CBSPD Test Prep Questions and Answers

If the steam pressure is too low for the set temperature Superheating can occur Wet steam can cause Wet packs AAMI recommends that the temperature in the sterilization area be: 68-73 degrees AAMI recommends that the humidity is the sterilization area be 30%-60% The recommended ventilation in the sterilization are is—— air exchanges per hour under positive pressure 10 AAMI recommends that the temperature in the sterilizer access area be —- with — air exchanges per hour and under — pressure 75-85/10/negative The only 3 areas in SPD that should have negative pressure are: Decon, the sterilizer access area, EVS closet — is the absence of all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores sterility An item is considered sterile if there is less than —— chance that a viable microorganism has survived the sterilization process. This is reflected numerically as —- One in a million; 10(-6) SAL= Sterility Assurance Level — kills microorganisms by denature great the protein Steam — is the most common form of sterilization for items that are heat- and moisture-tolerant steam sterilization Three parameters of steam sterilization cycles are saturated steam under pressure, time, and temperature — are used in prevacuum sterilized and in steam-flush pressure-pulse (SFPP) Dynamic-air-removal cycles — remove air by drawing series of vacuums with an injection of steam between each vacuum pull. Prevacuum sterilizers