AST Surgical Technologist Practice Exam
Questions and Answers
absence of microorganisms - ✅✅asepsis
a device to accomplish steam or gas sterilization - ✅✅autoclave
amount of gross organic debris or the number of microorganisms on an object at
any given time - ✅✅bioburden
a method for testing the sterilization capability of a sterilizer; contains
microorganisms that are killed when exposed to a sterilization process -
✅✅biological indicator
designed for use with a pre-vacuum steam sterilizer steam sterilizer to test for air
entrapment - ✅✅Bowie-Dick test
Multidrug-resistant - ✅✅MDR
proteinaceous infectious particle - ✅✅Prion
microorganism that causes an infection - ✅✅pathogen
cleaner that uses cavitation to dislodge tiny organic particles that can't be
removed by normal manual cleaning - ✅✅ultrasonic
, an ionic cleaning interaction between an organic compound and a metal -
✅✅chelation
number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object - ✅✅bioburden
object that has come into contact with pathogenic materials -
✅✅contaminated
ability of a wrapper to allow passage of steam and air through a barrier -
✅✅permeability
process of quickly sterilizing unwrapped instruments - ✅✅flash
level of disinfection that kills most microorganisms, but not spores -
✅✅intermediate
sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than by time lapsed -
✅✅event-related
complete, no breaks or tears - ✅✅integrity
a lensed device used for viewing the interior of a body cavity - ✅✅endoscope
Questions and Answers
absence of microorganisms - ✅✅asepsis
a device to accomplish steam or gas sterilization - ✅✅autoclave
amount of gross organic debris or the number of microorganisms on an object at
any given time - ✅✅bioburden
a method for testing the sterilization capability of a sterilizer; contains
microorganisms that are killed when exposed to a sterilization process -
✅✅biological indicator
designed for use with a pre-vacuum steam sterilizer steam sterilizer to test for air
entrapment - ✅✅Bowie-Dick test
Multidrug-resistant - ✅✅MDR
proteinaceous infectious particle - ✅✅Prion
microorganism that causes an infection - ✅✅pathogen
cleaner that uses cavitation to dislodge tiny organic particles that can't be
removed by normal manual cleaning - ✅✅ultrasonic
, an ionic cleaning interaction between an organic compound and a metal -
✅✅chelation
number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object - ✅✅bioburden
object that has come into contact with pathogenic materials -
✅✅contaminated
ability of a wrapper to allow passage of steam and air through a barrier -
✅✅permeability
process of quickly sterilizing unwrapped instruments - ✅✅flash
level of disinfection that kills most microorganisms, but not spores -
✅✅intermediate
sterility determined by how a package is handled rather than by time lapsed -
✅✅event-related
complete, no breaks or tears - ✅✅integrity
a lensed device used for viewing the interior of a body cavity - ✅✅endoscope
