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SURGICAL TECH STUDY GUIDE FOR CST
EXAM | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
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What is an example of the interaction between personal and professional
life?
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The nature of the OR results in some isolation from the
general public
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Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to?
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consistent communication
What tasks belongs to the medical records department?
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maintains and verifies all patient records, trascription of
history and phsyical, requires proper signature, may provide
past medical records when needed
Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the?
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Radiologist
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A professional organization dedicated to the improvement of surgical care
by elevating standards of surgical education and practice is the?
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American College of Surgeons
The non-profit organization that develops standards and performance
criteria for health care organiations is the?
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The Joint Commission
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What is a proper job description?
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Provides a job title, definition, specified requirements,
duties and tasks, and designation of ones immediate
supervisor
Which OR team member is responsible for opening sterile supplies onto the
field DURING a surgical procedure?
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Circulator and ST in circulating role
Surgical technologists are employed most often in which are of the
hospital?
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Surgery department
When was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist
offered?
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Dec 1970
Indirect patient care is provided by which departments?
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administration, maintenance, housekeeping, food services,
purchasing/central services, medical records
The certification exam for surgical techs is given by what entity
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National Board of Surgical Technologists and Surgical
Assistants
The surgical technologist serving in the traditional role is called the?
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Scrub tech or STSR
Accreditation is a term that applies to?
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Programs
Hospital philosophy and policy are usually determined by the ?
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Board of Trustees
A CRNA is part of what OR group
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non sterile anesthesia dept
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A contractual relatinship and mutual benefit that exist when one party or
entity agrees to pay another for a specified loss or condition is known as?
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insurance
Medicare is a program administered by the federal government through
which agency
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CMS
The __ is a division of the United Nations that promotes health activites
worldwide?
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