Surgical Tech - Surgical Technology Test
1 Questions and Answers
NBSTA - Answer-National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
Responsible for all certification related decisions as well as developing the exam.
NCCT - Answer-National Center for Competency Testing. A nonprofit organization that
provides a certification examination for nonaccredited programs and on the job training,
and other trained surgical technologists whose programs are not recognized by the
Association of Surgical Technologists.
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. Sterile personnel include the surgeon,
assistant(s), and scrub. Other sterile personnel such as a scrub nurse, students, and
preceptors may also be part of the sterile team.
SURGICAL CONSCIENCE - Answer-In surgery, professional and personal honesty
about one's actions, mistakes, and abilities. ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING!
ABHES - Answer-Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools; also grants
accreditation to medical assisting programs
CAAHEP - Answer-Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
AORN - Answer-Association of peri Operative Registered Nurses. The professional
organization for surgical nurses; originally known as the Association of Operating Room
Nurses.
ARC/STSA - Answer-Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical
Technology and Surgical Assisting. Ensures quality standards for just those two
professions.
Assistant Circulator - Answer-The 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. A
registered perioperative nurse in this role would be considered a circulator and will have
additional responsibilities.
AST - Answer-Association of Surgical Technologists. The professional association for
surgical technologists that strives to uphold and support the standards of patient care
and the profession.
1 Questions and Answers
NBSTA - Answer-National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting.
Responsible for all certification related decisions as well as developing the exam.
NCCT - Answer-National Center for Competency Testing. A nonprofit organization that
provides a certification examination for nonaccredited programs and on the job training,
and other trained surgical technologists whose programs are not recognized by the
Association of Surgical Technologists.
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. Sterile personnel include the surgeon,
assistant(s), and scrub. Other sterile personnel such as a scrub nurse, students, and
preceptors may also be part of the sterile team.
SURGICAL CONSCIENCE - Answer-In surgery, professional and personal honesty
about one's actions, mistakes, and abilities. ALWAYS DO THE RIGHT THING!
ABHES - Answer-Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools; also grants
accreditation to medical assisting programs
CAAHEP - Answer-Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
AORN - Answer-Association of peri Operative Registered Nurses. The professional
organization for surgical nurses; originally known as the Association of Operating Room
Nurses.
ARC/STSA - Answer-Accreditation Review Council on Education in Surgical
Technology and Surgical Assisting. Ensures quality standards for just those two
professions.
Assistant Circulator - Answer-The 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. A
registered perioperative nurse in this role would be considered a circulator and will have
additional responsibilities.
AST - Answer-Association of Surgical Technologists. The professional association for
surgical technologists that strives to uphold and support the standards of patient care
and the profession.
