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MDRAO EXAM PREP | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
Which legal act is directly responsible for Medical Device
Reprocessing? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Public hospitals act.
What is benchmarking? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Benchmarking is a
powerful TQM tool used by organizations to evaluate various
aspects of their processes in relation to best practices, usually
within their own industry.
Latex single use gloves can be worn as PPE? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
False. They should be chemically-treated nitrile.
Biopsy forceps require sterilization as a critical device? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > True. They go into broken mucosa.
Decontamination Area - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Soiled equipment is
received, disassembled to their smallest components, and
decontaminated.
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Assembly Area - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Inspected, tested,
reassembled, packaged.
Storage & Distribution - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sterilized item storage
prior to transportation.
What pressure is the decontamination area under? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Negative, to contain contaminants.
Which area are items inspected and identified for repair? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Assembly area.
At what point can sterilized items become contaminated? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Any time during handling, transport, or storage.
What are the two types of organizational structures? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Vertical (upper management down) and Team-Based
(more of an open structure with communal input).
Policies and procedures in the MDRD are guided by what two
governing bodies? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > CSA and the PIDAC
(Ministry of Ontario Best Practices) document.
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What does PIDAC stand for? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Provincial
Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee.
6 external quality control bodies? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > CSA,
Accreditation Canada, and PIDAC, Association for the
Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), and two bodies
about Operating Room Nurses.
Who is the regulatory body for Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information Systems (WHMIS)? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > WSIB
(Workplace Safety Insurance Board)
Study WHMIS pictograms. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > OK.
Do all Hazard Classes and Categories require a Pictogram from
WHMIS? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > No
How often do Safety Data Sheet (MSDS and SDS) need to be
updated? Not every 3 years. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Where should SOPs be kept? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In a central
location. Electronic and physical.
MDRAO EXAM PREP | FREQUENTLY TESTED
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS |
BRAND NEW!
Which legal act is directly responsible for Medical Device
Reprocessing? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Public hospitals act.
What is benchmarking? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Benchmarking is a
powerful TQM tool used by organizations to evaluate various
aspects of their processes in relation to best practices, usually
within their own industry.
Latex single use gloves can be worn as PPE? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
False. They should be chemically-treated nitrile.
Biopsy forceps require sterilization as a critical device? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > True. They go into broken mucosa.
Decontamination Area - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Soiled equipment is
received, disassembled to their smallest components, and
decontaminated.
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Assembly Area - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Inspected, tested,
reassembled, packaged.
Storage & Distribution - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Sterilized item storage
prior to transportation.
What pressure is the decontamination area under? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Negative, to contain contaminants.
Which area are items inspected and identified for repair? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Assembly area.
At what point can sterilized items become contaminated? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Any time during handling, transport, or storage.
What are the two types of organizational structures? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Vertical (upper management down) and Team-Based
(more of an open structure with communal input).
Policies and procedures in the MDRD are guided by what two
governing bodies? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > CSA and the PIDAC
(Ministry of Ontario Best Practices) document.
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What does PIDAC stand for? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Provincial
Infectious Diseases Advisory Committee.
6 external quality control bodies? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > CSA,
Accreditation Canada, and PIDAC, Association for the
Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI), and two bodies
about Operating Room Nurses.
Who is the regulatory body for Workplace Hazardous Materials
Information Systems (WHMIS)? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > WSIB
(Workplace Safety Insurance Board)
Study WHMIS pictograms. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > OK.
Do all Hazard Classes and Categories require a Pictogram from
WHMIS? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > No
How often do Safety Data Sheet (MSDS and SDS) need to be
updated? Not every 3 years. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
Where should SOPs be kept? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > In a central
location. Electronic and physical.
