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Which of the following is considered the A. Correctly managing specimens removed from patients during surgery is the
MOST important skill for a surgical most important skill surgical technologists.
technologist?
A.management of specimens
B.management of sponges
C.maintaining an orderly setup
D.ensuring adequate lighting
The surgical incision that allows for the C. The midline incision runs along the linea alba and is used in most abdominal
BEST visualization for a Billroth I procedures, as it provides visualization to most of the abdominal contents.
procedure is
A. McBurney's.
B. Pfannenstiel.
C. midline.
D. subcostal.
During the postoperative phase, the C. The surgical technologist is responsible for transporting instrumentation to the
personnel primarily responsible for decontamination room. The central processing tech will then retrieve the
transporting soiled instrumentation to instrumentation and continue the cleaning process.
decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff.
B. anesthesia technician.
C. surgical technologist.
D. central processing technician.
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a C. The foramen of Sylvius drains CSF from the third to the fourth and is also
patient and may not properly flow into referred to as the cerebral aqueduct.
the third ventricle through the foramen of
A. Magendie into the fourth ventricle.
B. Monro into the fourth ventricle.
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle.
D. Luschka into the fourth ventricle.
,During an excisional biopsy of sentinel C. The surgical technologist must place each node in a separate sterile container
nodes, the surgical technologist should and ensure that they are identified appropriately.
prepare specimens using which of the
following methods?
A. Place on a Raytec to be handed off to
the circulator.
B. Separate on Telfa and pass to the
circulator.
C. Place in separate containers and
identify.
D. Place in specimen container held by
the circulator using a hemostat.
A thyroidectomy that was done earlier in B. Laps, silk ties, and hemoclips are all used for acute hemostasis.
the day is being brought back for
excessive bleeding from the incision.
Which of the following items are needed
for this case?
A. Monocryl suture and harmonic scalpel
B. laps, silk ties, and hemoclips
C. Vicryl ties, pledgets, and Alexis
D. nylon suture, Raytec, and Geralds
A surgical technologist received the D. Labels should have at least: name of medication, strength of medication and
following medications onto the sterile concentration of drug. Also, abbreviations must not be used according to the Joint
field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 Commission ruling on "do not use" abbreviations.
gm, and 0.25% Marcaine with epinephrine.
Which of the following is the MOST
appropriate way to label these
medications?
A. saline + bacitracin and .25 Marcaine +
epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and 0.
25% marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracin and 0.25%
Marcaine with epinephrine
If there is any question related to C. The pathology department receives all tissue samples and other specimens
handling a specific type of specimen, from surgery.
which of the following departments
should be consulted?
A. histology
B. laboratory
C. pathology
D. radiology
The required number of air exchanges per B. About 15 to 25 air exchanges are needed to minimize bacterial growth.
hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10.
B. 15 to 25.
C. 30 to 35.
D. 40 to 50.
, A special-made instrument without a B. The manufacture standards for sterilization are not the same for every
backup falls to the floor during a instrument. Therefore, knowing the guidelines is required for immediate-use
procedure. Which of the following is the sterilization.
BEST reason to hesitate performing
immediate-use sterilization?
A. The sterilizer is used for implantable
devices, but not instruments.
B. The manufacturer's standards for
sterilizing the instrument are unknown.
C. The staff feels uncomfortable
transporting the unwrapped instrument to
the OR after sterilization.
D. There are no wrappers or pouches
available for sterilizing the instrument.
When transferring a thoracotomy patient D. Keeping the drainage system below the patient's chest level prevents re-entry
to recovery, the chest drainage system of air and fluid into the chest cavity.
should be
A. disconnected.
B. placed at the patient's side.
C. positioned above the patient's head.
D. maintained below the patient's chest
level.
Which of the following procedures A. A mediastinoscopy views the mediastinum through an incision in the
requires an incision in the suprasternal suprasternal notch.
notch?
A. mediastinoscopy
B. bronchoscopy
C. parotidectomy
D. pericardectomy
When preparing surgical specimens, in D. The surgeon is responsible for identification and clarification of the specimens'
addition to the surgical technologist, who anatomical location. The surgical technologist in the scrub role is directly
else is responsible for accurately labeling responsible for receiving and handling the specimen on the operative field. The
the specimen? circulating nurse is responsible for the specimen once passed off the operative
field.
A. surgeon and anesthesiologist
B. circulating nurse and first assistant
C. anesthesiologist and first assistant
D. surgeon and circulating nurse
A T-tube drain may be used following B. A T-tube drain is used to irrigate and to demonstrate patency of the common
bile duct. A T-tube's unique design fits into the common duct and facilitates
A. a splenectomy. drainage outside of the body.
B. a choledochotomy.
C. an appendectomy.
D. a. herniorrhaphy.
When assisting with the closure of a skin A. These layers are the two most outer layers of the skin and are closed together
incision and operating the skin stapler, the by the skin stapler.
surgical technologist places the staples
through which two layers?
A. cuticular and subcuticular
B. subicular and subcutaneous
C. subcuticular and subcutaneous
D. subcutaneous and fascia
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