Sterile Processing Practice Exam:
Questions With Correct Solutions
What exactly does the SPD do? Correct Ans - 1. receives
2. cleans
3. decontaminate
4. assemble
5. disinfect
6 sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care
What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? Correct Ans -
Sterile Processing
What is SPD responsible for ? Correct Ans - providing dependable,
reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care
Work Flow Correct Ans - how the work progresses through the
department or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination
area, where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should
never be circumvented
People Flow Correct Ans - how people move through the department
or processing area
Traffic Control Correct Ans - controlling access to SPD ( who comes in
and out )
Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? Correct Ans -
The Joint Commision
Hippocratic Oath Correct Ans - the ideal of doing no harm to another
person
Regulations Correct Ans - a principle, rule or law designed to control
or govern behavior
, Standard Correct Ans - is an established norm determined by opinion,
authority, research, and/or theory
Recommended Practices Correct Ans - statements of sound principles
of practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts
Validation Correct Ans - documented procedure for obtaining,
recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will
consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification.
Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user
User vereification Correct Ans - Documented procedures, performed
in the user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results
required to establish that predetermined specification have been met (Users
are facility personnel who reprocess or use the device)
Emergency Eyewash Stations Correct Ans - Required by OSHA
should provide at least 0.4 gallons of water per minute continuously for 15
min
Hands Free
located within 10 seconds of walking distance (56 ft walking distance)
Blue Diamond Correct Ans - Health Hazard
Red Diamond Correct Ans - flammability
Yellow Diamond Correct Ans - instability
White Diamond Correct Ans - special hazard information
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Correct Ans - publish
widely respected recommendations and guidelines on such topics as hand
hygiene, isolation precautions, environmental infection control, and
disinfection and sterilization, when new or emerging diseases are identified,
the CDC also publishes guidelines .
Fire Extinguisher
Class A Correct Ans - cloth, wood, paper, rubber, and many plastics
Questions With Correct Solutions
What exactly does the SPD do? Correct Ans - 1. receives
2. cleans
3. decontaminate
4. assemble
5. disinfect
6 sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care
What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? Correct Ans -
Sterile Processing
What is SPD responsible for ? Correct Ans - providing dependable,
reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care
Work Flow Correct Ans - how the work progresses through the
department or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination
area, where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should
never be circumvented
People Flow Correct Ans - how people move through the department
or processing area
Traffic Control Correct Ans - controlling access to SPD ( who comes in
and out )
Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? Correct Ans -
The Joint Commision
Hippocratic Oath Correct Ans - the ideal of doing no harm to another
person
Regulations Correct Ans - a principle, rule or law designed to control
or govern behavior
, Standard Correct Ans - is an established norm determined by opinion,
authority, research, and/or theory
Recommended Practices Correct Ans - statements of sound principles
of practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts
Validation Correct Ans - documented procedure for obtaining,
recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will
consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification.
Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user
User vereification Correct Ans - Documented procedures, performed
in the user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results
required to establish that predetermined specification have been met (Users
are facility personnel who reprocess or use the device)
Emergency Eyewash Stations Correct Ans - Required by OSHA
should provide at least 0.4 gallons of water per minute continuously for 15
min
Hands Free
located within 10 seconds of walking distance (56 ft walking distance)
Blue Diamond Correct Ans - Health Hazard
Red Diamond Correct Ans - flammability
Yellow Diamond Correct Ans - instability
White Diamond Correct Ans - special hazard information
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Correct Ans - publish
widely respected recommendations and guidelines on such topics as hand
hygiene, isolation precautions, environmental infection control, and
disinfection and sterilization, when new or emerging diseases are identified,
the CDC also publishes guidelines .
Fire Extinguisher
Class A Correct Ans - cloth, wood, paper, rubber, and many plastics
