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STERILE PROCESSING CBSPD TEST EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
THE TOPICS IN THIS GUIDE ALIGN WITH THE EXAM. GOOD LUCK!
Where soiled items are received and cleaned. *All levels for the same tray should be labeled
w/a tag to identify the level number and set to which it belongs. -
ANSWER: Decontamination Area
where cleaned items are inspected, assembled, and packaged. - ANSWER:
Preparation and Packaging Area
where terminal sterilization is performed. - ANSWER: Sterilization Area
where sterile items are stored until needed. - ANSWER: Sterile Storage Area
where items for patient care from outside manufacturers are stored. Sometimes referred to as
Medical Supply Distribution, Central Supply, or similar designation.
- ANSWER: Sterile Stores
where sterile supplies (trays and/or sterile items from outside manufacturers) are kept and
picked for surgical cases. - ANSWER: Case Cart Area
where sterile and clean items are dispensed. - ANSWER: Dispatch
for the receipt and return of instruments borrowed for specialty procedures. - ANSWER: Loaner
Area
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where patient care equipment is cleaned and disinfected. - ANSWER: Patient Care Equipment
Clean-Up Area
providing dependable, reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care. Instruments
sets, patient care equipment, and other medical devices must be processed and distributed in
an accurate and timely manner so that patient care is not adversely affected. - ANSWER: SPD
Responsibilities
how the work progresses through the department or processing area. *Dirty to Clean -
ANSWER: Work Flow
how people move through the department or processing area. *Clean to Dirty -
ANSWER: People Flow
controlling access to SPD - ANSWER: Traffic Control
the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. -
ANSWER: Ethics
actions that conform to accepted and professional standards of conduct. -
ANSWER: Ethical Actions
deal with or relate to principles of right and wrong behavior. - ANSWER: Morals
failure to conform to moral standards or policies. - ANSWER: Unethical Professional Conduct
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principles of conduct governing an individual or group. - ANSWER: Professional Ethics
the most important organization related to healthcare ethics. - ANSWER:
American Medical Association (AMA)
a principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern behavior. - ANSWER:
Regulation
EPA, FDA, OSHA and State health departments - ANSWER: Agencies that issue regulations
an established norm determined by opinion, authority, research and/or theory. -
ANSWER: Standard
statements of sound principles of practice based on scientific data and opinions of experts. -
ANSWER: Recommended Practices
AAMI, CDC - ANSWER: Agencies that set standards
documents developed by IAHCSMM, SGNA, AORN - ANSWER: Examples of recommended
practices
Registers and regulates environmental disinfectants, controls emissions into the air and water,
regulates the manufacture and sale of EO gas - ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
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regulates all medical devices. MedWatch (recalls); approves reprocessing of single use devices;
require IFU (instructions for use) - ANSWER: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
receives, cleans, decontaminates, assembles, inspects, disinfects, sterilizes reusable medical and
surgical devices - ANSWER: Function of CS/SPD
Central Material Service, Sterile Processing Service, Central Service, Sterile Processing
Department - ANSWER: Sterile processing is A.K.A
CBSPD (Cerification board for sterile processing and distribution, IAHCSMM (International
association of healthcare central service material management) -
ANSWER: Two groups that certify
chief operating officer, VP nursing, sterile processing manager, SPD lead tech, SPD processing
tech, SPD inventory tech, SPD case cart tech - ANSWER: Chain of command
mandatory/required by law - ANSWER: Compliance w/a regulation is
HIPAA (Health insurance portability and accountability act) - ANSWER:
Confidentiality
validation; verification - ANSWER: the manufacturer performs for a
product, the facility end user performs .
protects workers; OSHA standards are required by law; sets occupational exposure limits for all
chemicals in the workplace under mSDS (material safety data sheet); "right to know";
Emergency eyewash stations - ANSWER: Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)
STERILE PROCESSING CBSPD TEST EXAM WITH
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
THE TOPICS IN THIS GUIDE ALIGN WITH THE EXAM. GOOD LUCK!
Where soiled items are received and cleaned. *All levels for the same tray should be labeled
w/a tag to identify the level number and set to which it belongs. -
ANSWER: Decontamination Area
where cleaned items are inspected, assembled, and packaged. - ANSWER:
Preparation and Packaging Area
where terminal sterilization is performed. - ANSWER: Sterilization Area
where sterile items are stored until needed. - ANSWER: Sterile Storage Area
where items for patient care from outside manufacturers are stored. Sometimes referred to as
Medical Supply Distribution, Central Supply, or similar designation.
- ANSWER: Sterile Stores
where sterile supplies (trays and/or sterile items from outside manufacturers) are kept and
picked for surgical cases. - ANSWER: Case Cart Area
where sterile and clean items are dispensed. - ANSWER: Dispatch
for the receipt and return of instruments borrowed for specialty procedures. - ANSWER: Loaner
Area
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where patient care equipment is cleaned and disinfected. - ANSWER: Patient Care Equipment
Clean-Up Area
providing dependable, reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care. Instruments
sets, patient care equipment, and other medical devices must be processed and distributed in
an accurate and timely manner so that patient care is not adversely affected. - ANSWER: SPD
Responsibilities
how the work progresses through the department or processing area. *Dirty to Clean -
ANSWER: Work Flow
how people move through the department or processing area. *Clean to Dirty -
ANSWER: People Flow
controlling access to SPD - ANSWER: Traffic Control
the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation. -
ANSWER: Ethics
actions that conform to accepted and professional standards of conduct. -
ANSWER: Ethical Actions
deal with or relate to principles of right and wrong behavior. - ANSWER: Morals
failure to conform to moral standards or policies. - ANSWER: Unethical Professional Conduct
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principles of conduct governing an individual or group. - ANSWER: Professional Ethics
the most important organization related to healthcare ethics. - ANSWER:
American Medical Association (AMA)
a principle, rule, or law designed to control or govern behavior. - ANSWER:
Regulation
EPA, FDA, OSHA and State health departments - ANSWER: Agencies that issue regulations
an established norm determined by opinion, authority, research and/or theory. -
ANSWER: Standard
statements of sound principles of practice based on scientific data and opinions of experts. -
ANSWER: Recommended Practices
AAMI, CDC - ANSWER: Agencies that set standards
documents developed by IAHCSMM, SGNA, AORN - ANSWER: Examples of recommended
practices
Registers and regulates environmental disinfectants, controls emissions into the air and water,
regulates the manufacture and sale of EO gas - ANSWER: Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)
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regulates all medical devices. MedWatch (recalls); approves reprocessing of single use devices;
require IFU (instructions for use) - ANSWER: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
receives, cleans, decontaminates, assembles, inspects, disinfects, sterilizes reusable medical and
surgical devices - ANSWER: Function of CS/SPD
Central Material Service, Sterile Processing Service, Central Service, Sterile Processing
Department - ANSWER: Sterile processing is A.K.A
CBSPD (Cerification board for sterile processing and distribution, IAHCSMM (International
association of healthcare central service material management) -
ANSWER: Two groups that certify
chief operating officer, VP nursing, sterile processing manager, SPD lead tech, SPD processing
tech, SPD inventory tech, SPD case cart tech - ANSWER: Chain of command
mandatory/required by law - ANSWER: Compliance w/a regulation is
HIPAA (Health insurance portability and accountability act) - ANSWER:
Confidentiality
validation; verification - ANSWER: the manufacturer performs for a
product, the facility end user performs .
protects workers; OSHA standards are required by law; sets occupational exposure limits for all
chemicals in the workplace under mSDS (material safety data sheet); "right to know";
Emergency eyewash stations - ANSWER: Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA)
