SPD Finals Study Guide Pt. 2 Question
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When should a steam sterilizer be tested for qualification? - correct answers
After a Bowie dick test failure
What part of the forceps are used to supply pressure to the jaws? - correct
answers Finger rings
What gland in the endocrine system controls all activities? - correct answers
Pituitary gland
What will happen if the HLD is too strong or too weak? - correct answers
Osmosis will not work
Which of the systems protects our body from the external environment? -
correct answers Integumentary system
What happens if air is entrapped in the package? - correct answers Steam will
not be able to get inside the package
What are the EO parameters? - correct answers EO gas concentration, time,
temperature and humidity
What's the main function of cleaning and rinsing? - correct answers Killing
microorganisms
The parameters on the physical readout states 32 F and 28 to 30 pal in Pre-
vac for 4
, min for a routine load, the SPD technician will need to - correct answers
Continue working as usual
You clean and disinfect the instruments but forget to monitor the temperature,
what do you do? - correct answers Re clean, monitor the temperature,
disinfect and sterilize
Why is the temperature and humidity in storage area maintained? - correct
answers Both B and C
If you are walking by the storage sterile area and see a tamper evident seal,
such lock missing from a rigid sterilization container, what would you do? -
correct answers Take initiative, take matters into your own hands and then
report it
What part of hand-held instrument gives the closing force? - correct answers
shank
During steam sterilization process, why is the Pre-vac cycle commonly used?
- correct answers Dries quicker
A package is received in SPD department, processed and dispensed to
patient care represents - correct answers Work flow
If a paper-plastic pouch falls on the floor and it is needed and not replaceable.
What is the ethical thing to do? - correct answers Inform the OR that it must
be reprocessed
Following ultrasonic cleaning, the items are - correct answers Rinsed
and answers already passed 2025
When should a steam sterilizer be tested for qualification? - correct answers
After a Bowie dick test failure
What part of the forceps are used to supply pressure to the jaws? - correct
answers Finger rings
What gland in the endocrine system controls all activities? - correct answers
Pituitary gland
What will happen if the HLD is too strong or too weak? - correct answers
Osmosis will not work
Which of the systems protects our body from the external environment? -
correct answers Integumentary system
What happens if air is entrapped in the package? - correct answers Steam will
not be able to get inside the package
What are the EO parameters? - correct answers EO gas concentration, time,
temperature and humidity
What's the main function of cleaning and rinsing? - correct answers Killing
microorganisms
The parameters on the physical readout states 32 F and 28 to 30 pal in Pre-
vac for 4
, min for a routine load, the SPD technician will need to - correct answers
Continue working as usual
You clean and disinfect the instruments but forget to monitor the temperature,
what do you do? - correct answers Re clean, monitor the temperature,
disinfect and sterilize
Why is the temperature and humidity in storage area maintained? - correct
answers Both B and C
If you are walking by the storage sterile area and see a tamper evident seal,
such lock missing from a rigid sterilization container, what would you do? -
correct answers Take initiative, take matters into your own hands and then
report it
What part of hand-held instrument gives the closing force? - correct answers
shank
During steam sterilization process, why is the Pre-vac cycle commonly used?
- correct answers Dries quicker
A package is received in SPD department, processed and dispensed to
patient care represents - correct answers Work flow
If a paper-plastic pouch falls on the floor and it is needed and not replaceable.
What is the ethical thing to do? - correct answers Inform the OR that it must
be reprocessed
Following ultrasonic cleaning, the items are - correct answers Rinsed
