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Work flow
" Clean to Dirty " is an SPD term used to describe
Decontamination, Assembly and Sterile Processing, Sterile Storage, and
Distribution
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing department?
Departmental authority relationships
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart , that outlines
Environmental Protection Agency
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and
walls in the Sterile Processing and Distribution Department?
Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in Prep and Packaging because they can
Decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, sterile storage
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow
in areas in which medical devices are processed?
Chemical
Material Safety Data Sheets provide health and safety and hazard and risk information
on which of the following?
Place it in an appropriate rigid container
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following
should the technician do?
Can get caught in moving equipment
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in SPD because it
Preventing bacterial shedding from bare arms
Warm up jackets are recommended to be worn in the Prep and Packaging area for the
purpose of
Provide the body with nutrients
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to
Hepatitis C Virus
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease
Sepsis
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called
Increasing the patient length of stay
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT
Leg
When lifting heavy objects, which of the following muscles should bear most of the
weight?
Thermometers
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT
Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery may be performed on patients with
A nosocomial Infection
, A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is
an example of
Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for the trays
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the SPD on a cart and requests
that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should
Hepatitis B
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents?
Ask the maintenance person to remove the barrier attire when leaving the area
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
Cleaning/ Brushing the instrument beneath the water level
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments?
A lead apron
All of the following items of personal protective equipment should be worn when
manually decontaminating flexible fiber optic endoscopes EXCEPT
Cost of the chemical
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all of the following
EXCEPT
2% activated Glutaraldehyde
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level
disinfection of semi critical devices?
Neutral
The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning
surgical instruments is
Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate
collection cart
While delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the SPD technician is asked
by a unit secretary to take an opened and used tray of instruments back to the SPD
Decontamination Area. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to use?
Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand held instrument on the top
When preparing the instruments from a dissection set for processing in a
washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the
Clean with a detergent solution and then use an appropriate disinfection agent
An acceptable method of decontaminating an item that has been used on a patient is to
Rinse them with water and then clean them in the usual manner
A tray of instruments has been brought the Decontamination area in a saline solution.
Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Spraying with an enzymatic foam, covering them with a towel moistened with
water and placing them in a plastic bag
If it is not possible to wash contaminated instruments immediately after use, they should
be kept moist by
Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment
When cleaning an IV pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump surface in
order to
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Work flow
" Clean to Dirty " is an SPD term used to describe
Decontamination, Assembly and Sterile Processing, Sterile Storage, and
Distribution
What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing department?
Departmental authority relationships
Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart , that outlines
Environmental Protection Agency
Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and
walls in the Sterile Processing and Distribution Department?
Allow fungus to grow beneath them
Acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in Prep and Packaging because they can
Decontamination, assembly, packaging, sterilization, sterile storage
Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for the traffic workflow
in areas in which medical devices are processed?
Chemical
Material Safety Data Sheets provide health and safety and hazard and risk information
on which of the following?
Place it in an appropriate rigid container
A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following
should the technician do?
Can get caught in moving equipment
Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in SPD because it
Preventing bacterial shedding from bare arms
Warm up jackets are recommended to be worn in the Prep and Packaging area for the
purpose of
Provide the body with nutrients
The function of the gastrointestinal system is to
Hepatitis C Virus
A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease
Sepsis
The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called
Increasing the patient length of stay
Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all of the following EXCEPT
Leg
When lifting heavy objects, which of the following muscles should bear most of the
weight?
Thermometers
All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT
Arteriosclerosis
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery may be performed on patients with
A nosocomial Infection
, A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is
an example of
Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to Distribution for the trays
A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the SPD on a cart and requests
that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should
Hepatitis B
Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents?
Ask the maintenance person to remove the barrier attire when leaving the area
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
Cleaning/ Brushing the instrument beneath the water level
Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical
instruments?
A lead apron
All of the following items of personal protective equipment should be worn when
manually decontaminating flexible fiber optic endoscopes EXCEPT
Cost of the chemical
The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all of the following
EXCEPT
2% activated Glutaraldehyde
Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level
disinfection of semi critical devices?
Neutral
The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning
surgical instruments is
Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate
collection cart
While delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the SPD technician is asked
by a unit secretary to take an opened and used tray of instruments back to the SPD
Decontamination Area. Which of the following is the BEST procedure to use?
Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand held instrument on the top
When preparing the instruments from a dissection set for processing in a
washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the
Clean with a detergent solution and then use an appropriate disinfection agent
An acceptable method of decontaminating an item that has been used on a patient is to
Rinse them with water and then clean them in the usual manner
A tray of instruments has been brought the Decontamination area in a saline solution.
Which of the following actions should the technician take?
Spraying with an enzymatic foam, covering them with a towel moistened with
water and placing them in a plastic bag
If it is not possible to wash contaminated instruments immediately after use, they should
be kept moist by
Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment
When cleaning an IV pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump surface in
order to
