CBSPD Certification Examination Study Guide| 93 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 an appropriate rigid container Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the following? correct answer: Chemical Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in which medical devices are processed? correct answer: Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing department is because they can correct answer: Allow fungus to grow beneath them Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the Sterile Processing Department? correct answer: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines correct answer: Departmental authority relationships "Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe correct answer: Work flow What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? correct answer: Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile Storage Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it correct answer: Can get caught in moving equipment Hair coverings are REQUIRED correct answer: In all areas of the department Decontamination procedures correct answer: Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an example of correct answer: A healthcare acquired infection Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with correct answer: Arteriosclerosis All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT correct answer: Thermometers