CRCST Certification exam (Week 1-3)
The 4 different traffic areas that require specific PPE
Biohazard areas, restricted areas, clean assembly area, and sterile storage area.
You must practice standard precautions and assume that all patients have microorganisms
that can cause infection. true or false?
True
The most common sources for transmitting infectious microorganisms such as HIV,
Hepatitis C, or emerging pathogens such as C. difficile, are from human to ________ and
_________ to human
From human to human and surface to human
What prevents the spread of infectious microorganisms through policies such as not eating
or drinking in restricted work areas and getting the hepatitis B vaccine?
Safe work practices
All medical instruments and devices are considered contaminated when they are opened
whether or not they have been used and when they enter the decontamination area. true or
false?
True
Standards and Guidelines. Definition?
Best practices that may be required by a facility or as part of accreditation but are not required by
law
,Regulations
Mandatory and required by law
Instructions for Use (IFU's) are required by who?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Documentation is part of _______________ procedures undertaken by the facility to
comply with ____________
Quality assurance. Accreditation agencies.
IFU's are used along with the facility's count sheets. True or false?
True
Which area in the Central Service Department receives soiled items?
Decontamination
Which is the first step in the sterilization process?
Cleaning
To protect healthcare workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens, which of the
following is required?
PPE
Which is an infection contracted by a patient while in the hospital?
Health-care associated
When should items needed for a surgical procedure be pulled from sterile storage?
, The day before surgery
Once items flow to sterile storage, which is the most common area served by sterile
storage?
Operating room (OR)
A sterile or surgical consciousness means always adhering to the rules of asepsis and
maintaining an awareness of all the possible risks for contamination in your department.
True or False?
True
Sterile items must never be placed along outside walls. True or False?
True
What is the absence of microorganisms that cause disease?
Asepsis
What are the 5 rules of asepsis?
1. Any item used for patient care or that is visibly soiled must be considered contaminated.
2. If the item has been cleaned with a detergent disinfectant, it is both clean and decontaminated.
3. Sterile items are devices processed by steam, dry heat, ethylene oxide, or other sterilization
methods to kill all microorganisms
4. Dirty, clean, and sterile items must be separated at all times.
5. If clean or sterile items come into contact with dirty items, they must undergo the entire
reprocessing cycle, starting with decontamination.
The 4 different traffic areas that require specific PPE
Biohazard areas, restricted areas, clean assembly area, and sterile storage area.
You must practice standard precautions and assume that all patients have microorganisms
that can cause infection. true or false?
True
The most common sources for transmitting infectious microorganisms such as HIV,
Hepatitis C, or emerging pathogens such as C. difficile, are from human to ________ and
_________ to human
From human to human and surface to human
What prevents the spread of infectious microorganisms through policies such as not eating
or drinking in restricted work areas and getting the hepatitis B vaccine?
Safe work practices
All medical instruments and devices are considered contaminated when they are opened
whether or not they have been used and when they enter the decontamination area. true or
false?
True
Standards and Guidelines. Definition?
Best practices that may be required by a facility or as part of accreditation but are not required by
law
,Regulations
Mandatory and required by law
Instructions for Use (IFU's) are required by who?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Documentation is part of _______________ procedures undertaken by the facility to
comply with ____________
Quality assurance. Accreditation agencies.
IFU's are used along with the facility's count sheets. True or false?
True
Which area in the Central Service Department receives soiled items?
Decontamination
Which is the first step in the sterilization process?
Cleaning
To protect healthcare workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens, which of the
following is required?
PPE
Which is an infection contracted by a patient while in the hospital?
Health-care associated
When should items needed for a surgical procedure be pulled from sterile storage?
, The day before surgery
Once items flow to sterile storage, which is the most common area served by sterile
storage?
Operating room (OR)
A sterile or surgical consciousness means always adhering to the rules of asepsis and
maintaining an awareness of all the possible risks for contamination in your department.
True or False?
True
Sterile items must never be placed along outside walls. True or False?
True
What is the absence of microorganisms that cause disease?
Asepsis
What are the 5 rules of asepsis?
1. Any item used for patient care or that is visibly soiled must be considered contaminated.
2. If the item has been cleaned with a detergent disinfectant, it is both clean and decontaminated.
3. Sterile items are devices processed by steam, dry heat, ethylene oxide, or other sterilization
methods to kill all microorganisms
4. Dirty, clean, and sterile items must be separated at all times.
5. If clean or sterile items come into contact with dirty items, they must undergo the entire
reprocessing cycle, starting with decontamination.
