CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide with Answers

A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the technician do? - 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? - ANSWER Chemical Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in which medical devices are processed? - 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 - 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? - ANSWER Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines - ANSWER Departmental authority relationships "Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - ANSWER Work flow What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? - ANSWER Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile Storage Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it - ANSWER Can get caught in moving equipment Hair coverings are REQUIRED - ANSWER In all areas of the department Decontamination procedures - 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 - ANSWER A healthcare acquired infection Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - ANSWER Arteriosclerosis All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT - ANSWER Thermometers The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - ANSWER Provide the body with nutrients A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - ANSWER Hepatitis C Virus The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - ANSWER Sepsis Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT - ANSWER Increasing the patient length of stay Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? - ANSWER Hepatitis B A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should - ANSWER Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the trays When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment should be worn EXCEPT - ANSWER A plastic apron over the scrub suit Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments? - ANSWER Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to get additional tools. The technician should - ANSWER Report the problem to your supervisor while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an opened/used tray to decon, best procedure? - ANSWER Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the - ANSWER Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand-held instruments on the top The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning surgical instruments is - ANSWER Neutral Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level disinfection of semi-critical devices - ANSWER 2% activated glutaraldehyde The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT - ANSWER Cost of the chemical After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the decontamination process is - ANSWER Rinsing