Surg Tech Exam 1
ACS - ANS-American College of Surgeons
\AHA - ANS-American Hospital Association
\Airborne contamination - ANS-Infection spread thru air by sneeze droplets
\AMA - ANS-American Medical Association
\Antiseptic - ANS-Used to describe solutions that are used by the sterile team members to
perform surgical scrub
\Aperture Drape - ANS-Small, clear, plastic drape with openings surrounded by adhesive
backing used to drape eyes and ears
\ARC-ST - ANS-Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology
\ARON - ANS-Association of Operating Room Nurses
\Asepsis - ANS-Absense of pathogenic microorganisms
\AST - ANS-Association of Surgical Technologists
\Bactericidal - ANS-Destroy or kill bacteria (sterilization process)
\Bacteriostatic - ANS-Process of controlling or inhibiting growth of bacteria
\Bio burden - ANS-Degree of microbial contamination or organic debris on an object
\CAAHEP - ANS-Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
\Contamination - ANS-Presence of pathogenic microorganisms on animate or inanimate
objects
\CORST - ANS-Certified Operating Room and Surgical Technician
\Cottonoids - ANS-Also called "patties", neurological sponges used on delicate neural tissue
\Cross-contamination - ANS-Contamination of a person or object by another
\CSFA - ANS-Certified Surgical First Assistant
\CST - ANS-Certified Surgical Technologist
\Decontamination - ANS-Reduce microorganisms on a surface or object known to harbor
pathogenic microorganisms
\Disinfect - ANS-Chemical agents used to kill most growing forms of microbes, NOT
SPORES, used on inanimate objects
\Droplet - ANS-Infection spread thru the air by sneezing, coughing, or talking
\Event-related sterility - ANS-Sterility determined how a package is handled verse time
elapsed
\Fenestration - ANS-Opening of the drape where the incision is made
\Fomite - ANS-Inanimate object
\Fowler's - ANS-patient lies on back, with buttocks at the flex in the table and knees over the
lower break
\Fowler's sitting - ANS-Fowler's position but torso is upright
\Fracture Table - ANS-Used for positioning patients for hip pinning and other orthopedic
procedures
\Incise Drape - ANS-A drape that is impregnated with
anti- microbial Iodine; it's released after application to destroy bacteria
\Kitner dissecting sponge - ANS-Small rolls of cotton tape used for blunt dissection, loaded
on a Rochester-Pean/ Kelly clamp
ACS - ANS-American College of Surgeons
\AHA - ANS-American Hospital Association
\Airborne contamination - ANS-Infection spread thru air by sneeze droplets
\AMA - ANS-American Medical Association
\Antiseptic - ANS-Used to describe solutions that are used by the sterile team members to
perform surgical scrub
\Aperture Drape - ANS-Small, clear, plastic drape with openings surrounded by adhesive
backing used to drape eyes and ears
\ARC-ST - ANS-Accreditation Review Committee on Education in Surgical Technology
\ARON - ANS-Association of Operating Room Nurses
\Asepsis - ANS-Absense of pathogenic microorganisms
\AST - ANS-Association of Surgical Technologists
\Bactericidal - ANS-Destroy or kill bacteria (sterilization process)
\Bacteriostatic - ANS-Process of controlling or inhibiting growth of bacteria
\Bio burden - ANS-Degree of microbial contamination or organic debris on an object
\CAAHEP - ANS-Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
\Contamination - ANS-Presence of pathogenic microorganisms on animate or inanimate
objects
\CORST - ANS-Certified Operating Room and Surgical Technician
\Cottonoids - ANS-Also called "patties", neurological sponges used on delicate neural tissue
\Cross-contamination - ANS-Contamination of a person or object by another
\CSFA - ANS-Certified Surgical First Assistant
\CST - ANS-Certified Surgical Technologist
\Decontamination - ANS-Reduce microorganisms on a surface or object known to harbor
pathogenic microorganisms
\Disinfect - ANS-Chemical agents used to kill most growing forms of microbes, NOT
SPORES, used on inanimate objects
\Droplet - ANS-Infection spread thru the air by sneezing, coughing, or talking
\Event-related sterility - ANS-Sterility determined how a package is handled verse time
elapsed
\Fenestration - ANS-Opening of the drape where the incision is made
\Fomite - ANS-Inanimate object
\Fowler's - ANS-patient lies on back, with buttocks at the flex in the table and knees over the
lower break
\Fowler's sitting - ANS-Fowler's position but torso is upright
\Fracture Table - ANS-Used for positioning patients for hip pinning and other orthopedic
procedures
\Incise Drape - ANS-A drape that is impregnated with
anti- microbial Iodine; it's released after application to destroy bacteria
\Kitner dissecting sponge - ANS-Small rolls of cotton tape used for blunt dissection, loaded
on a Rochester-Pean/ Kelly clamp
