MDRAO Exam Prep questions with answers

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Decontamination Area - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Soiled equipment |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


is received, disassembled to their smallest components, and
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decontaminated.


Assembly Area - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Inspected, tested,
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reassembled, packaged. |\




Storage & Distribution - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sterilized item
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storage prior to transportation.
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What pressure is the decontamination area under? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Negative, to contain contaminants.
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Which area are items inspected and identified for repair? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assembly area.
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At what point can sterilized items become contaminated? -
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CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Any time during handling, transport, or
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storage.


What are the two types of organizational structures? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔Vertical (upper management down) and Team-
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Based (more of an open structure with communal input).
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,Policies and procedures in the MDRD are guided by what two
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governing bodies? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CSA and the PIDAC
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(Ministry of Ontario Best Practices) document.
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What does PIDAC stand for? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Provincial
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Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee. |\ |\ |\




6 external quality control bodies? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔CSA,
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Accreditation Canada, and PIDAC, Association for the |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), and two bodies |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


about Operating Room Nurses.
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Who is the regulatory body for Workplace Hazardous Materials
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Information Systems (WHMIS)? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔WSIB |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


(Workplace Safety Insurance Board) |\ |\ |\




Study WHMIS pictograms. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔OK.
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Do all Hazard Classes and Categories require a Pictogram from
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WHMIS? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔No |\ |\ |\ |\




How often do Safety Data Sheet (MSDS and SDS) need to be
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updated? Not every 3 years. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔
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Where should SOPs be kept? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔In a
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central location. Electronic and physical.
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, What does QMS stand for? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Quality
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maintenance systems. |\




Suffix - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Means "after"
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Microorganisms: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Unicellular, most aren't |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


harmful.
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Spore Coat - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bacterial cells will produce a
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spore coat to resist heat, drying, and chemicals.
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Characteristics of Proteins - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Insoluble in |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


water, will coagulate with heat, drying, and specific chemicals.
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Coagulated proteins can trap pathogens. This is why the removal
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of protein before disinfection or sterilization is the prime
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objective of cleaning in MDRD. |\ |\ |\ |\




Three types of bacteria: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Aerobic,
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anaerobic, and facultative anaerobe. |\ |\ |\




What are bacteria? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Single-celled
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organisms, less than 1% cause disease. |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Two types of bacterial cell walls: - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Thicker
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(gram positive), and thinner (gram negative). The "gram" term
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comes from the gram stain test to determine successful
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sterilization.