Chapter 1 - The Basics of Sterile Processing Latest Updated 2022

Chapter 1 - The Basics of Sterile Processing Latest Updated 2022 Decontamination room Where soiled items are received and cleaned Prep and packaging area Where cleaned items are inspected, assembled, and packaged. High level disinfectant room Where items are high level disinfected then go to prep and package area Sterilization area where terminal sterilization is performed. Sterile storage area where sterile items are stored until needed. dispatch area Where instruments are dispensed. IFU Instructions for use/ALWAYS REFER TO IFU IFU's are in alignment with recommendations from ____ standards. OSHA PPE personal protective equipment Work flow - Decontamination, prep and package, sterilization, sterile storage, distribution Instruments should always go in a ___ to ___ order DIRTY TO CLEAN When leaving decontamination you must leave all PPE behind true or false true CBSD Certification board for sterile processing and distribution HIPPA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act Regulation Law Standard established norm CSPD rules follow ______ standards (which organization) AAMI AAMI Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation AAMI has standards for Decontamination, disinfection, sterilization, steam sterilizers, EO sterilizers, biilogical indicators, and chemical indicators CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Recommended practices are: Statements of sound principals of practice that are based on scientific data and the opinions of experts. AORN Association of Operating Room Nurses EPA Environmental Protection Agency What does the EPA do? Registers and regulated environmental disinfectants Controls air and water emissions, sale and use of ethylene oxide FDA Food and Drug Administration What does the FDA regulate? New drugs, medical devices, microwave ovens, cosmetics, dietary supplements, The FDA regulates single use devices. true or false true The FDA does not regulate the reprocessing of open but unused devices or pacemakers or hemodialzer True or false True Medical device reporting regulation Requires that medical device manufactures and distributors are to report patient deaths, serious injury, and malfunctions OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration What does OSHA regulate? PPE, airborne contaminants, occupational exposure to blood borne pathogens and communication of work place hazards. SDS Safety Data Sheet - should have one for every single chemical used NFPA National Fire Protection Association A blue diamond is a Health hazard (fire diamond color) A red diamond is a Flammability (fire diamond color) Yellow diamond is a Instability (Fire diamond color) White diamond is a Special hazard information (fire diamond color) JC The Joint Commission How does Spalding's classification rank Critical, semicritical, and noncritical High level disinfection can kill spores true or false FALSE Spores can only be killed by sterilization true or false True Should you always sterilize loaner instruments yes or no yes Class A fire Anything regular that can catch on fire, wood, paper, rubber, etc Class B fire combustible liquids like gas, alcohol, oil,