Sterile Processing| 1838 questions| 100 pages| with complete solutions

Decontamination Area correct 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 correct answer: where cleaned items are inspected, assembled, and packaged. Sterilization Area correct answer: where terminal sterilization is performed. Sterile Storage Area correct answer: where sterile items are stored until needed. Loaner Area correct answer: for the receipt and return of instruments borrowed for specialty procedures. Patient Care Equipment Clean-Up Area correct answer: where patient care equipment is cleaned and disinfected. Work Flow correct answer: how the work progresses through the department or processing area. *Dirty to Clean Function of CS/SPD correct answer: receives, cleans, decontaminates, assembles, inspects, disinfects, sterilizes reusable medical and surgical devices Sterile processing is A.K.A correct answer: Central Material Service, Sterile Processing Service, Central Service, Sterile Processing Department Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) correct 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) correct 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) correct answer: MUST be worn to protect from blood and bodily fluid disposable sharps must be disposed in correct answer: rigid biohazard container Sharps correct answer: instruments/devices with points/blades skull correct answer: cranium and facial bones hyoid bone correct answer: located in neck; supports tongue and swallowing; only bone NOT articulated w/another vertebral column correct answer: vertebrae separated by discs; lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine PLIF correct answer: Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Thoracic cage correct 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 correct answer: Thoracotomy Appendicular skeleton correct answer: Appendages Pectoral girdle correct answer: scapula and clavicle connect bones of arms and aids movemnet Upper limb bones correct answer: humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals and phalanges Carpal Tunnel Repair correct answer: removing tissue displaced bone in wrist area to release pressure on median nerve Lower limb bones correct answer: femur, tibia, fibula, patella, tarsals humerus, radius, ulna correct answer: connect at elbow joint carpals, metacarpals, phalanges correct answer: form wrist and hand femur, tibia, fibula correct answer: connect at knee joint patella correct answer: knee bone