SPD Certification Exam Practice App
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Which is the term for the number of microorganism on a contaminated object?
A) bioburden
B) biofilm - ✔✔A) bioburden
Which of the following is the next step when scheduled surgery supplies are available
for use?
A) Sterilization
B) Case cart preparation - ✔✔B) Case cart preparation
What is the first step when items arrive to SPD from surgery?
A) Sterilize
B) Let sit for 1 hour
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,C) Prepare case cart
D) Clean or decontaminate - ✔✔D) Clean or decontaminate
Which is good and bad and has an obligation?
A) laws
B) ethics - ✔✔B) ethics
What is the large area or room set aside for cleaning/disinfecting of items such as
straps, tables, blocks, table enhancers?
A) Cleaning area
B) Patient care equipment area - ✔✔B) Patient care equipment area
What are blood borne pathogens?
A) Transmissible microorganisms present in blood and blood products
B) Transmissible microorganisms present in red and white blood cells - ✔✔A)
Transmissible microorganisms present in blood and blood products
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,Which device 1933 raised the standards for process of sterilization that we know of
today?
A) chemical sterilizer
B) steam sterilizer - ✔✔B) steam sterilizer
What is the term for processing all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores are
destroyed?
A) Sterilization
B) Decontamination
C) Purification
D) Desolation - ✔✔A) Sterilization
Who is the highest in command with regard to SPD?
A) SPD Manager
B) SPD executive - ✔✔A) SPD Manager
Which organization sets washing protocol regulation?
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, A) CDC
B) PCD
C) AAMI
D) OSHA - ✔✔A) CDC
What does the AAMI set the standard for?
A) Protective clothes
B) Instruments - ✔✔B) Instruments
Which group mainly focuses on blood borne pathogen?
A) CDC
B) OSHA
C) EPA
D) PCD - ✔✔B) OSHA
Which organization governs Ethylene Oxide (EO) regulation?
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Which is the term for the number of microorganism on a contaminated object?
A) bioburden
B) biofilm - ✔✔A) bioburden
Which of the following is the next step when scheduled surgery supplies are available
for use?
A) Sterilization
B) Case cart preparation - ✔✔B) Case cart preparation
What is the first step when items arrive to SPD from surgery?
A) Sterilize
B) Let sit for 1 hour
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,C) Prepare case cart
D) Clean or decontaminate - ✔✔D) Clean or decontaminate
Which is good and bad and has an obligation?
A) laws
B) ethics - ✔✔B) ethics
What is the large area or room set aside for cleaning/disinfecting of items such as
straps, tables, blocks, table enhancers?
A) Cleaning area
B) Patient care equipment area - ✔✔B) Patient care equipment area
What are blood borne pathogens?
A) Transmissible microorganisms present in blood and blood products
B) Transmissible microorganisms present in red and white blood cells - ✔✔A)
Transmissible microorganisms present in blood and blood products
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,Which device 1933 raised the standards for process of sterilization that we know of
today?
A) chemical sterilizer
B) steam sterilizer - ✔✔B) steam sterilizer
What is the term for processing all forms of microbial life, including bacterial spores are
destroyed?
A) Sterilization
B) Decontamination
C) Purification
D) Desolation - ✔✔A) Sterilization
Who is the highest in command with regard to SPD?
A) SPD Manager
B) SPD executive - ✔✔A) SPD Manager
Which organization sets washing protocol regulation?
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, A) CDC
B) PCD
C) AAMI
D) OSHA - ✔✔A) CDC
What does the AAMI set the standard for?
A) Protective clothes
B) Instruments - ✔✔B) Instruments
Which group mainly focuses on blood borne pathogen?
A) CDC
B) OSHA
C) EPA
D) PCD - ✔✔B) OSHA
Which organization governs Ethylene Oxide (EO) regulation?
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