SURGICAL TECHNOLOGY TERMS FOR REVIEW.
Everything you need to pass—nothing you don’t!
Four forms of Drug Preparation - Answer: `Gas, Liquid, Solid, Semi Solid
1 meter equals - Answer: 1,000 centimeters
Name the two types of small sponges - Answer: Kitners and Peanut
Hemostasis - Answer: Stopping of blood loss (hemorrhage)
Ligate - Answer: to tie a structure, such as a vessel
Ligature, or tie referred to as "stick ties" - Answer: Strand of suture material used for tying a
blood vessel or other structure to constrict or bind.
Capillarity - Answer: allowing tissue fluides to move along the strand
Major types of suture material - Answer: a. Absorbable b. Nonabsorbable c. Natural d.
Synthetic
Pathogenic - Answer: Having the potential to cause didease.
Analgesic - Answer: a medication to reduce or eliminate pain such: Codiene, Sublime ,
Morphine
Biological Hazards - Answer: laser and/or electrosurgical plume, pathogens found in body
fluids, latex sensitivity, and injuries from sharps
AST - Answer: Association of Surgical Technologist
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, ARC-ST - Answer: Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology; a
committee on accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the CAAHEP(Commission
on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs)
JCAHO - Answer: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; the
agency responsible for inspecting facilities in timed intervals in order for the facility to
maintain "accreditation"
LCC-ST - Answer: liaison council on certification for the surgical technologist, changed its
name to NBSTSA, IN 2006
NBSTSA - Answer: National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting; national
credentialing organization that offers national certification examinations for the surgical
technologist and surgical assistants.
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - Answer: A method of classifying human needs and
motivations into five categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety,
social, esteem, and self-actualization
HIPPA - Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 1996- written to
protect the privacy of health info.
CDC - Answer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bioburden - Answer: The number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at
any given time
Aerobe - Answer: a microorganism that can live and grow only in the presence of oxygen
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Everything you need to pass—nothing you don’t!
Four forms of Drug Preparation - Answer: `Gas, Liquid, Solid, Semi Solid
1 meter equals - Answer: 1,000 centimeters
Name the two types of small sponges - Answer: Kitners and Peanut
Hemostasis - Answer: Stopping of blood loss (hemorrhage)
Ligate - Answer: to tie a structure, such as a vessel
Ligature, or tie referred to as "stick ties" - Answer: Strand of suture material used for tying a
blood vessel or other structure to constrict or bind.
Capillarity - Answer: allowing tissue fluides to move along the strand
Major types of suture material - Answer: a. Absorbable b. Nonabsorbable c. Natural d.
Synthetic
Pathogenic - Answer: Having the potential to cause didease.
Analgesic - Answer: a medication to reduce or eliminate pain such: Codiene, Sublime ,
Morphine
Biological Hazards - Answer: laser and/or electrosurgical plume, pathogens found in body
fluids, latex sensitivity, and injuries from sharps
AST - Answer: Association of Surgical Technologist
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, ARC-ST - Answer: Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology; a
committee on accreditation that is under the large umbrella of the CAAHEP(Commission
on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs)
JCAHO - Answer: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations; the
agency responsible for inspecting facilities in timed intervals in order for the facility to
maintain "accreditation"
LCC-ST - Answer: liaison council on certification for the surgical technologist, changed its
name to NBSTSA, IN 2006
NBSTSA - Answer: National Board of Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting; national
credentialing organization that offers national certification examinations for the surgical
technologist and surgical assistants.
Maslow's Hierarchy of needs - Answer: A method of classifying human needs and
motivations into five categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety,
social, esteem, and self-actualization
HIPPA - Answer: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - 1996- written to
protect the privacy of health info.
CDC - Answer: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bioburden - Answer: The number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at
any given time
Aerobe - Answer: a microorganism that can live and grow only in the presence of oxygen
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