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An 85-year-old patient is currently in the operating room under general
anesthesia for a right hip arthroplasty. Which of the following will best help
to prevent perioperative positioning injuries?
Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Make sure that the implant is appropriately sized for the patient.
Be attentive to intraoperative signs of discomfort or distress.
Use a body warming blanket during the pre-operative phase. -
(ANSWERS)Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers develop if bony
prominences are not cushioned and protected from the hard surface of the
operating room table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and
other conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation.
The surgical technologist is opening for a procedure and notices the
wrapped item she just opened has a hole in the outer layer. Which of the
following is the proper course of action?
Open the inner layer onto the sterile field.
Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Check the indicator to ensure the item has been sterilized.
Place the package on a prep stand and open away from the sterile field. -
(ANSWERS)Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been compromised, it should
not be taken on the sterile field. When in doubt throw it out and get a new
one. If the package has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto
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the sterile field it would contaminate the whole field.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the
surgical technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three
(3) correct answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - (ANSWERS)Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the
circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of
medication and dosage must be communicated during transfer of
medication by the circulator and surgical technician to reduce medication
errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely
source of this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
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A faulty grounding pad is in place. - (ANSWERS)The light source was left
on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper
drape, would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the
heat. Iodine and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not
be the source of the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of
the heat since it's not working properly.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the
surgical technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three
(3) correct answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - (ANSWERS)Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the
circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of
medication and dosage must be communicated during transfer of
medication by the circulator and surgical technician to reduce medication
errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
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arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely
source of this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
A faulty grounding pad is in place. - (ANSWERS)The light source was left
on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper
drape, would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the
heat. Iodine and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not
be the source of the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of
the heat since it's not working properly.
When sterilizing an unwrapped, non-porous item with no lumen in an
immediate use sterilization unit, which of the following parameters must be
met for sterilization with gravity displacement steam? (Select the two (2)
correct answers.)
3-4 minute exposure time
270o F
10 minute exposure time
132o F
4 minute drying time - (ANSWERS)3-4 minute exposure time, 270F
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An 85-year-old patient is currently in the operating room under general
anesthesia for a right hip arthroplasty. Which of the following will best help
to prevent perioperative positioning injuries?
Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Make sure that the implant is appropriately sized for the patient.
Be attentive to intraoperative signs of discomfort or distress.
Use a body warming blanket during the pre-operative phase. -
(ANSWERS)Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded.
Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers develop if bony
prominences are not cushioned and protected from the hard surface of the
operating room table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and
other conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation.
The surgical technologist is opening for a procedure and notices the
wrapped item she just opened has a hole in the outer layer. Which of the
following is the proper course of action?
Open the inner layer onto the sterile field.
Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Check the indicator to ensure the item has been sterilized.
Place the package on a prep stand and open away from the sterile field. -
(ANSWERS)Discard the item and retrieve a new one.
Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been compromised, it should
not be taken on the sterile field. When in doubt throw it out and get a new
one. If the package has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto
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the sterile field it would contaminate the whole field.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the
surgical technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three
(3) correct answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - (ANSWERS)Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the
circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of
medication and dosage must be communicated during transfer of
medication by the circulator and surgical technician to reduce medication
errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely
source of this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
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A faulty grounding pad is in place. - (ANSWERS)The light source was left
on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper
drape, would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the
heat. Iodine and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not
be the source of the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of
the heat since it's not working properly.
Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the
surgical technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three
(3) correct answers.)
Patient
Date
Medication
Dosage
Procedure - (ANSWERS)Date, Medication, Dosage
Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the
circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of
medication and dosage must be communicated during transfer of
medication by the circulator and surgical technician to reduce medication
errors.
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee
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arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical
technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen
coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely
source of this smoke?
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
The iodine is still damp and is igniting from use of the cautery pencil.
Lactated ringers was used for irrigation instead of glycine.
A faulty grounding pad is in place. - (ANSWERS)The light source was left
on and the drape is igniting.
Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper
drape, would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the
heat. Iodine and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not
be the source of the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of
the heat since it's not working properly.
When sterilizing an unwrapped, non-porous item with no lumen in an
immediate use sterilization unit, which of the following parameters must be
met for sterilization with gravity displacement steam? (Select the two (2)
correct answers.)
3-4 minute exposure time
270o F
10 minute exposure time
132o F
4 minute drying time - (ANSWERS)3-4 minute exposure time, 270F
