A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do? - Precise Answer ✔✔Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the
following? - Precise Answer ✔✔Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow in areas in
which medical devices are processed? - Precise Answer ✔✔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 - Precise Answer ✔✔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? - Precise Answer ✔✔Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines - Precise Answer
✔✔Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - Precise Answer ✔✔Workflow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? - Precise Answer
✔✔Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization and Sterile Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it - Precise Answer
✔✔Can get caught in moving equipment
, Hair coverings are REQUIRED - Precise Answer ✔✔In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures - Precise Answer ✔✔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 -
Precise Answer ✔✔A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - Precise Answer ✔✔Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT - Precise Answer ✔✔Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - Precise Answer ✔✔Provide the body with nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - Precise Answer ✔✔Hepatitis C virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - Precise Answer ✔✔Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT - Precise Answer ✔✔Increasing
the patient length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? - Precise Answer
✔✔Hepatitis B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department on a cart and
requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should - Precise Answer
✔✔Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for the trays.
When manually cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment (PPE) should be
worn EXCEPT - Precise Answer ✔✔A plastic apron over the scrub suit
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