Exam 7: Preventing Perioperative Disease and Transmission

Which of the following is the type of dating system that denotes the number of the calendar day in 1 through 365/366?

Which kind of quality control device consists of a paper that has been impregnated with a dye that changes color in the presence of a specified temperature and sterilant?

What would be the exposure phase time for an unwrapped instrument set with some lumens in a prevacuum/dynamic air removal steam autoclave?

Which sterilization method presents the greatest exposure risk to CSPD personnel, is expensive, and requires the longest total cycle time?

Which of the following cleaning methods for surgical instrumentation relies on bubbles imploding, creating a vacuum that dislodges minute particles in crevices of instruments?

When a sterilely attired surgical technologist drapes an unsterile table, he or she opens the drape:

In steam sterilization, thermal destruction of microbes is the result of the denaturation and coagulation of protein within the cells.

Which of the following concepts has replaced the previous system of assessing storage conditions and package integrity based on an arbitrary expiration designation?

Which of the following is NOT a classification of patient care items?

What is another name for the intermediate-level disinfectant compound phenol?

Sterilization process monitors include mechanical, chemical, and biological methods to ensure all parameters were met.

Match each term below with its description. -Type of organisms whose organelles are not membrane bound; divide by binary fission; includes bacteria

What is the name of the outside area of an autoclave where steam is created before injection into the interior compartment?

Which sterilization method is most commonly used, safest, least expensive, and appropriate for the majority of surgical instruments?

Which type of surgical instrument must NEVER be immersed in any type of mechanical decontaminating equipment?

Match each term below with its description. -Nonliving proteinaceous infectious particle; contains no DNA or RNA; responsible for transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

Match each term below with its description. -Nonliving obligate intracellular parasites; contain either DNA or RNA, but not both

Cidex™ is the trade name for which of the following methods of sterilization?

What is the term used to describe the process of removing all soiled linen, waste, and instruments from the room and cleaning of furniture, floors, or other contaminated surfaces in preparation for opening new supplies for a subsequent case?

Which of the following is an acceptable position for placement of a scrubbed, gowned, and gloved surgical technologist's hands?