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surgical tech exam 1 with verified detailed answers || || || || || || ||
how many phases of surgical case management are there? - ✔✔3
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which of the following surgical team members would be primarily responsible for
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maintaining the patient's operative record and transporting the patient to the post-
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anesthesia care unit? - ✔✔circulating nurse || || || || ||
which of the following surgical team members would be responsible for separating
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instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the postoperative phase? - ✔✔CST
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which organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and
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surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificants? -
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✔✔NBSTSA
The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are applied to which of the
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following? - ✔✔AST recommended clinical bladder levels
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which example of nonverbal body language might a patient perceive as a negative attitude
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from a team member? - ✔✔tightly folded arms
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which term describes the surgical technologist's foundational commitment to professional
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honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment, cost containment, and attention to the highest level
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of surgical care? - ✔✔surgical conscience
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which department would provide services for repair of broken equipment or to do routine
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preventive checks? - ✔✔maintenance and biomed || || || || ||
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what does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting? - ✔✔diagnosis related groups
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When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology program to verify and clarify
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records and annual reporting information, to whom does he or she submit the findings? -
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✔✔CAAHEP
which of the following membership organizations would the circulating RN in the
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operating room likely join as a member? - ✔✔AORN || || || || || || || ||
which organization would employees of the central sterile processing department likely join
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as members? - ✔✔IAHCSMM
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which of the following is an independent, nonprofit national organization that develops
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standards for and accredits health care organizations in the United States? - ✔✔the Joint
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Commission
a medical device or surgical piece of equipment that has failed would have to be taken out
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of service and any patient injury reported to which of the following agencies? - ✔✔FDA
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after which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and the United States begin
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to train and employ allied health professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery? -
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✔✔World War II
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the emergency shut-off valve for the supply of oxygen into an operating room is designated
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by which color? - ✔✔green
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Where are surgical instruments "booms" mounted in an OR? - ✔✔ceiling
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surgical tech exam 1 with verified detailed answers || || || || || || ||
how many phases of surgical case management are there? - ✔✔3
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which of the following surgical team members would be primarily responsible for
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
maintaining the patient's operative record and transporting the patient to the post-
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
anesthesia care unit? - ✔✔circulating nurse || || || || ||
which of the following surgical team members would be responsible for separating
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
instruments and disassembling the sterile field in the postoperative phase? - ✔✔CST
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
which organization develops national certification exams for surgical technologists and
|| || || || || || || || || ||
surgical first assistants and confers the appropriate credential to eligible certificants? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔NBSTSA
The terms entry-level, proficient, and expert practitioners are applied to which of the
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
following? - ✔✔AST recommended clinical bladder levels
|| || || || || ||
which example of nonverbal body language might a patient perceive as a negative attitude
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
from a team member? - ✔✔tightly folded arms
|| || || || || || ||
which term describes the surgical technologist's foundational commitment to professional
|| || || || || || || || || ||
honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment, cost containment, and attention to the highest level
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
of surgical care? - ✔✔surgical conscience
|| || || || ||
which department would provide services for repair of broken equipment or to do routine
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
preventive checks? - ✔✔maintenance and biomed || || || || ||
, 2
what does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting? - ✔✔diagnosis related groups
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
When an ARC/STSA site visitor is sent to a surgical technology program to verify and clarify
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
records and annual reporting information, to whom does he or she submit the findings? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔CAAHEP
which of the following membership organizations would the circulating RN in the
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
operating room likely join as a member? - ✔✔AORN || || || || || || || ||
which organization would employees of the central sterile processing department likely join
|| || || || || || || || || || ||
as members? - ✔✔IAHCSMM
|| || || ||
which of the following is an independent, nonprofit national organization that develops
|| || || || || || || || || || || ||
standards for and accredits health care organizations in the United States? - ✔✔the Joint
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Commission
a medical device or surgical piece of equipment that has failed would have to be taken out
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
of service and any patient injury reported to which of the following agencies? - ✔✔FDA
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
after which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and the United States begin
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
to train and employ allied health professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery? -
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
✔✔World War II
|| || ||
the emergency shut-off valve for the supply of oxygen into an operating room is designated
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
by which color? - ✔✔green
|| || || ||
Where are surgical instruments "booms" mounted in an OR? - ✔✔ceiling
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