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• Decontamination -✓✓Removing or reducing contamination by infectious organisms or
other harmful substances.
• Decontamination Area -✓✓location within a healthcare facility designated for
collection, retention, and cleaning of soiled and/or contaminated items. Negative air
pressure.
• Workflow -✓✓the workflow in a central service department is designed to avoid cross-
contamination and insure that items efficiently flow through the process from
decontamination to storage.
• Central Service Workflow -✓✓Decontamination.
Preparation/packaging/sterilization.
Sterile storage.
• Preparation/Packaging/Sterilization Area -✓✓Items are carefully inspected for
cleanliness proper function, and defects. Instruments, utensils, and other devices are
assembled into sets, and are then packaged and labeled in preparation for sterilization.
positive air pressure
• Sterile Storage -✓✓The supply area of central service is dedicated to the storage of
sterile and clean supplies. Positive air pressure.
• 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.
• Case cart pull sheet / pick list -✓✓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.
• 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.
• Processing cycle -✓✓Use.
,Return.
Identify.
clean.
assemble.
package.
sterilize.
store.
Deliver.
At each step in the process, items are inspected to ensure that they are clean, in good
repair, assembled and processed correctly.
• Standard precautions -✓✓methods of using appropriate barriers to prevent
transmissions of infectious organisms from contact with blood and all other body fluids,
non-intact skin, and mucous membranes. applies to all patients, regardless of diagnosis
or presumed infectious status.
• Nosocomial -✓✓hospital acquired infection
• Hemi- -✓✓half
• gastro -✓✓stomach
• -ectomy -✓✓surgical removal
• hemigastrectomy -✓✓removal of half of the stomach
• colo -✓✓colon
• hemicolectomy -✓✓removal of half of the colon
• -ac -al -ic -eal -ary -ous. are examples of. -✓✓pertaining to.
• endo- -✓✓within
• artery -✓✓artery
• -cide -✓✓kill
• -itis -✓✓inflammation
• -cise -✓✓cut
• -ectomy -✓✓surgical removal
,• -oscopy -✓✓visual exam of an organ or joint
• -ostomy -✓✓creation of a new
• -otomy -✓✓incision into an organ
• laparoscopy -✓✓visual exam of organs in the abdomen
• colostomy -✓✓creation of new opening to the colon on the body
• -pexy -✓✓surgical fixation
• orchiopexy -✓✓surgically fixation of an undescended testicle to the correct location.
• -plasty -✓✓surgical restoration, plastic repair.
• rhinoplasty -✓✓surgical repair of the nose
• -rrhaphy -✓✓to suture
• -tome -✓✓a cutting instrument
• dermatome -✓✓an instrument used for cutting skin.
• artho -✓✓joint
• cardio -✓✓heart
• chole -✓✓bile
• cholecyst -✓✓gall bladder
• costo -✓✓rib
• intercosto -✓✓between the ribs
• gastro -✓✓stomach
• gyne -✓✓woman
• hema -✓✓blood
• hepat -✓✓liver
, • cranio -✓✓skull
• herni -✓✓rupture
• hyster -✓✓uterus
• lipo -✓✓fat
• litho -✓✓stone
• lithotripsy -✓✓crushing of a stone
• oophor -✓✓ovary
• rhino -✓✓nose
• tracheo -✓✓trachea
• tracheostomy -✓✓surgical opening into trachea.
• hyper- -✓✓above, excessive
• hypo- -✓✓below, deficient
• pre- -✓✓before
• sub- -✓✓under, beneath
• supra- -✓✓above
• bi- -✓✓two/both sides
• hemi- -✓✓half
• para- -✓✓beside, near
• peri- -✓✓around, about
• post- -✓✓after
• ACL -✓✓anterior cruciate Ligament.
reconstruction or repairing of the anterior cruciate ligament.
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• Decontamination -✓✓Removing or reducing contamination by infectious organisms or
other harmful substances.
• Decontamination Area -✓✓location within a healthcare facility designated for
collection, retention, and cleaning of soiled and/or contaminated items. Negative air
pressure.
• Workflow -✓✓the workflow in a central service department is designed to avoid cross-
contamination and insure that items efficiently flow through the process from
decontamination to storage.
• Central Service Workflow -✓✓Decontamination.
Preparation/packaging/sterilization.
Sterile storage.
• Preparation/Packaging/Sterilization Area -✓✓Items are carefully inspected for
cleanliness proper function, and defects. Instruments, utensils, and other devices are
assembled into sets, and are then packaged and labeled in preparation for sterilization.
positive air pressure
• Sterile Storage -✓✓The supply area of central service is dedicated to the storage of
sterile and clean supplies. Positive air pressure.
• 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.
• Case cart pull sheet / pick list -✓✓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.
• 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.
• Processing cycle -✓✓Use.
,Return.
Identify.
clean.
assemble.
package.
sterilize.
store.
Deliver.
At each step in the process, items are inspected to ensure that they are clean, in good
repair, assembled and processed correctly.
• Standard precautions -✓✓methods of using appropriate barriers to prevent
transmissions of infectious organisms from contact with blood and all other body fluids,
non-intact skin, and mucous membranes. applies to all patients, regardless of diagnosis
or presumed infectious status.
• Nosocomial -✓✓hospital acquired infection
• Hemi- -✓✓half
• gastro -✓✓stomach
• -ectomy -✓✓surgical removal
• hemigastrectomy -✓✓removal of half of the stomach
• colo -✓✓colon
• hemicolectomy -✓✓removal of half of the colon
• -ac -al -ic -eal -ary -ous. are examples of. -✓✓pertaining to.
• endo- -✓✓within
• artery -✓✓artery
• -cide -✓✓kill
• -itis -✓✓inflammation
• -cise -✓✓cut
• -ectomy -✓✓surgical removal
,• -oscopy -✓✓visual exam of an organ or joint
• -ostomy -✓✓creation of a new
• -otomy -✓✓incision into an organ
• laparoscopy -✓✓visual exam of organs in the abdomen
• colostomy -✓✓creation of new opening to the colon on the body
• -pexy -✓✓surgical fixation
• orchiopexy -✓✓surgically fixation of an undescended testicle to the correct location.
• -plasty -✓✓surgical restoration, plastic repair.
• rhinoplasty -✓✓surgical repair of the nose
• -rrhaphy -✓✓to suture
• -tome -✓✓a cutting instrument
• dermatome -✓✓an instrument used for cutting skin.
• artho -✓✓joint
• cardio -✓✓heart
• chole -✓✓bile
• cholecyst -✓✓gall bladder
• costo -✓✓rib
• intercosto -✓✓between the ribs
• gastro -✓✓stomach
• gyne -✓✓woman
• hema -✓✓blood
• hepat -✓✓liver
, • cranio -✓✓skull
• herni -✓✓rupture
• hyster -✓✓uterus
• lipo -✓✓fat
• litho -✓✓stone
• lithotripsy -✓✓crushing of a stone
• oophor -✓✓ovary
• rhino -✓✓nose
• tracheo -✓✓trachea
• tracheostomy -✓✓surgical opening into trachea.
• hyper- -✓✓above, excessive
• hypo- -✓✓below, deficient
• pre- -✓✓before
• sub- -✓✓under, beneath
• supra- -✓✓above
• bi- -✓✓two/both sides
• hemi- -✓✓half
• para- -✓✓beside, near
• peri- -✓✓around, about
• post- -✓✓after
• ACL -✓✓anterior cruciate Ligament.
reconstruction or repairing of the anterior cruciate ligament.
