IAHCSMM CIS INSTRUMENT LATEST STUDY EXAM
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Cleaning brushes should - ✔✔Be cleaned and sterilized at least every day;
Come in Brass (not to use when mixing metals), Nylon(general instr.), & Stainless Steel
( never used on insulated items)
✔✔Scissors Larger than 4.5'' - ✔✔Test on Red material
3/4 of the blade should cut through 3x
Cutting action should be smooth
✔✔Scissors Smaller than 4.5'' - ✔✔Test on Yellow material
3/4 of the blade should cut through 3x
Cutting action should be smooth
✔✔Osteotomes Sharpen - ✔✔Sharpened should be 90 degrees at corners
Test sharpness on a 45 degree plastic dowel rod should take a bite out of it
✔✔Curettes Test - ✔✔Test for Sharpness; Should be able to remove a piece of Plastic
Dowel Rod
Look for nicks and burrs
, ✔✔Lap Scissors Test - ✔✔Test for Sharpness: Cut through a single layer of Facial
Tissue w/out snagging
Blades should open and close smoothly
✔✔Knives - ✔✔Test material: Plastic Dowel Rod
✔✔Rongeurs: Kerrison/Single & Double Action/ Pituitary - ✔✔Test material: Single layer
of index card
Jaws will cut clean through it
Pituitary; 3/4 of the jaw should make a frim imprint in index card
✔✔Gouges - ✔✔Test material: Plastic Dowel Rod
Edges should stich when holding gouge at a 45 degree angle
✔✔Arthroscopy Punches - ✔✔Test material: Thin piece of leather
should punch cleanly through
Test standard must be Onwer Equip Manuel (OEM) APPROVED
✔✔Punches Cervical Biopsy - ✔✔Test material: 2 layer of facial tissue
clean punch w/out snagging
✔✔Lister scissors (Bandage scissors) - ✔✔Test material: Towel
3/4 of the blade should cut through w/out pinching or snagging
✔✔Bone Cutters Pin and Nail clippers - ✔✔Test material: Index Card
Cut completely through
✔✔Clipper Blades - ✔✔Test material: Twine
✔✔316 LVM Stainless - ✔✔Used to make implantable devices such as pins, plates and
screw
✔✔420 Stainless - ✔✔Pakistan - made and disposable quality instruments are made of
this type of stainless steel
✔✔304 Stainless - ✔✔Used to make bowl and basins
✔✔proper cleaning and decontamination practices - ✔✔Should be provided by the
instrument manufacturer Follow manufacturer instruction follow facility's infection control
✔✔Manual Cleaning - ✔✔cleaned and subjected to an appropriate biocidal process
avoid damage by: Handling gently Follow IFUs Refrain from using force Refrain from
piling any instrument on delicate
GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Cleaning brushes should - ✔✔Be cleaned and sterilized at least every day;
Come in Brass (not to use when mixing metals), Nylon(general instr.), & Stainless Steel
( never used on insulated items)
✔✔Scissors Larger than 4.5'' - ✔✔Test on Red material
3/4 of the blade should cut through 3x
Cutting action should be smooth
✔✔Scissors Smaller than 4.5'' - ✔✔Test on Yellow material
3/4 of the blade should cut through 3x
Cutting action should be smooth
✔✔Osteotomes Sharpen - ✔✔Sharpened should be 90 degrees at corners
Test sharpness on a 45 degree plastic dowel rod should take a bite out of it
✔✔Curettes Test - ✔✔Test for Sharpness; Should be able to remove a piece of Plastic
Dowel Rod
Look for nicks and burrs
, ✔✔Lap Scissors Test - ✔✔Test for Sharpness: Cut through a single layer of Facial
Tissue w/out snagging
Blades should open and close smoothly
✔✔Knives - ✔✔Test material: Plastic Dowel Rod
✔✔Rongeurs: Kerrison/Single & Double Action/ Pituitary - ✔✔Test material: Single layer
of index card
Jaws will cut clean through it
Pituitary; 3/4 of the jaw should make a frim imprint in index card
✔✔Gouges - ✔✔Test material: Plastic Dowel Rod
Edges should stich when holding gouge at a 45 degree angle
✔✔Arthroscopy Punches - ✔✔Test material: Thin piece of leather
should punch cleanly through
Test standard must be Onwer Equip Manuel (OEM) APPROVED
✔✔Punches Cervical Biopsy - ✔✔Test material: 2 layer of facial tissue
clean punch w/out snagging
✔✔Lister scissors (Bandage scissors) - ✔✔Test material: Towel
3/4 of the blade should cut through w/out pinching or snagging
✔✔Bone Cutters Pin and Nail clippers - ✔✔Test material: Index Card
Cut completely through
✔✔Clipper Blades - ✔✔Test material: Twine
✔✔316 LVM Stainless - ✔✔Used to make implantable devices such as pins, plates and
screw
✔✔420 Stainless - ✔✔Pakistan - made and disposable quality instruments are made of
this type of stainless steel
✔✔304 Stainless - ✔✔Used to make bowl and basins
✔✔proper cleaning and decontamination practices - ✔✔Should be provided by the
instrument manufacturer Follow manufacturer instruction follow facility's infection control
✔✔Manual Cleaning - ✔✔cleaned and subjected to an appropriate biocidal process
avoid damage by: Handling gently Follow IFUs Refrain from using force Refrain from
piling any instrument on delicate
