CBSPD Quiz Sterilization Exam Questions and Answers 100% Accurate

Cotton gauze cannot be used in which sterilization process? - ANSWER -Low temperature gas plasma. Supplies contaminated with blood and body fluids that require sterilization should be... - ANSWER -cleaned, dried and passed on to the processing area for assembly, packaging, and sterilization. Which of the following items MUST be sterilized with an accompanying biological indicator? - ANSWER -Implants. If a technician's skin is exposed to liquid ethylene oxide, what should the technician do FIRST? - ANSWER -Wash the exposed area with large amounts of soap and water. A positive biological indicator (BI) test shows that the sterilization process... - ANSWER -did not result in the death of all the test organisms. Lot control numbers should be placed on each package sterilized, and on the... - ANSWER -sterilzation load record. The technician is asked to remove an arthroscopy set from the aerator four hours prior to the completion of aeration time. The supervisor is not available. Which of the followig should the technician do? - ANSWER -Let the set complete the aeration cycle and borrow a set from another hospital. Which of the following is necessary to attain the high temperature needed in a steam sterilizer? - ANSWER -Pressure Which of the following would be an appropriate sterilization cycle for an autoclave load containing a basin set, a minor surgery set, and twelve towel packs? - ANSWER -270F (132C) for 4 minutes, 30 PSI and 30 minutes dry time. Drains in pre-vacuum and gravity-displacement sterilizers are placed at the bottom fron of the sterilizers... - ANSWER -because air tends to concentrate at the bottom of the chamber. To kill the remaining microorganisms on metal surgical instruments within the SPD, the MOST cost-efficient sterilization method is generally considered to be... - ANSWER -steam under pressure.