CBSPD Quiz Decontamination and
Disinfection Questions and answers
All of the following items of personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn
when manually decontaminating flexible fiber-optic endoscopes EXCEPT... -
ANSWER-A lead apron.
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments? - ANSWER-Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water
level.
A technician workihng in Decon notices that the maintanence personworking on
the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the
area to get additional tools. The tech should... - ANSWER-Ask the maintenance
person to remove the barrier attire when leaving the area.
while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take
an opened/used tray to decon. What is the BEST procedure? - ANSWER-Return
for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection
cart.
When preparing the instruments from a dissection set for processing in a
washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the... -
ANSWER-Retractors on the bottom of the basket ajnd 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... - ANSWER-Neutral
Which of the followihng solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for
high-level disinfection of semi-critical devices? - ANSWER-2% activated
glutaraldehyde.
Disinfection Questions and answers
All of the following items of personal protective equipment (PPE) should be worn
when manually decontaminating flexible fiber-optic endoscopes EXCEPT... -
ANSWER-A lead apron.
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments? - ANSWER-Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water
level.
A technician workihng in Decon notices that the maintanence personworking on
the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the
area to get additional tools. The tech should... - ANSWER-Ask the maintenance
person to remove the barrier attire when leaving the area.
while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take
an opened/used tray to decon. What is the BEST procedure? - ANSWER-Return
for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection
cart.
When preparing the instruments from a dissection set for processing in a
washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the... -
ANSWER-Retractors on the bottom of the basket ajnd 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... - ANSWER-Neutral
Which of the followihng solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for
high-level disinfection of semi-critical devices? - ANSWER-2% activated
glutaraldehyde.
