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IAHCSMM CRCST 8TH EDITION -
CRCST Vocabulary Questions and
Answers
Integrated Delivery Network - ✔✔A system of healthcare providers and organizations
which provide (or arrange to provide) a coordinated range of services to a specific
population. An IDN may be clinically and financially accountable to the population
served for its health status.
Service - ✔✔An activity that helps or assists one of more persons or groups of people.
Decontamination - ✔✔To make safe by removing or reducing contamination by
infectious organisms or other harmful substances; the reduction of contamination to an
acceptable level.
Case Cart System - ✔✔An inventory control system for products/equipment typically
used in an operating room that involves use of an enclosed cart generally prepared for
one surgical case, and not used for general supply replenishment.
Doctor Preference Card - ✔✔A document that identifies a physician's needs (requests or
preferences) for a specific medical procedure. Preference cards usually contain
information regarding the instruments, equipment, supplies, and utensils used by a
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specified physician. They may also include reminders for the staff of the physician's
preferences regarding patient draping, etc.
Case Cart Pull Sheet - ✔✔A list of specific supplies, utensils, and instruments for a
specific procedure. Central Service Technicians use these lists to assemble the items
needed for individual surgical procedures
Material Management Department - ✔✔The healthcare department responsible for
researching, ordering, receiving, and managing inventory (consumable supplies)
Negative Air Pressure - ✔✔The situation that occurs when air flows into a room or area
because the pressure in the area is less than that of surrounding areas.
Positive Air Pressure - ✔✔The situation that occurs when air flows out of a room or
area because the pressure in the area is greater than that of surrounding areas.
Standard Precautions - ✔✔Methods of using appropriate barriers to prevent
transmissions of infectious organisms from contact with blood and all other bodily
fluids, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes. Standard precautions apply to all
patients, regardless of diagnosis or presumed infectious status.
Nosocomial - ✔✔Hospital-Acquired Infection (HIA); pertaining to a hospital; applied to
a disease caused in the course of being treated in a hospital.
Job Description - ✔✔A human resources tool that identifies the major tasks performed
by persons in specific positions.
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Certification - ✔✔Association and industry recognition given to individuals with
educational and/or work experience requirements who successfully complete an
examination process that demonstrates their knowledge of subject-matter to be
mastered for success in their profession.
Career Ladder - ✔✔A plan projecting more responsible professional positions that
serves as a foundation for designing a professional development program
Microbiology - ✔✔The study of microorganisms. The science which treats the nature,
life and action of microorganisms.
Contamination - ✔✔The state of being soiled or infected by contact with infectious
organisms or other material
Microns - ✔✔A unit of measurement; 1/1000 of a millimeter or 1/25,000 of an inch;
usually designated by the Greek letter "u".
Protoplasm - ✔✔Describes all living materials in a cell. A thick mucous-like substance
that is colorless and translucent that forms the biochemical basis of life within the cell
nucleus.
Components of a cell - ✔✔Cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, capsule, flagella,
nucleus
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IAHCSMM CRCST 8TH EDITION -
CRCST Vocabulary Questions and
Answers
Integrated Delivery Network - ✔✔A system of healthcare providers and organizations
which provide (or arrange to provide) a coordinated range of services to a specific
population. An IDN may be clinically and financially accountable to the population
served for its health status.
Service - ✔✔An activity that helps or assists one of more persons or groups of people.
Decontamination - ✔✔To make safe by removing or reducing contamination by
infectious organisms or other harmful substances; the reduction of contamination to an
acceptable level.
Case Cart System - ✔✔An inventory control system for products/equipment typically
used in an operating room that involves use of an enclosed cart generally prepared for
one surgical case, and not used for general supply replenishment.
Doctor Preference Card - ✔✔A document that identifies a physician's needs (requests or
preferences) for a specific medical procedure. Preference cards usually contain
information regarding the instruments, equipment, supplies, and utensils used by a
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specified physician. They may also include reminders for the staff of the physician's
preferences regarding patient draping, etc.
Case Cart Pull Sheet - ✔✔A list of specific supplies, utensils, and instruments for a
specific procedure. Central Service Technicians use these lists to assemble the items
needed for individual surgical procedures
Material Management Department - ✔✔The healthcare department responsible for
researching, ordering, receiving, and managing inventory (consumable supplies)
Negative Air Pressure - ✔✔The situation that occurs when air flows into a room or area
because the pressure in the area is less than that of surrounding areas.
Positive Air Pressure - ✔✔The situation that occurs when air flows out of a room or
area because the pressure in the area is greater than that of surrounding areas.
Standard Precautions - ✔✔Methods of using appropriate barriers to prevent
transmissions of infectious organisms from contact with blood and all other bodily
fluids, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes. Standard precautions apply to all
patients, regardless of diagnosis or presumed infectious status.
Nosocomial - ✔✔Hospital-Acquired Infection (HIA); pertaining to a hospital; applied to
a disease caused in the course of being treated in a hospital.
Job Description - ✔✔A human resources tool that identifies the major tasks performed
by persons in specific positions.
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Certification - ✔✔Association and industry recognition given to individuals with
educational and/or work experience requirements who successfully complete an
examination process that demonstrates their knowledge of subject-matter to be
mastered for success in their profession.
Career Ladder - ✔✔A plan projecting more responsible professional positions that
serves as a foundation for designing a professional development program
Microbiology - ✔✔The study of microorganisms. The science which treats the nature,
life and action of microorganisms.
Contamination - ✔✔The state of being soiled or infected by contact with infectious
organisms or other material
Microns - ✔✔A unit of measurement; 1/1000 of a millimeter or 1/25,000 of an inch;
usually designated by the Greek letter "u".
Protoplasm - ✔✔Describes all living materials in a cell. A thick mucous-like substance
that is colorless and translucent that forms the biochemical basis of life within the cell
nucleus.
Components of a cell - ✔✔Cell wall, cell membrane, cytoplasm, capsule, flagella,
nucleus
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