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IAHCSMM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
AAMI - ✔✔Use and care of medical devices
ABC Analysis - ✔✔Greatest value to lowest value
Abduction - ✔✔Movement away from midline, outward
Absolute pressure - ✔✔Gauge pressure + atmospheric pressure
Aerate - ✔✔To expose gas sterilization items to warm air
Aerator - ✔✔Speeds up removal of ETO residuals
Aerobic - ✔✔Require Oxygen
Aerosol - ✔✔Solid or liquid particles in air or gas, a spray
Airborne - ✔✔Suspended or carried in a gas or air stream
Alimentary Canal - ✔✔Pathway food takes along bodies digestive system
Alkylation - ✔✔Eto destroys microorganisms resulting in inability of cell to normally
metabolize
Amino Acid - ✔✔Building block of protein
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Anaerobic - ✔✔Doesn't require oxygen
Anatomy - ✔✔Structure
Angina - ✔✔Severe choking pain
Anion - ✔✔Negative
Anoxia - ✔✔Lack of oxygen
ANSI - ✔✔Oversees development of standards for products, services, and systems, in
the U.S.
Antagonist - ✔✔Opposite
Anterior - ✔✔Front
Antiseptic - ✔✔Inhibits growth of bacteria, on animate objects
AORN - ✔✔Association of Operating Room Nurses
Arteries - ✔✔Vessels carry blood away from heart
Arthritis - ✔✔Inflammation of joints
Asepsis - ✔✔Absence of microorganisms that cause disease
Aseptic - ✔✔Free from all pathogenic organisms
Aspirate - ✔✔To draw by suction
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Atherosclerosis - ✔✔Hardening of arteries caused by deposits of yellow fat
Atom - ✔✔Smallest unit of matter
Atrophy - ✔✔Decreasing size
Austenitic - ✔✔300 series
Autoclave - ✔✔Uses steam pressure to sterilize (250-270 Deg)
Automated supply replenishment system - ✔✔Items removed are automatically
identified and tracked
Automatic endoscope reprocessor - ✔✔Automated equipment designed to clean,
disinfect, and rinse flexible endoscopes
Autonomic Nervous System - ✔✔Controls smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
Axilla - ✔✔Armpit
Bacillus - ✔✔Rod
Bacteria - ✔✔Single celled, reproduce by splitting, some cause diseases (germs)
Bactericidal - ✔✔Destruction of Bacteria
Balance Sheet - ✔✔Financial summary of what the hospital owns
Benign - ✔✔Tumor does not spread
Bile - ✔✔Substance produced in the liver
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IAHCSMM EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% PASS
AAMI - ✔✔Use and care of medical devices
ABC Analysis - ✔✔Greatest value to lowest value
Abduction - ✔✔Movement away from midline, outward
Absolute pressure - ✔✔Gauge pressure + atmospheric pressure
Aerate - ✔✔To expose gas sterilization items to warm air
Aerator - ✔✔Speeds up removal of ETO residuals
Aerobic - ✔✔Require Oxygen
Aerosol - ✔✔Solid or liquid particles in air or gas, a spray
Airborne - ✔✔Suspended or carried in a gas or air stream
Alimentary Canal - ✔✔Pathway food takes along bodies digestive system
Alkylation - ✔✔Eto destroys microorganisms resulting in inability of cell to normally
metabolize
Amino Acid - ✔✔Building block of protein
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Anaerobic - ✔✔Doesn't require oxygen
Anatomy - ✔✔Structure
Angina - ✔✔Severe choking pain
Anion - ✔✔Negative
Anoxia - ✔✔Lack of oxygen
ANSI - ✔✔Oversees development of standards for products, services, and systems, in
the U.S.
Antagonist - ✔✔Opposite
Anterior - ✔✔Front
Antiseptic - ✔✔Inhibits growth of bacteria, on animate objects
AORN - ✔✔Association of Operating Room Nurses
Arteries - ✔✔Vessels carry blood away from heart
Arthritis - ✔✔Inflammation of joints
Asepsis - ✔✔Absence of microorganisms that cause disease
Aseptic - ✔✔Free from all pathogenic organisms
Aspirate - ✔✔To draw by suction
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Atherosclerosis - ✔✔Hardening of arteries caused by deposits of yellow fat
Atom - ✔✔Smallest unit of matter
Atrophy - ✔✔Decreasing size
Austenitic - ✔✔300 series
Autoclave - ✔✔Uses steam pressure to sterilize (250-270 Deg)
Automated supply replenishment system - ✔✔Items removed are automatically
identified and tracked
Automatic endoscope reprocessor - ✔✔Automated equipment designed to clean,
disinfect, and rinse flexible endoscopes
Autonomic Nervous System - ✔✔Controls smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands
Axilla - ✔✔Armpit
Bacillus - ✔✔Rod
Bacteria - ✔✔Single celled, reproduce by splitting, some cause diseases (germs)
Bactericidal - ✔✔Destruction of Bacteria
Balance Sheet - ✔✔Financial summary of what the hospital owns
Benign - ✔✔Tumor does not spread
Bile - ✔✔Substance produced in the liver
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