Sterile Processing Board Exam| 77 questions| with complete solutions

A broken glass suction bottle is returned to decontamination. Which of the following should the technician do- correct answer: place it in the appropriate rigid container Material Safety Data Sheets provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the following- correct answer: chemical Which of the following is an ethical responsibility of an individual working in the central processing department- correct answer: maintaining patient confidentiality Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic work flow in areas for which medical devices are processed- correct answer: decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, sterile storage A spiral shaped line in a picture in a picture- correct answer: spirochete Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the sterile processing and the distribution department- correct answer: environmental protection agency Clean to Dirty is an SPD term used to describe- correct answer: traffic patterns Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should not be worn in SPD because it can- correct answer: get caught in moving equipment Rod-Shaped bacteria is called- correct answer: bacilli A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease- correct answer: hepatitis C virus A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized instrument. This is an example of what- correct answer: nosocomial infection A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the SPD on a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should- correct answer: clean and dry the transport cart and send it to distribution for the trays Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents- correct answer: hepatitis B Which of the following best describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments- correct answer: scrubbing the instrument in a detergent s