ABSA COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND
COMPLIANCE REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
●● 2. The presence of only one living microorganism means an object
is:
Answer: Contaminated
●● 3. Which statement concerning masks is not true?
Answer: Ties may be tied crisscross on top of head
●● In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____,
protecting her gloves _____.
Answer: Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
●● The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin:
Answer: Surgically Clean
●● After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered
sterile?
Answer: Suction tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs
attached, Cautery tips bound with rubber bands
,●● 7. Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method
of gloving is _____. For changing only a glove during a case, this
method _______ be used.
Answer: Closed, cannot
●● 8. Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect
Answer: Loading liquids first to prevent spillage on packs
●● 10. If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which
cannot be sealed off, it should be scrubbed:
Answer: Last with sponges used once and discarded
●● 11. Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____
at the end of each ____.
Answer: Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
●● What are some potential sources for surgical infection:
Answer: Circulating air, patient's bronchial tree, scrub teams hair,
patients circulating blood, instruments, patients and scrub teams skin
●● Which statement regarding the use of masks is false?
Answer: Cross strings behind the head for better aeration
,●● Strike-through
Answer: The soaking of moisture through unsterile layers to sterile
layers or vice versa
●● Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing
agent is false?
Answer: Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes
●● The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air
exchanges per hour are recommended for infection control and a ___
percent humidity is mandatory to suppress static electricity
Answer: 25, 50
●● Which draping principle is false?
Answer: Drape far side of unsterile table first
●● Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite:
Answer: Windows, top floor locations, central corridor
●● 8. Which statement regarding sterile items is false?
Answer: Covered sterile set ups may be used later in the day
, ●● 9. When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove
technique?
Answer: To change a glove during a procedure
●● The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a
procedure should be:
Answer: Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
●● 11. Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-
negative and gram-positive microorganisms
Answer: Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
●● Which statement regarding sterile technique is false
Answer: Paper or peel-open packages are torn to expose contents
●● 13. Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers:
Answer: Biological spore strip
●● Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false?
Answer: Polyvinyl chloride wrappers are recommended
●● Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection
are:
COMPLIANCE REVIEW SHEET FULL
SOLUTIONS
●● 2. The presence of only one living microorganism means an object
is:
Answer: Contaminated
●● 3. Which statement concerning masks is not true?
Answer: Ties may be tied crisscross on top of head
●● In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____,
protecting her gloves _____.
Answer: Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
●● The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin:
Answer: Surgically Clean
●● After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered
sterile?
Answer: Suction tips attached to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs
attached, Cautery tips bound with rubber bands
,●● 7. Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method
of gloving is _____. For changing only a glove during a case, this
method _______ be used.
Answer: Closed, cannot
●● 8. Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect
Answer: Loading liquids first to prevent spillage on packs
●● 10. If the prep site contains a colostomy or draining sinus which
cannot be sealed off, it should be scrubbed:
Answer: Last with sponges used once and discarded
●● 11. Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____
at the end of each ____.
Answer: Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
●● What are some potential sources for surgical infection:
Answer: Circulating air, patient's bronchial tree, scrub teams hair,
patients circulating blood, instruments, patients and scrub teams skin
●● Which statement regarding the use of masks is false?
Answer: Cross strings behind the head for better aeration
,●● Strike-through
Answer: The soaking of moisture through unsterile layers to sterile
layers or vice versa
●● Which statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing
agent is false?
Answer: Minimum boiling period is 10 minutes
●● The OR ventilating system ensures controlled air supply: ____ air
exchanges per hour are recommended for infection control and a ___
percent humidity is mandatory to suppress static electricity
Answer: 25, 50
●● Which draping principle is false?
Answer: Drape far side of unsterile table first
●● Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite:
Answer: Windows, top floor locations, central corridor
●● 8. Which statement regarding sterile items is false?
Answer: Covered sterile set ups may be used later in the day
, ●● 9. When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove
technique?
Answer: To change a glove during a procedure
●● The first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a
procedure should be:
Answer: Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
●● 11. Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-
negative and gram-positive microorganisms
Answer: Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
●● Which statement regarding sterile technique is false
Answer: Paper or peel-open packages are torn to expose contents
●● 13. Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers:
Answer: Biological spore strip
●● Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false?
Answer: Polyvinyl chloride wrappers are recommended
●● Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection
are:
