CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide with correct solutions.

CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study
Guide with correct solutions.
CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study
Guide with correct solutions.
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following
should the technician do? - Answer = Place it in an appropriate rigid container

Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on
which of the following? - Answer = Chemical

Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in
areas in which medical devices are processed? - Answer = Decontamination, Assembly,
Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage

The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile
processing department is because they can - Answer = Allow fungus to grow beneath
them

Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and
walls in the Sterile Processing Department? - Answer = Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA)

Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines - Answer
= Departmental authority relationships

"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe - Answer =
Work flow

What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? - Answer
= Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile
Storage

Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it -
Answer = Can get caught in moving equipment

Hair coverings are REQUIRED - Answer = In all areas of the department

Decontamination procedures - Answer = Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed
medical devices to be sterilized

A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is
an example of - Answer = A healthcare acquired infection

, CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study
Guide with correct solutions.
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with - Answer =
Arteriosclerosis

All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT - Answer =
Thermometers

The function of the gastrointestinal system is to - Answer = Provide the body with
nutrients

A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? - Answer = Hepatitis C
Virus

The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called - Answer = Sepsis

Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT - Answer =
Increasing the patient length of stay

Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? -
Answer = Hepatitis B

A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department
in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician
should - Answer = Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the
trays

When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment
should be worn EXCEPT - Answer = A plastic apron over the scrub suit

Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments? - Answer = Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level

A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working
on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to
get additional tools. The technician should - Answer = Report the problem to your
supervisor

while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an
opened/used tray to decon, best procedure? - Answer = Return for the used tray after
completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart

When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the
instruments should be positioned with the - Answer = Retractors on the bottom of the
basket and the hand-held instruments on the top