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11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Surgical Technology for Surgical
Technologist - Chapter 1 Exam Study Guide.
1959 - answer✔AORN forms survey group to study the needs of the OR technicians
Dec 1967 - answer✔AORN publishes Teaching the Operating Room Technician
Feb 1969 - answer✔AORN creates critical proposal to creat AORT
July 19-20 1969 - answer✔New York Conference for formal organization AORT
Dec 1970 - answer✔AORT selects certification over licensure and gives first examination
1973 - answer✔AORT and AORN split and the National Advisory Board is dissolved
1974 - answer✔ARC on Education for the ORT appointed (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs [CAAHEP] system)
1978 - answer✔At AORT National Conference AORT changes name to Association of Surgical
Technologists; O.R. Tech magazine changes to The Surgical Technologist
1980 - answer✔california changed name to Surgical Technologist
2006 - answer✔Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST), changes name to
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
emergent - answer✔surgical pathology threatening life or limb
urgent - answer✔surgical pathology requiring treatment within a short period of time
elective - answer✔surgical intervention that does not have to be done right away
optional - answer✔surgical intervention that does not threaten life or limb
surgical conscience - answer✔The basis for the practice of strict adherence to sterile technique by all
surgical team members; involves a level of honesty and moral integrity that must be upheld
ambulatory surgical facilities - answer✔Primary health services for walk in patients. Also known as
urgent care, express care, and quick care
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Surgical Technology for Surgical
Technologist - Chapter 1 Exam Study Guide.
1959 - answer✔AORN forms survey group to study the needs of the OR technicians
Dec 1967 - answer✔AORN publishes Teaching the Operating Room Technician
Feb 1969 - answer✔AORN creates critical proposal to creat AORT
July 19-20 1969 - answer✔New York Conference for formal organization AORT
Dec 1970 - answer✔AORT selects certification over licensure and gives first examination
1973 - answer✔AORT and AORN split and the National Advisory Board is dissolved
1974 - answer✔ARC on Education for the ORT appointed (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health
Education Programs [CAAHEP] system)
1978 - answer✔At AORT National Conference AORT changes name to Association of Surgical
Technologists; O.R. Tech magazine changes to The Surgical Technologist
1980 - answer✔california changed name to Surgical Technologist
2006 - answer✔Liaison Council on Certification for the Surgical Technologist (LCC-ST), changes name to
National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting (NBSTSA)
emergent - answer✔surgical pathology threatening life or limb
urgent - answer✔surgical pathology requiring treatment within a short period of time
elective - answer✔surgical intervention that does not have to be done right away
optional - answer✔surgical intervention that does not threaten life or limb
surgical conscience - answer✔The basis for the practice of strict adherence to sterile technique by all
surgical team members; involves a level of honesty and moral integrity that must be upheld
ambulatory surgical facilities - answer✔Primary health services for walk in patients. Also known as
urgent care, express care, and quick care
