IAHCSMM PRACTICE TEST #497
questions and Correct Answers
Everyone who may have contact with biohazard items must be educated about dangers
associated with those items - ✔✔True
"-Pexy" is - ✔✔Surgical fixation
Infectious is medical Waste is regulated by the EPA - ✔✔True
"Dermopathy" is a (an) - ✔✔Skin disease
The bacteria reproductive process that takes place when a mother cell divides into a
daughter cell is called - ✔✔Binary fission
Autoclave sterilizer is a ____________ class of device - ✔✔Class 1
Promotes healing preventing and controlling disease - ✔✔CDC
Which of the following means "around or about? - ✔✔Peri
Regulations under the clean air act are administrated by - ✔✔EPA
The purpose of using a decontamination battery or cord when cleaning powered
surgical powered surgical instruments is: - ✔✔To present fluid from entering the unit
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Which of the following is classified as high-level disinfectants : - ✔✔Glutaraldehyde
and OPA
Used in ear surgery and for driving very small wires through the bone - ✔✔Micro drill
Cellulosic materials (paper, cotton and linen) cannot be processed in a/in : -
✔✔Hydrogen peroxide gas/plasma
Each year , approximately ___________ patients develop a healthcare-associated
infection - ✔✔2million
In the system by the vendor but store at healthcare facility - ✔✔Consignment
Why does this have to do with inpatient care should be considered contaminated -
✔✔True
Standards and regulations help set levels for _________ in our department - ✔✔Quality
safety efficiency
Central service technician can protect patients by breaking the chain of infection -
✔✔True
These carry blood back towards the heart - ✔✔Veins
Agencies which imposes very strict labeling Requires a manufacturers of chemicals
used by the central service department - ✔✔EPA
Creates and revised standards for processing water for irrigation - ✔✔USP-NFR
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