1. Which is not considered part of a sterile field? ✔✔Gloves of sterile person who has folded his
arms
2. The presence of only one living
... [Show More] microorganism means an object is: ✔✔Contaminated
3. Which statement concerning masks is not true? ✔✔Ties may be tied crisscross on top of head
In draping a table, the scrub nurse drapes from _____ to _____, protecting her gloves _____.
✔✔Front, back, by cuffing drape edge
The purpose of the hand scrub by the team is to render their skin: ✔✔Surgically Clean
After steam sterilization, which items should not be considered sterile? ✔✔Suction tips attached
to tubing, Asepto syringes with bulbs attached, Cautery tips bound with rubber bands7. Because there is less chance contamination, the preferred method of gloving is _____. For
changing only a glove during a case, this method _______ be used. ✔✔Closed, cannot
8. Which directive for loading a pressure steam sterilizer is incorrect ✔✔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: ✔✔Last with sponges used once and discarded
11. Operating room floors should be flooded with _____ and _____ at the end of each ____.
✔✔Detergent germicide, wet-vaccumed, case
What are some potential sources for surgical infection: ✔✔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? ✔✔Cross strings behind the head for better
aeration
Strike-through ✔✔The soaking of moisture through unsterile layers to sterile layers or vice versaWhich statement concerning the use of boiling water as a sterilizing agent is false? ✔✔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 ✔✔25, 50
Which draping principle is false? ✔✔Drape far side of unsterile table first
Which are not essential considerations in the design of an OR suite: ✔✔Windows, top floor
locations, central corridor
8. Which statement regarding sterile items is false? ✔✔Covered sterile set ups may be used later
in the day
9. When is the open glove technique preferred over the closed glove technique? ✔✔To change a
glove during a procedureThe first step in the decontamination process of instruments after a procedure should be:
✔✔Mechanical decontamination washer-sterilizer
11. Which antiseptic solutions are effective against both gram-negative and gram-positive
microorganisms ✔✔Iodophors, Chlorhexidine gluconate
Which statement regarding sterile technique is false ✔✔Paper or peel-open packages are torn to
expose contents
13. Which is (are) used to check the effectiveness of sterilizers: ✔✔Biological spore strip
Which statement concerning ethylene oxide sterilization is false? ✔✔Polyvinyl chloride
wrappers are recommended
Predisposing factors that substantially increases the risk of infection are: ✔✔Duration of
operation, invasive monitoring techniques, indiscriminate use of antibioties, gastrointestinal
surgery, prosthetic devices.An area of a gown considered sterile is ( are ) the ____ while the ____ is considered unsterile.
✔✔Sleeves, neck
Which is the major source of contamination in the operating room? ✔✔Personnel
Which is (are) not effective method (s) of disinfection in an operating room: ✔✔Mercurial
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