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Surgical Technology Quarter 1 Midterm
Exam Study Guide.
ABHES- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools - answer✔Organization that offers accreditation
to higher education institutions
ACS- American College of Surgeons - answer✔A professional organization that establishes educational
standards for surgeons and surgical residency programs
Allied Health Profession - answer✔a profession that follows the priciples of medicine and nursing but
that focuses on an expertise set apart from those practices
AORN - answer✔Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
The 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 ST and STFA
Assistant Circulator - answer✔Surgical technologist in the nonsterile role of the surgical team,
responsible for monitoring conditions in the operating room as related to patient care, safety,
documentation, distribution of sterile supplies and counts.
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologists
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✔NEIT's accreditation
Accredits health science programs, including those for surgical technology
Certification - answer✔Acknowledgment by a private agency that a person has achieved a minimum
level of knowledge and skill. Usually established by a graduation from an accredited institution
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CST - answer✔Certified Surgical Technologist
CST that successfully passed the certified examination given by the National Board of Surgical
Technology and Surgical Assisting
CST-CFA - answer✔Certified surgical technologist-certified first assist
A ST with advanced training who has successfully passed the certification examination for surgical first
assistants and is credentialed by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Licensure - answer✔professional status, granted by the state government that defines the limits of
practice and regulates those who hold a license
National Certifying Examination for Surgical Technologists - answer✔A comprehensive written
examination required for official certification by the Association of Surgical Technologists
Developed by the NBSTSA
NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Responsible for all decisions related to certification such as eligibility, renewal, and revocation as well as
developing the certification examination
NCCT - answer✔National center for competency testing
Provides a certification exam for nonaccredited programs and on the job training.
nonsterile team member - answer✔surgical team member who handle only nonsterile equipment
supplies and instruments
The circulator is the primary nonsterile team member
professional attributes - answer✔positive behaviors and traits of a professional
Proprietary school - answer✔private. for profit school
sterile personnel - answer✔members of the surgical team who have performed a surgial scrub or hand
and arm antisepsis procedure.
proposed clinical ladder - answer✔Entry level
Proficient
Expert
Preceptor - answer✔teaches others while scrubbed
On call - answer✔ST's working in a hospital or other facility that provides 24 hr care is usually required
to be on "call"
11/05/2024 12:06 PM
Surgical Technology Quarter 1 Midterm
Exam Study Guide.
ABHES- Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools - answer✔Organization that offers accreditation
to higher education institutions
ACS- American College of Surgeons - answer✔A professional organization that establishes educational
standards for surgeons and surgical residency programs
Allied Health Profession - answer✔a profession that follows the priciples of medicine and nursing but
that focuses on an expertise set apart from those practices
AORN - answer✔Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
The 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 ST and STFA
Assistant Circulator - answer✔Surgical technologist in the nonsterile role of the surgical team,
responsible for monitoring conditions in the operating room as related to patient care, safety,
documentation, distribution of sterile supplies and counts.
AST - answer✔Association of Surgical Technologists
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✔NEIT's accreditation
Accredits health science programs, including those for surgical technology
Certification - answer✔Acknowledgment by a private agency that a person has achieved a minimum
level of knowledge and skill. Usually established by a graduation from an accredited institution
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CST - answer✔Certified Surgical Technologist
CST that successfully passed the certified examination given by the National Board of Surgical
Technology and Surgical Assisting
CST-CFA - answer✔Certified surgical technologist-certified first assist
A ST with advanced training who has successfully passed the certification examination for surgical first
assistants and is credentialed by the National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Licensure - answer✔professional status, granted by the state government that defines the limits of
practice and regulates those who hold a license
National Certifying Examination for Surgical Technologists - answer✔A comprehensive written
examination required for official certification by the Association of Surgical Technologists
Developed by the NBSTSA
NBSTSA - answer✔National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting
Responsible for all decisions related to certification such as eligibility, renewal, and revocation as well as
developing the certification examination
NCCT - answer✔National center for competency testing
Provides a certification exam for nonaccredited programs and on the job training.
nonsterile team member - answer✔surgical team member who handle only nonsterile equipment
supplies and instruments
The circulator is the primary nonsterile team member
professional attributes - answer✔positive behaviors and traits of a professional
Proprietary school - answer✔private. for profit school
sterile personnel - answer✔members of the surgical team who have performed a surgial scrub or hand
and arm antisepsis procedure.
proposed clinical ladder - answer✔Entry level
Proficient
Expert
Preceptor - answer✔teaches others while scrubbed
On call - answer✔ST's working in a hospital or other facility that provides 24 hr care is usually required
to be on "call"
