CBSPD Tech Certification Exam Study Guide 2023 with
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A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following
should the technician do?
Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on
which of the following?
Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in
areas in which medical devices are processed?
Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile
processing department is because they can
Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and
walls in the Sterile Processing Department?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines
Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe
Work flow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department?
Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile
Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it
Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED
In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures
Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is
an example of
A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with
Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT
Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to
Provide the body with nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease?
Hepatitis C Virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called
Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT
, Increasing the patient length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents?
Hepatitis B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department
in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician
should
Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the trays
When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment
should be worn EXCEPT
A plastic apron over the scrub suit
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments?
Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level
A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working
on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to
get additional tools. The technician should
Report the problem to your supervisor
while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an
opened/used tray to decon, best procedure?
Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection
cart
When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the
instruments should be positioned with the
Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand-held instruments on the top
The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning
surgical instruments is
Neutral
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level
disinfection of semi-critical devices
2% activated glutaraldehyde
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following
EXCEPT
Cost of the chemical
After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the
decontamination process is
Rinsing
Generally, the first step in loosening blood soils from the channels of an instrument is to
soak it in
An enzymatic detergent
When cleaning an intravenous (IV) pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump
surface in order to
Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment
The chemical disinfectant that leaves a residual film is
Phenolic
A tray of instruments has been brought to the decontamination area in a saline solution.
Which of the following actions should the technician take?
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A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following
should the technician do?
Place it in an appropriate rigid container
Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on
which of the following?
Chemical
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in
areas in which medical devices are processed?
Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage
The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile
processing department is because they can
Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and
walls in the Sterile Processing Department?
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines
Departmental authority relationships
"Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe
Work flow
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department?
Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile
Storage
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it
Can get caught in moving equipment
Hair coverings are REQUIRED
In all areas of the department
Decontamination procedures
Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized
A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is
an example of
A healthcare acquired infection
Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with
Arteriosclerosis
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT
Thermometers
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to
Provide the body with nutrients
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease?
Hepatitis C Virus
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called
Sepsis
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT
, Increasing the patient length of stay
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents?
Hepatitis B
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department
in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician
should
Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the trays
When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment
should be worn EXCEPT
A plastic apron over the scrub suit
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments?
Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level
A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working
on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to
get additional tools. The technician should
Report the problem to your supervisor
while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an
opened/used tray to decon, best procedure?
Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection
cart
When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the
instruments should be positioned with the
Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand-held instruments on the top
The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning
surgical instruments is
Neutral
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level
disinfection of semi-critical devices
2% activated glutaraldehyde
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following
EXCEPT
Cost of the chemical
After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the
decontamination process is
Rinsing
Generally, the first step in loosening blood soils from the channels of an instrument is to
soak it in
An enzymatic detergent
When cleaning an intravenous (IV) pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump
surface in order to
Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment
The chemical disinfectant that leaves a residual film is
Phenolic
A tray of instruments has been brought to the decontamination area in a saline solution.
Which of the following actions should the technician take?
