CBSPD Exam Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions

CBSPD Exam Questions and Answers with Certified Solutions What should the sterilizer access area pressure be? Negative w/10 air exchanges per hour What two steps are involved in decontamination? 1. Manual and/or automated mechanical cleaning 2. application of a thermal or chemical disinfection process Define Cleaning... The removal of contamination from an item to the extent necessary for further processing or for the intended use. nosocomial infections are well documented and caused by... poor or ineffective decontamination of instruments What are Employee hazards in the decontamination process? Technicians work with a large amount of 1) unidentified bioburden 2) wet enviornment 3) handling contaminated sharps 4) must know procedures for proper handling, equipment, cleaning/sterilization agents