STERILE PROCESSING UPDATED EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● This government agency is dedicated to ensuring a fast, safe, and
efficient transportation system
Answer: Depart of Transportation (DOT)
●● Rod-Shaped Bacteria
Answer: Bacillus
●● Bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of free oxygen
Answer: Anaerobic Bacteria
●● Round or spherical-Shaped Bacteria
Answer: Cocci
●● Name the "links" in the chain of infection
Answer: Causative Agent
Reservoir of the Agent
Portal of Exit of the Agent to the Reservoir
Mode of Transmission
Portal of Entry into the Host
,Susceptible Host
●● The percentage of hospital patients that develop a healthcare facility-
associated infection.
Answer: Approximately 10%
●● Recommended temperature for the Decontamination area of Central
Service
Answer: 60 - 65 degrees F
(10 - 18 degrees C)
●● Organization that establishes standards and guidelines for the
processing of flexible endoscopes
Answer: Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA)
●● Faccine provided to healthcare workers who may come in contact
with bloodborne pathogens
Answer: Hepatitis B Vaccine
●● This government agnecy regulates the reprocessing of single use
devices and the approval of medical devices
Answer: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
, ●● Considers all patients potentially infectious and requires that
healthcare professionals protect themselves from contact with blood and
other blody fluids
Answer: Standard Precautions
●● Name the 5 Principles of Asepsis
Answer: Know what is dirty
Know what is clean
Know what is sterile
Keep the 3 conditions separate
Remedy contamination immediately
●● Contaminated items should be transported in
Answer: Enclosed containers or carts
●● What is the requirement for routine cleaning of the floors in the
Central Serivce Department
Answer: Floors should be wet-mopped daily
●● Failure to perform soiled pick up rounds as scheduled can lead to
Answer: Instrument and Equipment shortages
●● An inanimate object that can transmit bacteria
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
●● This government agency is dedicated to ensuring a fast, safe, and
efficient transportation system
Answer: Depart of Transportation (DOT)
●● Rod-Shaped Bacteria
Answer: Bacillus
●● Bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of free oxygen
Answer: Anaerobic Bacteria
●● Round or spherical-Shaped Bacteria
Answer: Cocci
●● Name the "links" in the chain of infection
Answer: Causative Agent
Reservoir of the Agent
Portal of Exit of the Agent to the Reservoir
Mode of Transmission
Portal of Entry into the Host
,Susceptible Host
●● The percentage of hospital patients that develop a healthcare facility-
associated infection.
Answer: Approximately 10%
●● Recommended temperature for the Decontamination area of Central
Service
Answer: 60 - 65 degrees F
(10 - 18 degrees C)
●● Organization that establishes standards and guidelines for the
processing of flexible endoscopes
Answer: Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA)
●● Faccine provided to healthcare workers who may come in contact
with bloodborne pathogens
Answer: Hepatitis B Vaccine
●● This government agnecy regulates the reprocessing of single use
devices and the approval of medical devices
Answer: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
, ●● Considers all patients potentially infectious and requires that
healthcare professionals protect themselves from contact with blood and
other blody fluids
Answer: Standard Precautions
●● Name the 5 Principles of Asepsis
Answer: Know what is dirty
Know what is clean
Know what is sterile
Keep the 3 conditions separate
Remedy contamination immediately
●● Contaminated items should be transported in
Answer: Enclosed containers or carts
●● What is the requirement for routine cleaning of the floors in the
Central Serivce Department
Answer: Floors should be wet-mopped daily
●● Failure to perform soiled pick up rounds as scheduled can lead to
Answer: Instrument and Equipment shortages
●● An inanimate object that can transmit bacteria
