CNOR Sterile Processing Complete
Exam Set Questions and Verified
Answers (solutions)
Spaulding classification system indicates -
correct answer ✅level of disinfection needed
3 Spaulding classifications -
correct answer ✅Critical
Semi-critical
non-critical
Spaulding Critical -
correct answer ✅must be sterilized
enters sterile tissue/vascular system
surgical instruments, endoscopes, CARDIAC AND URINARY
CATHETERS, needles
Spaulding semi-critical -
correct answer ✅should be sterile, but high-level disinfection
acceptable
contacts broken skin or mucous membranes
,CNOR Sterile Processing Complete
Exam Set Questions and Verified
Answers (solutions)
bronchoscope, laryngeal blades, GI endoscopes, cystoscopes
ANESTHESIA equipment
Spaulding non-critical -
correct answer ✅contact intact skin
low-level disinfection/cleaning
OR bed linen, blood pressure cuff, tourniquets
Sterile processing workflow -
correct answer ✅Decontamination (always 1st) --> Prep&Pack --
>Sterilization
-->Distribute/Store
Decontam area environmental parameters -
correct answer ✅60-72*
neg pressure
6 air exchanges/hr w/ 2 fresh
, CNOR Sterile Processing Complete
Exam Set Questions and Verified
Answers (solutions)
OR floor is always considered -
correct answer ✅contaminated
2 types of steam sterilization (saturated steam under pressure) -
correct answer ✅pre-vacuum autoclave (dynamic air removal)
gravity displacement
Pre-vacuum autoclave (Dynamic Air Removal) -
correct answer ✅Steam sterilization
vacuums air from top; steam comes from bottom
270-276*F (132-135.5*C)
porous/lumen in 4min
nonporous in 3min
4 parameters of steam sterilization -
correct answer ✅pressure
temp
time
Exam Set Questions and Verified
Answers (solutions)
Spaulding classification system indicates -
correct answer ✅level of disinfection needed
3 Spaulding classifications -
correct answer ✅Critical
Semi-critical
non-critical
Spaulding Critical -
correct answer ✅must be sterilized
enters sterile tissue/vascular system
surgical instruments, endoscopes, CARDIAC AND URINARY
CATHETERS, needles
Spaulding semi-critical -
correct answer ✅should be sterile, but high-level disinfection
acceptable
contacts broken skin or mucous membranes
,CNOR Sterile Processing Complete
Exam Set Questions and Verified
Answers (solutions)
bronchoscope, laryngeal blades, GI endoscopes, cystoscopes
ANESTHESIA equipment
Spaulding non-critical -
correct answer ✅contact intact skin
low-level disinfection/cleaning
OR bed linen, blood pressure cuff, tourniquets
Sterile processing workflow -
correct answer ✅Decontamination (always 1st) --> Prep&Pack --
>Sterilization
-->Distribute/Store
Decontam area environmental parameters -
correct answer ✅60-72*
neg pressure
6 air exchanges/hr w/ 2 fresh
, CNOR Sterile Processing Complete
Exam Set Questions and Verified
Answers (solutions)
OR floor is always considered -
correct answer ✅contaminated
2 types of steam sterilization (saturated steam under pressure) -
correct answer ✅pre-vacuum autoclave (dynamic air removal)
gravity displacement
Pre-vacuum autoclave (Dynamic Air Removal) -
correct answer ✅Steam sterilization
vacuums air from top; steam comes from bottom
270-276*F (132-135.5*C)
porous/lumen in 4min
nonporous in 3min
4 parameters of steam sterilization -
correct answer ✅pressure
temp
time
