CCSVP FINAL EXAMS ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
The organization that sets recommended practices and standards for care and
processing of devices and systems is.
Answer Choices
EPA
CDC
AAMI
SGNA - ✔✔AAMI
✔✔If immediate use steam sterilization is used for implants:
Answer Choices:
Should be sterilized in extended cycles
Should only be sterilized using Ethylene Oxide
There should be a tracking system in place to track the implant to the patient
Should be discarded if not used - ✔✔There should be a tracking system in place to
track the implant to the patient
✔✔The decontamination area is considered a:
Answer Choices:
Unrestricted area
Semi-restricted area
Restricted area
Non-restricted - ✔✔Restricted Area
,✔✔If an item is not properly cleaned:
Answer Choices:
The device will be difficult it will be to sterilize
The device cannot be sterilized
You will need to place more biological tests in the load
It will take longer to cool after sterilization - ✔✔The Device Cannot Be Sterilized
✔✔Trays and instruments brought from outside the facility:
Answer Choices
Must go through the decontamination process
Can be delivered to the OR
Can go to the storage or case cart area if they are still in a wrapped container
All the above - ✔✔Must go through Decontamination Process
✔✔This area of the facility is where items are prepared for transport following a
procedure:
Answer Choices
Decontamination
Point of use
Assembly/preparation
Soiled receiving - ✔✔Point of Use
✔✔Of the 3 major low temperature sterilants, which one has the longest instrument
turnover time?
Answer Choices
Ozone
Hydrogen peroxide gas
Steam
Ethylene oxide - ✔✔Ethylene Oxide
, ✔✔The cleaning process removes:
Answer Choices
Soil and some microorganisms
All microorganisms
Soil and all microorganisms
None of the above - ✔✔soil and some microorganisms
✔✔When delivering loaned instruments to a facility it is important to remember:
Answer Choices
Informing the physician, the items were delivered
To deliver the items to the Operating Room first
How to position the sets on the carts
The time necessary to process the instruments - ✔✔the time necessary to process the
instruments
✔✔The method of wrapping that creates a package within a package is called:
Answer Choices
Single fold
Double fold
Simultaneous
Sequential - ✔✔Sequential
✔✔Before cleaning any medical device, you should:
Answer Choices
Know the IFU cleaning requirements for cleaning
Know the devices pre-soaking requirements
SET A+
The organization that sets recommended practices and standards for care and
processing of devices and systems is.
Answer Choices
EPA
CDC
AAMI
SGNA - ✔✔AAMI
✔✔If immediate use steam sterilization is used for implants:
Answer Choices:
Should be sterilized in extended cycles
Should only be sterilized using Ethylene Oxide
There should be a tracking system in place to track the implant to the patient
Should be discarded if not used - ✔✔There should be a tracking system in place to
track the implant to the patient
✔✔The decontamination area is considered a:
Answer Choices:
Unrestricted area
Semi-restricted area
Restricted area
Non-restricted - ✔✔Restricted Area
,✔✔If an item is not properly cleaned:
Answer Choices:
The device will be difficult it will be to sterilize
The device cannot be sterilized
You will need to place more biological tests in the load
It will take longer to cool after sterilization - ✔✔The Device Cannot Be Sterilized
✔✔Trays and instruments brought from outside the facility:
Answer Choices
Must go through the decontamination process
Can be delivered to the OR
Can go to the storage or case cart area if they are still in a wrapped container
All the above - ✔✔Must go through Decontamination Process
✔✔This area of the facility is where items are prepared for transport following a
procedure:
Answer Choices
Decontamination
Point of use
Assembly/preparation
Soiled receiving - ✔✔Point of Use
✔✔Of the 3 major low temperature sterilants, which one has the longest instrument
turnover time?
Answer Choices
Ozone
Hydrogen peroxide gas
Steam
Ethylene oxide - ✔✔Ethylene Oxide
, ✔✔The cleaning process removes:
Answer Choices
Soil and some microorganisms
All microorganisms
Soil and all microorganisms
None of the above - ✔✔soil and some microorganisms
✔✔When delivering loaned instruments to a facility it is important to remember:
Answer Choices
Informing the physician, the items were delivered
To deliver the items to the Operating Room first
How to position the sets on the carts
The time necessary to process the instruments - ✔✔the time necessary to process the
instruments
✔✔The method of wrapping that creates a package within a package is called:
Answer Choices
Single fold
Double fold
Simultaneous
Sequential - ✔✔Sequential
✔✔Before cleaning any medical device, you should:
Answer Choices
Know the IFU cleaning requirements for cleaning
Know the devices pre-soaking requirements
