STERILE PROCESSING EXAM
PREPARATION TEST BANK WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for Decontamination?
Answer: 10 air exchanges per hour under Negative Pressure
●● What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Sterile Storage Area?
Answer: 68 deg to 75 deg F, 35% to 70% Humidity
●● What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for Sterile Storage
Area?
Answer: 4 air exchanges per hour under Positive Pressure
●● What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Prep & Packaging Area?
Answer: 68 deg to 73 deg F, Ideal Humidity 50% - not lower than 35%
●● What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for the Prep &
Packaging Area?
Answer: 10 air exchanges per hour under Positive Pressure
●● The main role of sterile processing is to:
,Answer: Provide dependable reliable services to enhance the quality of
patient care.
●● Instrument sets and patient care equipment must be processed and
distributed in an accurate and timely manner so that:
Answer: Patient care is not adversely affected.
●● Ethics is the practice of:
Answer: Doing the right thing.
●● Compliance with OSHA is:
Answer: Required by law.
●● Which of the following establishes sterilization practice standards
based on opinion, research, and/or theory:
Answer: AAMI
●● Recommended practices are:
Answer: Statements of sound principals of practice that are based on
scientific data and the opinions of experts.
●● EPA, FDA, OSHA and state departments of health (DOH) primarily
issue:
,Answer: Regulations.
●● Standards for CS/SPD practice are written by:
Answer: AAMI
●● The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides for
which ethical issue?
Answer: Confidentiality
●● A rule designed to govern behavior is called a:
Answer: Regulation
●● An established norm which is based on theory is called a:
Answer: Standard
●● Before a pesticide can be marketed and used in the United States, it
must be evaluated and registered by which of the following?
Answer: EPA
●● Which of the following regulates and makes sure products are safe
and effective before companies put them on the market?
Answer: FDA
, ●● If healthcare facilities reprocess single-use devices, the devices must
be cleared by:
Answer: FDA
●● How often should cleaning and sterilization instructions be requested
from device manufacturers?
Answer: Each time the item is purchased
●● Which agency regulates reprocessing of single-use devices?
Answer: FDA
●● OSHA has a great effect on CS/SPD by its regulation of occupational
exposure to airborne contaminants, exposure from bloodborne
pathogens, and which of the following:
Answer: Communication of workplace hazards
●● The Medical Device Reporting regulation requires:
Answer: Healthcare facilities to report deaths or serious injuries from
medical devices.
●● Which agency requires that eyewash stations be available for
emergency use?
Answer: OSHA
PREPARATION TEST BANK WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS
●● What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for Decontamination?
Answer: 10 air exchanges per hour under Negative Pressure
●● What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Sterile Storage Area?
Answer: 68 deg to 75 deg F, 35% to 70% Humidity
●● What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for Sterile Storage
Area?
Answer: 4 air exchanges per hour under Positive Pressure
●● What is the Area Temp & Humidity for the Prep & Packaging Area?
Answer: 68 deg to 73 deg F, Ideal Humidity 50% - not lower than 35%
●● What is the air exchange rate & pressure type for the Prep &
Packaging Area?
Answer: 10 air exchanges per hour under Positive Pressure
●● The main role of sterile processing is to:
,Answer: Provide dependable reliable services to enhance the quality of
patient care.
●● Instrument sets and patient care equipment must be processed and
distributed in an accurate and timely manner so that:
Answer: Patient care is not adversely affected.
●● Ethics is the practice of:
Answer: Doing the right thing.
●● Compliance with OSHA is:
Answer: Required by law.
●● Which of the following establishes sterilization practice standards
based on opinion, research, and/or theory:
Answer: AAMI
●● Recommended practices are:
Answer: Statements of sound principals of practice that are based on
scientific data and the opinions of experts.
●● EPA, FDA, OSHA and state departments of health (DOH) primarily
issue:
,Answer: Regulations.
●● Standards for CS/SPD practice are written by:
Answer: AAMI
●● The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act provides for
which ethical issue?
Answer: Confidentiality
●● A rule designed to govern behavior is called a:
Answer: Regulation
●● An established norm which is based on theory is called a:
Answer: Standard
●● Before a pesticide can be marketed and used in the United States, it
must be evaluated and registered by which of the following?
Answer: EPA
●● Which of the following regulates and makes sure products are safe
and effective before companies put them on the market?
Answer: FDA
, ●● If healthcare facilities reprocess single-use devices, the devices must
be cleared by:
Answer: FDA
●● How often should cleaning and sterilization instructions be requested
from device manufacturers?
Answer: Each time the item is purchased
●● Which agency regulates reprocessing of single-use devices?
Answer: FDA
●● OSHA has a great effect on CS/SPD by its regulation of occupational
exposure to airborne contaminants, exposure from bloodborne
pathogens, and which of the following:
Answer: Communication of workplace hazards
●● The Medical Device Reporting regulation requires:
Answer: Healthcare facilities to report deaths or serious injuries from
medical devices.
●● Which agency requires that eyewash stations be available for
emergency use?
Answer: OSHA
