ST 101 Final exam practice questions and
answers with solutions 2025
The profession of a surgical technologist, as defined today, is... - ANSWER developing as a result
of rapid, developments in technology in general
The historical evolution of the Surgical Technologist: - ANSWER During WWI corpsmen worked
on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort the wounded.
An increase for assistive personnel in surgery did not arrise until WWII
After WWII there was an increased need for OR personnel, whom the army called ORT's
(operating room technicians)
RN's filled the role of scrub nurse until 1965
1968 - ANSWER AORN board of directors created Association of Operating Room Technicians
(AORT)
AORN - ANSWER Association of Operating Room Nurses
AORT created two new committees - ANSWER Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical
Technologist (LCC-ST)
Joint review Committee on Education
AST - ANSWER Association of Surgical Technologists
The ST's professional organization.
What does the AST do? - ANSWER Maintains Practice Standards, Code of Ethics, and Code of
Conduct for ST's
Publishes a journal which provides news, legislative updates, and articles
Holds annual conferences
,Represents ST's for standards of patient care through state and federal legislative bodies
Provides scholarships
Aeger Primo - ANSWER The patient first
ARC/STSA - ANSWER provides educational standards and recommendations required for
accreditation of programs in ST and STFA
CAAHEP - ANSWER accredits programs on recommendation of the ARC/STSA
What is NEIT's accreditation through - ANSWER CAAHEP
How are ST's trained? - ANSWER Through a 2 year college, non-profit college, the military, and
proprietary certificate programs
What does proprietary mean? - ANSWER For-profit
Certification demonstrates what? - ANSWER A standard of knowledge and understanding of the
principles of ST
What is the eligibility requirements to become a CST? - ANSWER You must:
Graduate from a CAAHEP or ABHES accredited program
Must currently be or previously have been a CST
Graduate of a military program or have been a CST with a lapsed membership
ABHES - ANSWER Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
A non-profit accrediting body
, NBSTSA - ANSWER National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assisting
oversees certification and credentialing of ST's and STFA's
Clinical Ladder Program - ANSWER the goals are to
Improve patient care
Encourage employer recognition
Promote accountability
Increase the visibility of the ST role
The scrub role - ANSWER A member of the sterile team
Establishes, prepares, protects and maintains the sterile field
Prepares and passes instruments, supplies, medications, and equipment during surgery
Circulator/assistant circulator - ANSWER Non-sterile team member
Delivers and prepares non-sterile equipment
Distributes and opens sterile supplies
assists with transferring and positioning the patient
performs urinary catheterization
performs surgical prep
On Call - ANSWER usually a requirement for the ST working in a hospital or other facility that
provdies 24 hour care
Preceptor - ANSWER teaches others while scrubbed
answers with solutions 2025
The profession of a surgical technologist, as defined today, is... - ANSWER developing as a result
of rapid, developments in technology in general
The historical evolution of the Surgical Technologist: - ANSWER During WWI corpsmen worked
on the battlefield to offer aid and comfort the wounded.
An increase for assistive personnel in surgery did not arrise until WWII
After WWII there was an increased need for OR personnel, whom the army called ORT's
(operating room technicians)
RN's filled the role of scrub nurse until 1965
1968 - ANSWER AORN board of directors created Association of Operating Room Technicians
(AORT)
AORN - ANSWER Association of Operating Room Nurses
AORT created two new committees - ANSWER Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical
Technologist (LCC-ST)
Joint review Committee on Education
AST - ANSWER Association of Surgical Technologists
The ST's professional organization.
What does the AST do? - ANSWER Maintains Practice Standards, Code of Ethics, and Code of
Conduct for ST's
Publishes a journal which provides news, legislative updates, and articles
Holds annual conferences
,Represents ST's for standards of patient care through state and federal legislative bodies
Provides scholarships
Aeger Primo - ANSWER The patient first
ARC/STSA - ANSWER provides educational standards and recommendations required for
accreditation of programs in ST and STFA
CAAHEP - ANSWER accredits programs on recommendation of the ARC/STSA
What is NEIT's accreditation through - ANSWER CAAHEP
How are ST's trained? - ANSWER Through a 2 year college, non-profit college, the military, and
proprietary certificate programs
What does proprietary mean? - ANSWER For-profit
Certification demonstrates what? - ANSWER A standard of knowledge and understanding of the
principles of ST
What is the eligibility requirements to become a CST? - ANSWER You must:
Graduate from a CAAHEP or ABHES accredited program
Must currently be or previously have been a CST
Graduate of a military program or have been a CST with a lapsed membership
ABHES - ANSWER Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
A non-profit accrediting body
, NBSTSA - ANSWER National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical Assisting
oversees certification and credentialing of ST's and STFA's
Clinical Ladder Program - ANSWER the goals are to
Improve patient care
Encourage employer recognition
Promote accountability
Increase the visibility of the ST role
The scrub role - ANSWER A member of the sterile team
Establishes, prepares, protects and maintains the sterile field
Prepares and passes instruments, supplies, medications, and equipment during surgery
Circulator/assistant circulator - ANSWER Non-sterile team member
Delivers and prepares non-sterile equipment
Distributes and opens sterile supplies
assists with transferring and positioning the patient
performs urinary catheterization
performs surgical prep
On Call - ANSWER usually a requirement for the ST working in a hospital or other facility that
provdies 24 hour care
Preceptor - ANSWER teaches others while scrubbed
