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If the steam pressure is too low for the set temperature - ANSWER -Superheating can occur Wet steam can cause - ANSWER -Wet packs AAMI recommends that the temperature in the sterilization area be: - ANSWER -68-73 degrees AAMI recommends that the humidity is the sterilization area be - ANSWER -30%-60% The recommended ventilation in the sterilization are is—— air exchanges per hour under positive pressure - ANSWER -10 AAMI recommends that the temperature in the sterilizer access area be —- with — air exchanges per hour and under — pressure - ANSWER -75-85/10/negative The only 3 areas in SPD that should have negative pressure are: - ANSWER -Decon, the sterilizer access area, EVS closet — is the absence of all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores - ANSWER -sterility An item is considered sterile if there is less than —— chance that a viable microorganism has survived the sterilization process. This is reflected numerically as —- - ANSWER -One in a million; 10(-6) SAL= - ANSWER -Sterility Assurance Level — kills microorganisms by denature great the protein - ANSWER -Steam — is the most common form of sterilization for items that are heat- and moisture-tolerant - ANSWER -steam sterilization Three parameters of steam sterilization cycles are - ANSWER -saturated steam under pressure, time, and temperature — are used in prevacuum sterilized and in steam-flush pressure-pulse (SFPP) - ANSWER -Dynamic-air-removal cycles — remove air by drawing series of vacuums with an injection of steam between each vacuum pull. - ANSWER -Prevacuum sterilizers Performed daily to detect air leaks or inadequate air removal from prevacuum sterilzers - ANSWER -Bowie-Dick test Incoming steam displaces residual air through the drain at the bottom of the sterilizer chamber: - ANSWER -Gravity-displacement cycles Because there is no mechanical air removal in a —, a Bowie-Dick test is not required for — or sterilizers - ANSWER -Gravity-displacement In most healthcare facilities, steam is generated inside of a: - ANSWER -Boiler The required pressure of steam as it enters the jacket is usually: - ANSWER -60-80psig For a sterilizer operating at 270 degrees, the sterilizer gauge will show: - ANSWER -28-30 lbs of pressure Provides heat inside the chamber to prevent condensation from forming on the chamber walls: - ANSWER -An insulating jacket The sterilizers - - - is locates in the drain line - ANSWER -Heat-sensing thermometer The coldest part of sterilizer is - ANSWER -The drain line