Sterile Processing - Final Exam,
IAHCSMM CENTRAL SUPPLY STUDY
GUIDE, Sterile Processing Study
Material for Certification Exam
Spiral-Shaped
... [Show More] Bacteria --------Correct Answer -----------Spirillum
This government agency is dedicated to ensuring a fast, safe, and efficient
transportation system --------Correct Answer -----------Depart of Transportation (DOT)
Rod-Shaped Bacteria --------Correct Answer -----------Bacillus
Bacteria that are capable of growing in the absence of free oxygen --------Correct
Answer -----------Anaerobic Bacteria
Round or spherical-Shaped Bacteria --------Correct Answer -----------Cocci
Name the "links" in the chain of infection --------Correct Answer -----------Causative Agent
Reservoir of the Agent
Portal of Exit of the Agent to the Reservoir
Mode of Transmission
Portal of Entry into the Host
Susceptible Host
The percentage of hospital patients that develop a healthcare facility-associated
infection. --------Correct Answer -----------Approximately 10%
Recommended temperature for the Decontamination area of Central Service --------
Correct Answer -----------60 - 65 degrees F
(10 - 18 degrees C)
Organization that establishes standards and guidelines for the processing of flexible
endoscopes --------Correct Answer -----------Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and
Associates (SGNA)
Faccine provided to healthcare workers who may come in contact with bloodborne
pathogens --------Correct Answer -----------Hepatitis B Vaccine
This government agnecy regulates the reprocessing of single use devices and the
approval of medical devices --------Correct Answer -----------Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)
Considers all patients potentially infectious and requires that healthcare professionals
protect themselves from contact with blood and other blody fluids --------Correct Answer
-----------Standard Precautions
Name the 5 Principles of Asepsis --------Correct Answer -----------Know what is dirty
Know what is clean
Know what is sterile
Keep the 3 conditions separate
Remedy contamination immediately
Contaminated items should be transported in --------Correct Answer -----------Enclosed
containers or carts
What is the requirement for routine cleaning of the floors in the Central Serivce
Department --------Correct Answer -----------Floors should be wet-mopped daily
Failure to perform soiled pick up rounds as scheduled can lead to --------Correct Answer
-----------Instrument and Equipment shortages
An inanimate object that can transmit bacteria --------Correct Answer -----------Fomite
The instrument preparation process begins in the --------Correct Answer -----------User
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