Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist, 6th Edition (AST) – Full
Test Bank with Answers
• a device to accomplish steam or gas sterilization - Answer: autoclave
• amount of gross organic debris or the number of microorganisms on an
object at any given time - Answer: bioburden
• a method for testing the sterilization capability of a sterilizer; contains
microorganisms that are killed when exposed to a sterilization process -
Answer: biological indicator
• designed for use with a pre-vacuum steam sterilizer steam sterilizer to
test for air entrapment - Answer: Bowie-Dick test
• Multidrug-resistant - Answer: MDR
• proteinaceous infectious particle - Answer: Prion
• microorganism that causes an infection - Answer: pathogen
, • cleaner that uses cavitation to dislodge tiny organic particles that can't
be removed by normal manual cleaning - Answer: ultrasonic
• an ionic cleaning interaction between an organic compound and a
metal - Answer: chelation
• number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object -
Answer: bioburden
• object that has come into contact with pathogenic materials - Answer:
contaminated
• ability of a wrapper to allow passage of steam and air through a barrier
- Answer: permeability
• process of quickly sterilizing unwrapped instruments - Answer: flash
• level of disinfection that kills most microorganisms, but not spores -
Answer: intermediate
• sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than by time
lapsed - Answer: event-related
• complete, no breaks or tears - Answer: integrity
Technologist, 6th Edition (AST) – Full
Test Bank with Answers
• a device to accomplish steam or gas sterilization - Answer: autoclave
• amount of gross organic debris or the number of microorganisms on an
object at any given time - Answer: bioburden
• a method for testing the sterilization capability of a sterilizer; contains
microorganisms that are killed when exposed to a sterilization process -
Answer: biological indicator
• designed for use with a pre-vacuum steam sterilizer steam sterilizer to
test for air entrapment - Answer: Bowie-Dick test
• Multidrug-resistant - Answer: MDR
• proteinaceous infectious particle - Answer: Prion
• microorganism that causes an infection - Answer: pathogen
, • cleaner that uses cavitation to dislodge tiny organic particles that can't
be removed by normal manual cleaning - Answer: ultrasonic
• an ionic cleaning interaction between an organic compound and a
metal - Answer: chelation
• number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object -
Answer: bioburden
• object that has come into contact with pathogenic materials - Answer:
contaminated
• ability of a wrapper to allow passage of steam and air through a barrier
- Answer: permeability
• process of quickly sterilizing unwrapped instruments - Answer: flash
• level of disinfection that kills most microorganisms, but not spores -
Answer: intermediate
• sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than by time
lapsed - Answer: event-related
• complete, no breaks or tears - Answer: integrity
