IAHCSMM CIS CERTIFIED INSTRUMENT SPECIALIST
LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Cryosurgery - ✔✔Technique of exposing tissues to extreme cold to produce cell
injury and destruction. Used in the treatment of malignant tumors to control pain and
bleeding.
✔✔Curette - ✔✔A surgical instrument used to scrape and remove tissue. Curettes are
often spoon-shaped with sharp cutting edges.
✔✔Day Surgery - ✔✔A type of outpatient surgery in which the patient is discharged on
the same day he or she was admitted; also called ambulatory surgery or same day
surgery.
✔✔Debridement - ✔✔Removal of dead or damaged tissue from a wound. Commonly
performed for burn therapy.
✔✔Decontamination - ✔✔A process that removes pathogenic microorganisms and
makes items safe to handle. It usually involves cleaning, followed by a chemical or
thermal process.
, ✔✔Dilator - ✔✔A surgical instrument used to enlarge or expand an opening by
stretching.
✔✔Dissection - ✔✔The surgical cutting of parts for separation and study.
✔✔Distal - ✔✔A point that is farther away from a given reference point. (The term distal
is the opposite of proximal.)
✔✔Drill Bit - ✔✔A cutting instrument used with a drill to create a hole in bone to
accommodate a screw.
✔✔Electrocautery - ✔✔Use of an electric current to stop bleeding by coagulating blood
vessels.
✔✔Elevator - ✔✔An instrument used to lift or elevate tissue to a greater height. Some
elevators are designed to scrape tissue.
✔✔Endoscope - ✔✔A tube used to view organs and body cavities through a natural
body opening or small incision. Minimally invasive.
✔✔Endoscopic Surgery - ✔✔Use of a lighted instrument to examine the interior of a
cavity.
✔✔Etching - ✔✔An electrochemical process used to mark instruments without
damaging the instrument's surface.
✔✔FDA - ✔✔Food and Drug Administration
✔✔FFE - ✔✔Refers to Flexible Fiberoptic Endoscopes
✔✔Fiberoptic - ✔✔A bundle of thread-like glass strands used within an instrument to
conduct light or project an image.
✔✔Fixation - ✔✔To hold bone fragments in place following a fracture. External fixations
are held in place by an external framework or a casting system. Internal fixations are
held in placed by screws, pins. or plates.
✔✔Flash - ✔✔The emergency sterilization of unwrapped instruments for immediate
patient use.
✔✔Floor Grade - ✔✔A lower quality grade of instrument. Floor grade instruments often
lack the precision of surgical grade instruments and may rust and corrode more easily
than surgical grade instruments.
LATEST EXAMS SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Cryosurgery - ✔✔Technique of exposing tissues to extreme cold to produce cell
injury and destruction. Used in the treatment of malignant tumors to control pain and
bleeding.
✔✔Curette - ✔✔A surgical instrument used to scrape and remove tissue. Curettes are
often spoon-shaped with sharp cutting edges.
✔✔Day Surgery - ✔✔A type of outpatient surgery in which the patient is discharged on
the same day he or she was admitted; also called ambulatory surgery or same day
surgery.
✔✔Debridement - ✔✔Removal of dead or damaged tissue from a wound. Commonly
performed for burn therapy.
✔✔Decontamination - ✔✔A process that removes pathogenic microorganisms and
makes items safe to handle. It usually involves cleaning, followed by a chemical or
thermal process.
, ✔✔Dilator - ✔✔A surgical instrument used to enlarge or expand an opening by
stretching.
✔✔Dissection - ✔✔The surgical cutting of parts for separation and study.
✔✔Distal - ✔✔A point that is farther away from a given reference point. (The term distal
is the opposite of proximal.)
✔✔Drill Bit - ✔✔A cutting instrument used with a drill to create a hole in bone to
accommodate a screw.
✔✔Electrocautery - ✔✔Use of an electric current to stop bleeding by coagulating blood
vessels.
✔✔Elevator - ✔✔An instrument used to lift or elevate tissue to a greater height. Some
elevators are designed to scrape tissue.
✔✔Endoscope - ✔✔A tube used to view organs and body cavities through a natural
body opening or small incision. Minimally invasive.
✔✔Endoscopic Surgery - ✔✔Use of a lighted instrument to examine the interior of a
cavity.
✔✔Etching - ✔✔An electrochemical process used to mark instruments without
damaging the instrument's surface.
✔✔FDA - ✔✔Food and Drug Administration
✔✔FFE - ✔✔Refers to Flexible Fiberoptic Endoscopes
✔✔Fiberoptic - ✔✔A bundle of thread-like glass strands used within an instrument to
conduct light or project an image.
✔✔Fixation - ✔✔To hold bone fragments in place following a fracture. External fixations
are held in place by an external framework or a casting system. Internal fixations are
held in placed by screws, pins. or plates.
✔✔Flash - ✔✔The emergency sterilization of unwrapped instruments for immediate
patient use.
✔✔Floor Grade - ✔✔A lower quality grade of instrument. Floor grade instruments often
lack the precision of surgical grade instruments and may rust and corrode more easily
than surgical grade instruments.
