STERILE PROCESSING PRACTICE EXAM PREP
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? Answer: Sterile
Processing
◉ What is SPD responsible for ? Answer: providing dependable, reliable
services to enhance the quality of patient care
◉ Work Flow Answer: how the work progresses through the department
or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination area,
where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should
never be circumvented
◉ People Flow Answer: how people move through the department or
processing area
◉ Traffic Control Answer: controlling access to SPD ( who comes in
and out )
, ◉ Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? Answer: The
Joint Commision
◉ Hippocratic Oath Answer: the ideal of doing no harm to another
person
◉ Regulations Answer: a principle, rule or law designed to control or
govern behavior
◉ Standard Answer: is an established norm determined by opinion,
authority, research, and/or theory
◉ Recommended Practices Answer: statements of sound principles of
practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts
◉ Validation Answer: documented procedure for obtaining, recording,
and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will
consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification.
Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user
◉ User vereification Answer: Documented procedures, performed in the
user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results
required to establish that predetermined specification have been met
(Users are facility personnel who reprocess or use the device)
2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
◉ What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? Answer: Sterile
Processing
◉ What is SPD responsible for ? Answer: providing dependable, reliable
services to enhance the quality of patient care
◉ Work Flow Answer: how the work progresses through the department
or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination area,
where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should
never be circumvented
◉ People Flow Answer: how people move through the department or
processing area
◉ Traffic Control Answer: controlling access to SPD ( who comes in
and out )
, ◉ Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? Answer: The
Joint Commision
◉ Hippocratic Oath Answer: the ideal of doing no harm to another
person
◉ Regulations Answer: a principle, rule or law designed to control or
govern behavior
◉ Standard Answer: is an established norm determined by opinion,
authority, research, and/or theory
◉ Recommended Practices Answer: statements of sound principles of
practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts
◉ Validation Answer: documented procedure for obtaining, recording,
and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will
consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification.
Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user
◉ User vereification Answer: Documented procedures, performed in the
user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results
required to establish that predetermined specification have been met
(Users are facility personnel who reprocess or use the device)
