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A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do? correct answers Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the
following? correct answers Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow in areas
in which medical devices are processed? correct answers Decontamination. assembly, packaging,
sterilization, sterile storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing
department is because they can correct answers Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the
Sterile Processing Department? correct answers Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines correct answers
Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe correct answers
Workflow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? correct answers
Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization and Sterile Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it correct
answers Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED correct answers In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures correct answers Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed
medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an
example of correct answers A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with correct answers
Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT correct answers
Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to correct answers Provide the body with nutrients
, A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? correct answers Hepatitis C virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called correct answers Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT correct answers
Increasing the patient length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? correct
answers Hepatitis B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department on a cart
and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should correct
answers Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for the trays.
When manually cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment (PPE)
should be worn EXCEPT correct answers A plastic apron over the scrub suit
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments?
correct answers Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level
A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working on the
washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to get additional
tools. The technician should correct answers Report the problem to your supervisor
While delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the sterile processing technician is
asked by a unit secretary to take an opened and used tray of instruments back to the
Decontamination area. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to use? correct answers
Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart
When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the instruments
should be positioned with the correct answers Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the
hand-held instruments on the top
The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning surgical
instruments is correct answers Neutral
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high-level
disinfection of semi-critical devices? correct answers 2% activated glutaraldehyde
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT
correct answers Cost of the chemical
After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments the NEXT step in the
decontamination process is correct answers Rinsing
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the
technician do? correct answers Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the
following? correct answers Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow in areas
in which medical devices are processed? correct answers Decontamination. assembly, packaging,
sterilization, sterile storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing
department is because they can correct answers Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the
Sterile Processing Department? correct answers Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines correct answers
Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe correct answers
Workflow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? correct answers
Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization and Sterile Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it correct
answers Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED correct answers In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures correct answers Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed
medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an
example of correct answers A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with correct answers
Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT correct answers
Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to correct answers Provide the body with nutrients
, A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? correct answers Hepatitis C virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called correct answers Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT correct answers
Increasing the patient length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? correct
answers Hepatitis B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department on a cart
and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should correct
answers Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for the trays.
When manually cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment (PPE)
should be worn EXCEPT correct answers A plastic apron over the scrub suit
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments?
correct answers Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level
A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working on the
washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to get additional
tools. The technician should correct answers Report the problem to your supervisor
While delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the sterile processing technician is
asked by a unit secretary to take an opened and used tray of instruments back to the
Decontamination area. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to use? correct answers
Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart
When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the instruments
should be positioned with the correct answers Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the
hand-held instruments on the top
The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning surgical
instruments is correct answers Neutral
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high-level
disinfection of semi-critical devices? correct answers 2% activated glutaraldehyde
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT
correct answers Cost of the chemical
After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments the NEXT step in the
decontamination process is correct answers Rinsing
