Sterile Processing Practice Final Exam (2022) Questions And Answers

Sterile Processing Practice Final Exam (2022) Questions And Answers What exactly does the SPD do? - 1. receives 2. cleans 3. decontaminate 4. assemble 5. disinfect 6 sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? - Sterile Processing What is SPD responsible for ? - providing dependable, reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care Work Flow - how the work progresses through the department or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination area, where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should never be circumvented People Flow - how people move through the department or processing area Traffic Control - controlling access to SPD ( who comes in and out ) Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? - The Joint Commision Hippocratic Oath - the ideal of doing no harm to another person Regulations - a principle, rule or law designed to control or govern behavior Standard - is an established norm determined by opinion, authority, research, and/or theory Recommended Practices - statements of sound principles of practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts Validation - documented procedure for obtaining, recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification. Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user User vereification - Documented procedures, performed in the user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that predetermined specification have been met (Users are facility personnel who reprocess or use the device) Emergency Eyewash Stations - Required by OSHA should provide at least 0.4 gallons of water per minute continuously for 15 min Hands Free located within 10 seconds of walking distance (56 ft walking distance) Blue Diamond - Health Hazard Red Diamond - flammability Yellow Diamond - instability White Diamond - special hazard information