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The Surgical Technologist Exam Questions
With Correct Answers
AORN: Association of periOperative Registered Nurses - answer✔Professional organization for surgical
nurses; originally known as the Association of Operating Room Nurses.
ARC/STSA: Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting -
answer✔Establishes, maintains, and promotes quality standards for education programs in surgical
technology and surgical first assisting.
Assistant circulator - answer✔The surgical technologist in the non-sterile role of the surgical team
responsible for monitoring the conditions in the operating room that are related to patient care, safety,
documentation, distribution of sterile supplies, and counts.
AST: Association of Surgical Technologists - answer✔Professional association for surgical technologists
that strives to uphold and support the standards of patient care and the profession.
CAAHEP: Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs - answer✔Accredits health
science programs, including those for surgical technology.
CST: Certified surgical technologist - answer✔A surgical technologist who has successfully passed the
certified examination given by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
CST-CFA: Certified surgical technologist-certified first assistant - answer✔A surgical technologist with
advanced training who has successfully passed the certification examination for surgical first assistants.
Scrub - answer✔Role and name commonly applied to the surgical technologist or licensed nurse in the
sterile scrub role during surgery.
Sterile personnel - answer✔Members of the surgical team who have performed a surgical scrub or hand
and arm antisepsis procedure. They don sterile gown and gloves and either perform the surgery or assist
directly.
Surgical conscience - answer✔In surgery, professional and personal honesty about one's actions,
mistakes, and abilities.
What has the surgical technologist developed as a result of? - answer✔Rapid, monumental
developments in technology.