AST Surgical Technologist Practice Exam Questions and Answers

AST Surgical Technologist Practice Exam
Questions and Answers
absence of microorganisms - ✅✅asepsis


a device to accomplish steam or gas sterilization - ✅✅autoclave


amount of gross organic debris or the number of microorganisms on an object at
any given time - ✅✅bioburden


a method for testing the sterilization capability of a sterilizer; contains
microorganisms that are killed when exposed to a sterilization process -
✅✅biological indicator


designed for use with a pre-vacuum steam sterilizer steam sterilizer to test for air
entrapment - ✅✅Bowie-Dick test


Multidrug-resistant - ✅✅MDR


proteinaceous infectious particle - ✅✅Prion


microorganism that causes an infection - ✅✅pathogen


cleaner that uses cavitation to dislodge tiny organic particles that can't be
removed by normal manual cleaning - ✅✅ultrasonic

, an ionic cleaning interaction between an organic compound and a metal -
✅✅chelation


number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object - ✅✅bioburden


object that has come into contact with pathogenic materials -
✅✅contaminated


ability of a wrapper to allow passage of steam and air through a barrier -
✅✅permeability


process of quickly sterilizing unwrapped instruments - ✅✅flash


level of disinfection that kills most microorganisms, but not spores -
✅✅intermediate


sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than by time lapsed -
✅✅event-related


complete, no breaks or tears - ✅✅integrity


a lensed device used for viewing the interior of a body cavity - ✅✅endoscope