Sterile Processing Study Guide Resource - Exam Solutions A+ Quality

Sterile Processing Study Guide Resource - Exam Solutions A+ Quality Decontamination Area - answer - where soiled items are received and cleaned. *All levels for the same tray should be labeled w/a tag to identify the level number and set to which it belongs. Preparation and Packaging Area - answer - where cleaned items are inspected, assembled, and packaged. Sterilization Area - answer - where terminal sterilization is performed. Sterile Storage Area - answer - where sterile items are stored until needed. Loaner Area - answer - for the receipt and return of instruments borrowed for specialty procedures. Patient Care Equipment Clean-Up Area - answer - where patient care equipment is cleaned and disinfected. Work Flow - answer - how the work progresses through the department or processing area. *Dirty to Clean Function of CS/SPD - answer - receives, cleans, decontaminates, assembles, inspects, disinfects, sterilizes reusable medical and surgical devices Sterile processing is A.K.A - answer - Central Material Service, Sterile Processing Service, Central Service, Sterile Processing Department Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) - answer - protects workers; OSHA standards are required by law; sets occupational exposure limits for all chemicals in the workplace under mSDS (material safety data sheet); "right to know"; Emergency eyewash stations Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) - answer - voluntary; promotes health by preventing and controlling disease; publishes recommendations and guidelines; hand hygiene (15 second minimum); NO artificial nails; classifies medical devices according to Spaulding Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) - answer - MUST be worn to protect from blood and bodily fluid disposable sharps must be disposed in - answer - rigid biohazard container Sharps - answer - instruments/devices with points/blades skull - answer - cranium and facial bones hyoid bone - answer - located in neck; supports tongue and swallowing; only bone NOT articulated w/another vertebral column - answer - vertebrae separated by discs; lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine PLIF - answer - Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Thoracic cage - answer - sternum and 12 pairs of ribs; protect organs of chest and upper abdomen Making an opening into thoracic cavity to give surgeons access to lung and heart - answer - Thoracotomy Appendicular skeleton - answer - Appendages Pectoral girdle - answer - scapula and clavicle connect bones of arms and aids movemnet Upper limb bones - answer - humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals and phalanges Carpal Tunnel Repair - answer - removing tissue displaced bone in wrist area to release pressure on median nerve Lower limb bones - answer - femur, tibia, fibula, patella, tarsals humerus, radius, ulna - answer - connect at elbow joint carpals, metacarpals, phalanges - answer - form wrist and hand femur, tibia, fibula - answer - connect at knee joint patella - answer - knee bone tarsals - answer - ankle; metatarsals and phalanges form ankle and foot Joints - answer - junctions between bones; articulation total hip and knee sets; osteotomes; screw sets - answer - instruments used for skeletal system skeletal muscle - answer - responds to stimulation by contracting and relaxing; voluntary; striated; *attached to bone by a tendon smooth muscle - answer - involuntary movement; slower to contract and relax; common throughout body systems (e.g. digestive tract) Types of muscle tissue - answer - Cardiac; Smooth; Skeletal cardiac muscle - answer - makes up heart; contracts automatically; involuntary and rhythmical ACL - answer - Anterior Cruciate Ligament a repair to the muscles and ligaments of the shoulder joint - answer - Rotator Cuff Repair Integumentary system - answer - skin, hair, glands and nails largest organ OF the body - answer - skin epidermis; dermis; hypodermis - answer - layers of integument epidermis - answer - superficial protective layer