ABSA Study guide exam with 100% correct answers

ABSA Study guide exam w ith 100% correct answers 1. Which is not considered part of a sterile field? -Correct Answer-Gloves of sterile person who has folded his arms 2. The presence of only one living microorganism means an object is: -Correct Answer-Contaminated 3. Which statement concerning masks is not true? -Correct Answer-Ties may be tied crisscross on top of head In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____, protecting her gloves _____. -Correct Answer-Front, back, by cuffing drape edge The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin: -Correct Answer-Surgically Clean After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered sterile? -Correct Answer-Suction tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs attached, Cautery tips bound with rubber bands 7. Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method of gloving is _____. For changing only a glove during a case, this method _______ be used. -Correct Answer-Closed, cannot 8. Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect -Correct Answer-Loading liquids first to prevent spillage on packs 10. If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which cannot be sealed off, it should be scrubbed: -Correct Answer-Last with sponges used once and discarded 11. Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____ at the end of each ____. -Correct Answer-Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case What are some potential sources for surgical infection: -Correct Answer-Circulating air, patient's bronchial tree, scrub teams hair, patients circulating blood, instruments, patients and scrub teams skin Which statement regarding the use of masks is false? -Correct Answer-Cross strings behind the head for better aeration Strike-through -Correct Answer-The soaking of moisture through unsterile layers to sterile layers or vice versa Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing agent is false? -Correct Answer-Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air exchanges per hour are recommended for infection control and a ___ percent humidity is mandatory to suppress static electricity -Correct Answer-25, 50 Which draping principle is false? -Correct Answer-Drape far side of unsterile table first Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite: -Correct Answer-Windows, top floor locations, central corridor 8. Which statement regarding sterile items is false? -Correct Answer-Covered sterile set ups may be used later in the day 9. When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove technique? -Correct Answer-To change a glove during a procedure The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a procedure should be: -Correct Answer-Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer 11. Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-negative and gram-positive microorganisms -Correct Answer-Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate Which statement regarding sterile technique is false -Correct Answer-Paper or peel-open packages are torn