Sterile processing exam one| 80 questions| with complete solutions

1. Explain the importance of the CS department with an emphasis on the service provided and its role in quality patience care? correct answer: Central service (CS) personnel provide service to their customers, in addition to products such as case carts, sterilized instrument sets and patient care equipment. Excellent customer service is an important key to each department's success within every healthcare facility. If customer service is weak, CS personnel may create problems, such as delays in procedures that can cause added stress and frustration amongst themselves and their customers The processing cycle correct answer: Transport from Point of Use, Decontamination, Pack and prep, Instrument assembly, Sterilization, Storage, Distribution. Transport from point of use correct answer: When instruments should be properly prepared for transportation to the decontamination area. Prior to transportation, waste, linen and disposables should be separated from instrumentation, sharps should be segregated, multi-part instruments should be taken apart, delicate items should be protected, instruments should be arranged in an orderly fashion and instrument sets should be kept together. Decontamination correct answer: the definition as provided by OSHA: "The use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate or destroy blood borne pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surface or item is safe for handling, use or disposal." PPE (Personal Protective equipment) correct answer: Hair covering Eye protection Face mask Fluid resistant gown Utility gloves Skid resistant shoe covers Manual cleaning correct answer: Often recommended for delicate or complex medical devices. For highly soiled items manual cleaning or soaking can facilitate the cleaning process and the outcome. For manual cleaning, active non-protein fixing cleaners with or without anti-microbial effect or cleaners with enzymes should be used. Automated Cleaning correct answer: Correct drying after cleaning can easily be arranged and integrated into the process Pack and prep correct answer: To insure that instrument sets and trays are assembled, wrapped and placed into the sterilizers correctly, catalogue and pull instruments, track and trace instruments and sets, and verify the sterilizers performed their cycles correctly each and every time. Sterilization correct answer: Sterilization is the process used to render a product free from all forms of viable micro-organisms (bacteria, spores, fungi, and viruses) Sterilization is required because not all microorganisms have been completely destroyed during the decontamination process.