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,Peri-operative hypothermia is an important issue for all anesthetized patients
because of all of the following EXCEPT: - ASWER//Increases risk of renal failure
Recommendations for preventing retained surgical items include all of the
following EXCEPT: - ASWER//Utilizing a multidisciplinary team to resolve incorrect
counts
The number one patient safety issue identified in a survey of peri-operative nurses
is preventing: - ASWER//Wrong site/procedure/patient surgery
Reprocessing (flashing) instruments in the OR is high risk because: - ASWER//OR
personnel not properly trained to reprocess instruments
To safely transfer and position patients in a manner that prevents shearing,
personnel should use a mechanical lifting device for a supine-to-supine transfer of
a patient weighing more than: - ASWER//157 lbs
_______________ should be the primary decision makers for what equipment
and supplies are purchased and stocked in the difficult airway management cart. -
ASWER//Anesthesia personnel
Proper specimen management techniques prevent errors and include all of the
following EXCEPT: - ASWER//Receiving specimens from the surgical field then
affixing patient label to each
Preventing surgical fires is a top priority for all OR personnel and members of the
surgical team should perform all of the following duties EXCEPT: -
ASWER//Perform a weekly fire risk assessment
, Select the appropriate order for administering blood and blood products. -
ASWER//Verify informed consent for blood, verify patient identification and blood
type and unit numbers against blood tag and requisition slip with second licensed
person, sign slips
Weighing sponges is a valuable tool for meticulous calculation of blood and fluid
loss when conducted correctly and used in appropriate circumstances. Select the
response that correctly reflects the best practice in weighing sponges. -
ASWER//Keep a running total blood loss calculated from available sponges during
procedure
Laparoscopic procedures that emergently convert to open procedures place the
patient at risk for unintentional retained foreign objects (RFOs). What new and
evolving risk reduction strategy could prevent RFOs and frustrating, time-
consuming miscount adventures at the end of these procedures? -
ASWER//Replacing or tagging sponges and laparotomy instruments with
radiofrequency identification (RFID) chips
While antibiotics have been credited with saving lives, misuse of antibiotics has
contributed to the evolution of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Select the
antibiotic application that has evident to support it as a best practice and not,
potentially, a misuse of antibiotics. - ASWER//Antibiotics given intravenously
within 1 hour of the incision for every procedure with an incision or entered body
system.
With the production of more steam in the sterilizer chamber, the pressure
increases as well. The steam should contain little or no entrapped liquid water.
Steam quality is the term that describes the amount of water mixed with the
steam. The constitution of high-quality steam would be measured by: -
ASWER//<3% of the mixture is liquid water.