AST, 6th Edition

Surgical Technology for the Surgical
Technologist, 6th Edition (AST) – Full
Test Bank with Answers

• a device to accomplish steam or gas sterilization - Answer: autoclave


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


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


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


• Multidrug-resistant - Answer: MDR


• proteinaceous infectious particle - Answer: Prion


• microorganism that causes an infection - Answer: pathogen

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


• an ionic cleaning interaction between an organic compound and a
metal - Answer: chelation


• number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object -
Answer: bioburden


• object that has come into contact with pathogenic materials - Answer:
contaminated


• ability of a wrapper to allow passage of steam and air through a barrier
- Answer: permeability


• process of quickly sterilizing unwrapped instruments - Answer: flash


• level of disinfection that kills most microorganisms, but not spores -
Answer: intermediate


• sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than by time
lapsed - Answer: event-related


• complete, no breaks or tears - Answer: integrity