Decontamination Area correct answers Where soiled items are received and cleaned
Preparation and Packaging Area correct answers Where cleaned items are inspected, assembled,
and packaged
Sterilization Area correct answers Where terminal sterilization is performed *to process
something and nothing left living
Sterile Storage Area correct answers Where sterile items are stored until needed
Sterile Stores correct answers Where items for patient care from outside manufacturers are stored
Case Cart Area correct answers Where sterile supplies such as trays and/or sterile items from
outside manufacturers are kept and picked for surgical cases
Dispatch correct answers Where sterile and clean items are dispensed
Loaner Area correct answers For the receipt and return of borrowed instruments
Patient Care Equipment Clean up Area correct answers Where patient care equipment is cleaned
and disinfected
Work Flow correct answers How the work progresses through the department or processing area
*Dirty to Clean*
People Flow correct answers How people move through the department or processing area *
Clean to Dirty*
Traffic Control correct answers Controlling access to SPD
Ethics correct answers The discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and
obligation
Ethical Actions correct answers Actions that conform to accepted and professional standards of
conduct
Morals correct answers Deal with or relate to principles of right and wrong behavior
Unethical Professional Conduct correct answers Failure to conform to moral standards or
policies
Professional Ethics correct answers Principles of conduct governing an individual or group
, American Medical Association *AMA* correct answers The most important organization related
to healthcare ethics
Regulation correct answers A principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern behavior
4 Agencies that issues regulations correct answers 1- EPA
2- FDA
3- OSHA
and 4- State Health Departments
Standard correct answers An established norm determined by opinion, authority, research and/or
theory
Recommended Practices correct answers Statements of sound principles of practice based on
scientific data and opinions of experts
2 Agencies that set standards correct answers 1- AAMI
and 2- CDC
3 Examples of recommended practices correct answers Documents developed by
1- IAHCSMM
2- SGNA
and 3- AORN
Environmental Protection Agency *EPA* correct answers - Registers and regulates
environmental disinfectants
- Controls emissions into the air and water
- Regulates the manufacture and sale of EO gas
Food and Drug Administration *FDA* correct answers - Regulates all medical devices.
- MedWatch (recalls)
- Approves reprocessing of single use devices
- Require IFU's (instructions for use)
7 Functions of CS/SPD correct answers 1- Receives/ Retrieves
2- Cleans
3- Decontaminates
4- Assembles
5- Disinfects
6- Sterilizes
and 7- Distributes or stores reusable medical and surgical devices for safe and effective patient
care
Sterile processing is also know as: correct answers - Central Services
- Central Supply
- Central Sterile Supply