CBSPD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔Define Cleaning... - ✔✔The removal of contamination from an item to the extent
necessary for further processing or for the intended use.
✔✔nosocomial infections are well documented and caused by... - ✔✔poor or ineffective
decontamination of instruments
✔✔What are Employee hazards in the decontamination process? - ✔✔Technicians
work with a large amount of 1) unidentified bioburden 2) wet enviornment 3) handling
contaminated sharps 4) must know procedures for proper handling, equipment,
cleaning/sterilization agents
✔✔How do you properly clean a device? - ✔✔follow the device manufacturer's written
instructions
✔✔What is the starting point in sterilization? - ✔✔Cleaning
✔✔Define decontamination - ✔✔The process of cleaning surgical instruments, patient
care devices, and all involved surfaces in order to render areas and items safe for
handling and/or further processing
✔✔What are physical safety hazards? - ✔✔-good body mechanics -correct body
techniques and posture for lifting, pushing, pulling, and reaching -should be alert and
correct anything that is a potential injury -lifts to lift heavy supplies, available work
material, adjustable chairs, padding on sharp edges, correct height tables -proper
clothing can prevent injury
✔✔What is the weakest point of an instrument? - ✔✔Box lock and jaws
✔✔What does the ABC system stand for? - ✔✔A: large dollar amount items not used
frequently
B: moderately priced and used frequently
, C: items w/ low dollar value
✔✔What is just in time distribution? - ✔✔Items are distributed to department by vendor
no need for sterile storage or inventory control.
✔✔What are specialty/ procedure carts? - ✔✔Carts placed in specific departments
based on procedures
personalized to needs of departments easily accessible.
✔✔What is case cart distribution? - ✔✔visually in specialty areas case carts are
delivered to department case cart is specialized to departments needs
✔✔What is the exchange cart distribution? - ✔✔Two identical carts are made one is out
in the department and other stays in SPD
✔✔What is par level distribution? - ✔✔There is fixed inventory and when items become
low they are replenished from the stockroom per department/specialty
✔✔What is demand distribution? - ✔✔An instrument/cart must be ordered in order to
get it
✔✔What are the most common distribution systems? - ✔✔1) demand 2)par-level
3)Exchange 4)case carts 5) Specialty 6) Just in time
✔✔What is the air pressure of the sterile storage area? - ✔✔positive air flows out
✔✔What is shelf life - ✔✔period of time which a sterile item is considered safe to use
event related not time related
✔✔When are packs most vulnerable to contamination? - ✔✔Immediately after
sterilization
✔✔What is it when a sterilizer's ability is tested under worst case conditions? - ✔✔Small
load testing
✔✔What is it called when a sterilizer is tested for sterilization under actual use
conditions? - ✔✔Max load testing
✔✔How often is a Bowie Dick test ran? - ✔✔Daily for dynamic air removal sterilizers
✔✔How much space should be between packages and chamber wall? - ✔✔one inch
✔✔How should paper-plastic pouches be placed in a sterilizer? - ✔✔plastic to paper or
paper to plastic
✔✔Define Cleaning... - ✔✔The removal of contamination from an item to the extent
necessary for further processing or for the intended use.
✔✔nosocomial infections are well documented and caused by... - ✔✔poor or ineffective
decontamination of instruments
✔✔What are Employee hazards in the decontamination process? - ✔✔Technicians
work with a large amount of 1) unidentified bioburden 2) wet enviornment 3) handling
contaminated sharps 4) must know procedures for proper handling, equipment,
cleaning/sterilization agents
✔✔How do you properly clean a device? - ✔✔follow the device manufacturer's written
instructions
✔✔What is the starting point in sterilization? - ✔✔Cleaning
✔✔Define decontamination - ✔✔The process of cleaning surgical instruments, patient
care devices, and all involved surfaces in order to render areas and items safe for
handling and/or further processing
✔✔What are physical safety hazards? - ✔✔-good body mechanics -correct body
techniques and posture for lifting, pushing, pulling, and reaching -should be alert and
correct anything that is a potential injury -lifts to lift heavy supplies, available work
material, adjustable chairs, padding on sharp edges, correct height tables -proper
clothing can prevent injury
✔✔What is the weakest point of an instrument? - ✔✔Box lock and jaws
✔✔What does the ABC system stand for? - ✔✔A: large dollar amount items not used
frequently
B: moderately priced and used frequently
, C: items w/ low dollar value
✔✔What is just in time distribution? - ✔✔Items are distributed to department by vendor
no need for sterile storage or inventory control.
✔✔What are specialty/ procedure carts? - ✔✔Carts placed in specific departments
based on procedures
personalized to needs of departments easily accessible.
✔✔What is case cart distribution? - ✔✔visually in specialty areas case carts are
delivered to department case cart is specialized to departments needs
✔✔What is the exchange cart distribution? - ✔✔Two identical carts are made one is out
in the department and other stays in SPD
✔✔What is par level distribution? - ✔✔There is fixed inventory and when items become
low they are replenished from the stockroom per department/specialty
✔✔What is demand distribution? - ✔✔An instrument/cart must be ordered in order to
get it
✔✔What are the most common distribution systems? - ✔✔1) demand 2)par-level
3)Exchange 4)case carts 5) Specialty 6) Just in time
✔✔What is the air pressure of the sterile storage area? - ✔✔positive air flows out
✔✔What is shelf life - ✔✔period of time which a sterile item is considered safe to use
event related not time related
✔✔When are packs most vulnerable to contamination? - ✔✔Immediately after
sterilization
✔✔What is it when a sterilizer's ability is tested under worst case conditions? - ✔✔Small
load testing
✔✔What is it called when a sterilizer is tested for sterilization under actual use
conditions? - ✔✔Max load testing
✔✔How often is a Bowie Dick test ran? - ✔✔Daily for dynamic air removal sterilizers
✔✔How much space should be between packages and chamber wall? - ✔✔one inch
✔✔How should paper-plastic pouches be placed in a sterilizer? - ✔✔plastic to paper or
paper to plastic
