CRCST CERTIFICATION EXAM UPDATED 2025/2026 (9TH ED.) | STERILIZATION AND
INFECTION CONTROL| WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Sterile Process - (ANSWER)The process of decontamination, packaging, sterilization, and storage of
medical supplies in the central service department.
CRCST - (ANSWER)Certified Registered Central Service Technician. A professional certification for
individuals specializing in sterile processing.
EPA - (ANSWER)Environmental Protection Agency. Federal agency responsible for regulating infectious
medical waste and clean air standards.
Dermopathy - (ANSWER)A skin disease.
Autoclave sterilizer - (ANSWER)A Class 2 medical device used for steam sterilization.
CDC - (ANSWER)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An agency of the federal government that
promotes healing, prevents and controls disease.
Peri - (ANSWER)A prefix meaning 'around or about'.
Micro drill - (ANSWER)A tool used in ear surgery and for driving very small wires through bone.
Consignment - (ANSWER)When an instrument tray belongs to the vendor but is stored at a healthcare
facility.
Binary fission - (ANSWER)The bacteria reproductive process where a mother cell divides into a daughter
cell.
Decontamination battery - (ANSWER)A battery or cord used to prevent fluid from entering powered
surgical instruments during cleaning.
, CRCST CERTIFICATION EXAM UPDATED 2025/2026 (9TH ED.) | STERILIZATION AND
INFECTION CONTROL| WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Glutaraldehyde - (ANSWER)A high-level disinfectant used for sterilization.
OPA - (ANSWER)Ortho-phthalaldehyde. A high-level disinfectant used for sterilization.
Cellulosic materials - (ANSWER)Materials such as paper, cotton, and linen that cannot be processed in
hydrogen peroxide gas/plasma.
2 million - (ANSWER)Approximately the number of patients who develop healthcare-associated
infections each year.
Quality safety efficiency - (ANSWER)The three levels that standards and regulations help set in a
department.
Chain of infection - (ANSWER)The series of events that allows an infection to spread from one person to
another.
Veins - (ANSWER)Blood vessels that carry blood back towards the heart.
USP-NFR - (ANSWER)United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary. An organization that creates and
revises standards for processing water for irrigation.
Colonoscope - (ANSWER)A medical device used to visualize the entire large intestine.
Phenolic - (ANSWER)A type of intermediate to low-level disinfectant.
EPA - (ANSWER)Environmental Protection Agency. An agency that imposes strict labeling requirements
on manufacturers of chemicals used by the central service department.
Intermediate level disinfection - (ANSWER)The level of disinfection required for nonlipid, small viruses.
INFECTION CONTROL| WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Sterile Process - (ANSWER)The process of decontamination, packaging, sterilization, and storage of
medical supplies in the central service department.
CRCST - (ANSWER)Certified Registered Central Service Technician. A professional certification for
individuals specializing in sterile processing.
EPA - (ANSWER)Environmental Protection Agency. Federal agency responsible for regulating infectious
medical waste and clean air standards.
Dermopathy - (ANSWER)A skin disease.
Autoclave sterilizer - (ANSWER)A Class 2 medical device used for steam sterilization.
CDC - (ANSWER)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An agency of the federal government that
promotes healing, prevents and controls disease.
Peri - (ANSWER)A prefix meaning 'around or about'.
Micro drill - (ANSWER)A tool used in ear surgery and for driving very small wires through bone.
Consignment - (ANSWER)When an instrument tray belongs to the vendor but is stored at a healthcare
facility.
Binary fission - (ANSWER)The bacteria reproductive process where a mother cell divides into a daughter
cell.
Decontamination battery - (ANSWER)A battery or cord used to prevent fluid from entering powered
surgical instruments during cleaning.
, CRCST CERTIFICATION EXAM UPDATED 2025/2026 (9TH ED.) | STERILIZATION AND
INFECTION CONTROL| WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Glutaraldehyde - (ANSWER)A high-level disinfectant used for sterilization.
OPA - (ANSWER)Ortho-phthalaldehyde. A high-level disinfectant used for sterilization.
Cellulosic materials - (ANSWER)Materials such as paper, cotton, and linen that cannot be processed in
hydrogen peroxide gas/plasma.
2 million - (ANSWER)Approximately the number of patients who develop healthcare-associated
infections each year.
Quality safety efficiency - (ANSWER)The three levels that standards and regulations help set in a
department.
Chain of infection - (ANSWER)The series of events that allows an infection to spread from one person to
another.
Veins - (ANSWER)Blood vessels that carry blood back towards the heart.
USP-NFR - (ANSWER)United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary. An organization that creates and
revises standards for processing water for irrigation.
Colonoscope - (ANSWER)A medical device used to visualize the entire large intestine.
Phenolic - (ANSWER)A type of intermediate to low-level disinfectant.
EPA - (ANSWER)Environmental Protection Agency. An agency that imposes strict labeling requirements
on manufacturers of chemicals used by the central service department.
Intermediate level disinfection - (ANSWER)The level of disinfection required for nonlipid, small viruses.
