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Sterile Processing Exam | Sterile Process Exam – Practice Questions & Study Guide

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Prepare confidently for your Sterile Processing Exam (Sterile Process Exam) with this comprehensive study guide. Includes practice questions with detailed explanations covering core topics such as decontamination, cleaning and disinfection, inspection and assembly, packaging, sterilization methods, infection prevention, and quality assurance standards. Designed for students and sterile processing professionals seeking structured exam preparation, mastery of essential concepts, and success on sterile processing assessments.

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Decontamination

Soiled Instruments and other items are received in which area of the Sterile Processing
department (SPD)?
a. Preparation
b. Packaging
c. Decontamination




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Cleaning

The first step in the sterilization process is
a. Receiving
b. Sorting
c. Soaking
d. Cleaning




Personal protective equipment (PPE)

To minimize their exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other contaminants, (SP)
technicians must wear special attire referred to as:
a. Personal Protective equipment
b. Personal Protective garments
c. Professional Protective equipment




The day or evening before they will be used

Instrument sets and other required instrumentation needed for all scheduled procedures
for an entire day are usually pulled (collected):
a. Two days before they will be used
b. Thet day or evening before they would be used
c. The morning of the planned surgery
d. Early morning and early afternoon on the day of surgery




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Employability

The use of analytical skills to solve problems and make decisions is a component of:
a. Communication skills
b. Facility system responsibilities
c. Employability




Job description

The Human Resources tool that defines job duties performed by persons in a specific
position is called a:
a. Job duty list
b. Job specifications
c. Job description




Those that occur on or after day three of a hospitalization

Healthcare-associated infection (HAI) are:
a. Most likely occur during a surgical procedure
b. Caused by drug-resistant organism
c. Those that occur on or after day three of a hospitalization

Soiled to clean




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SP workflow should move from:
a. Clean to soiled
b. Unrestricted to semi-restricted
c. Soiled to clean
d. Clean to sterile

The Operating Room

While items may be dispensed to all areas of a facility, the major focus of the SPD is:
a. The emergency department
b. Labor and Delivery
c. Supply chain management
d. The operation room




All of the above

Working in the decontamination area requires:
a. Knowledge of microbiology
b. Knowledge of cleaning and disinfecting processes
c. Instrument identification
d. All the above




Understand what is asked when a request is made




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