NCCT SURGICAL TECH EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026

NCCT SURGICAL TECH EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026 Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded. Rationale: Elderly patients are likely to have pressure ulcers develop if bony prominences are not cushioned and protected from the hard surface of the operating room table. Their skin is delicate and fragile due to their age, and other conditions such as diabetes, or poor circulation. - Answer -An 85-year-old patient is currently in the operating room under general anesthesia for a right hip arthroplasty. Which of the following will best help to prevent perioperative positioning injuries? Ensure all bony prominences are sufficiently padded. Make sure that the implant is appropriately sized for the patient. Be attentive to intraoperative signs of discomfort or distress. Use a body warming blanket during the pre-operative phase. Discard the item and retrieve a new one. Rationale: If the integrity of the package has been compromised, it should not be taken on the sterile field. When in doubt throw it out andget a new one. If the package has a hole it should never be used. If it was taken onto the sterile field it would contaminate the whole field. - Answer -The surgical technologist is opening for a procedure and notices the wrapped item she just opened has a hole in the outer layer. Which of the following is the proper course of action? Open the inner layer onto the sterile field. Discard the item and retrieve a new one. Check the indicator to ensure the item has been sterilized. Place the package on a prep stand and open away from the sterile field. Date, Medication, Dosage Rationale: Correct patient and procedure are the responsibility of the circulator prior to obtaining medication. Expiration date, name of medication and dosage must be communicated during transfer of medication by the circulator and surgical technician to reduce medication errors. - Answer -Before medications or solutions are poured onto the sterile field, the surgical technologist should verify which of the following? (Select the three (3) correct answers.) Patient Date Medication Dosage Procedure The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.Rationale: The light source with the fiber-optic beam, along with a paper drape, would be where the smoke plume was coming from because of the heat. Iodine and lactated ringers are not a flammable liquids and would not be the source of the heat. A faulty ground pad would not be the source of the heat since it's not working properly. - Answer -The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely source of this smoke?