CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study
Guide-78 Q and A
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the
following should the technician do? - -Place it in an appropriate rigid
container
-Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk
information on which of the following? - -Chemical
-Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic
workflow in areas in which medical devices are processed? - -
Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage
-The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the
sterile processing department is because they can - -Allow fungus to grow
beneath them
-Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on
floors and walls in the Sterile Processing Department? - -Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA)
-Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that
outlines - -Departmental authority relationships
-"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - -
Work flow
-What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing
Department? - -Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging,
Sterilization, and Sterile Storage
-Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing
because it - -Can get caught in moving equipment
-Hair coverings are REQUIRED - -In all areas of the department
-Decontamination procedures - -Reduce contamination to permit
reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized
-A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical
instrument. This is an example of - -A healthcare acquired infection
, -Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - -
Arteriosclerosis
-All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT - -
Thermometers
-The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - -Provide the body with
nutrients
-A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - -Hepatitis
C Virus
-The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - -Sepsis
-Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT - -
Increasing the patient length of stay
-Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following
agents? - -Hepatitis B
-A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing
Department in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the
same cart. The technician should - -Clean and dry the transport cart and
send it to DIstribution for the trays
-When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective
equipment should be worn EXCEPT - -A plastic apron over the scrub suit
-Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of
surgical instruments? - -Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water
level
-A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance
person working on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire
when the person left the area to get additional tools. The technician should -
-Report the problem to your supervisor
-while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked
to take an opened/used tray to decon, best procedure? - -Return for the
used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart
-When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a
washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the - -
Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand-held instruments on the
top
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