and procedure, and you are expected to follow it
b. you are transferring pathogens from patient to patient by using only clean technique
c. you are penetrating into body tissues that are not usually exposed to pathogens
d. you are circumventing usual body defenses against infection - ANSWER C, D
Which is true of establishing and extending a sterile field?
a. the peripheral 2 inch zone of the sterile drape is considered nonsterile
b. If the sterile drape falls below the table surface, anything beneath it is considered
unsterile
c. You may place unsterile objects on a sterile field as long as you are wearing sterile
gloves
d. You may touch the outer 1 inch of the sterile drape with your bare hands because it
,should be considered unsterile
e. A moisture-proof backed sterile drape is considered unsterile if it becomes wet
f. When pouring sterile liquids into a basin on a sterile field hold the bottle 12 to14 inches
above the basin - ANSWER B, D, E
You have put on sterile gloves and want to dispose of the wrapper before you proceed,
How will you do this?
a. Wad up the wrapper into a small ball and toss it toward the trash can without bending
over.
b. lift the wrapper carefully by the middle to lean over at waist to drop in the trash
C. push the wrapper off the counter with your elbow and then you can pick it up off the
floor.
D. Grasp the wrapper in the middle, away from the nonsterile outer edge and let it drop
from its own weight to the floor into the trash. - ANSWER D
You are opening a sterile pack to establish or expand a sterile field. What will you do? -
ANSWER 1. pull the flap away from you
2. pull the first side flap
3. pull the remaining side flap
4. open the flap toward you
Which technique must be used when inserting a catheter - ANSWER Sterile
which technique must be used when washing the perineal area - ANSWER clean
which technique must be used when administrating an insulin injection - ANSWER sterile
which technique must be used when delivering a baby - ANSWER sterile
, which technique must be used when handling needles, syringes and lancets - ANSWER
sterile
which method is utilized when inserting a tube through the nose and into the stomach -
ANSWER clean
which method is used when inserting an IV needle into a vein - ANSWER sterile
which method is used when caring for a patient with severe burns - ANSWER sterile
Describe the boundaries of the "safety zone" where your sterility gloved hands must
remain - ANSWER above waist level, below eye level, and in front of your body
What is the appropriate setup for a sterile field?(from a scenario but good review) -
ANSWER 1. open the dressing change tray by peeling back the lid
2. remove the sterile drape from the kit by handling it only by the edges
3. Allow the drape to unfold and gently lay it on the overbed table, making sure the
sterile surface touches nothing that is unsterile.
4. Gently spill contents of kit onto the sterile field without touching the sterile surface,
then set it to one side of the sterile field
5. Open the sterile saline after checking expiration date and date and time if previously
used
6. pour sterile saline into the empty, sterile dressing change tray with no spill
7. replace the sterile saline lid without touching the inside of the cover
8. Put on, sterile gloves, without turning away from your prepared, sterile field
9. organize sterile supplies on a, sterile field and drop the gauze in the, sterile basin of
saline
Safety Checkpoints: Just to know - ANSWER * If you see strike-through, do not use the
pack because the contents are no longer considered sterile. * Always check the
expiration date and inspect the package for intactness. If the peel-apart pack is opened
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