Decontamination Area ✔✔where soiled items are received and cleaned. *All levels for the same
tray should be labeled w/a tag to identify the level
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Preparation and Packaging Area ✔✔where cleaned items are inspected, assembled, and packaged.
Sterilization Area ✔✔where terminal sterilization is performed.
Sterile Storage Area ✔✔where sterile items are stored until needed.
Loaner Area ✔✔for the receipt and return of instruments borrowed for specialty procedures.
Patient Care Equipment Clean-Up Area ✔✔where patient care equipment is cleaned and
disinfected.
Work Flow ✔✔how the work progresses through the department or processing area. *Dirty to
Clean
Function of CS/SPD ✔✔receives, cleans, decontaminates, assembles, inspects, disinfects,
sterilizes reusable medical and surgical devices
Sterile processing is A.K.A ✔✔Central Material Service, Sterile Processing Service, Central
Service, Sterile Processing Department
Occupational Safety Health Administration (OSHA) ✔✔protects workers; OSHA standards are
required by law; sets occupational exposure limits for all chemicals in the workplace under mSDS
(material safety data sheet); "right to know"; Emergency eyewash stations
Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) ✔✔voluntary; promotes health by preventing
and controlling disease; publishes recommendations and guidelines; hand hygiene (15 second
minimum); NO artificial nails; classifies medical devices according to Spaulding
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) ✔✔MUST be worn to protect from blood and bodily fluid
disposable sharps must be disposed in ✔✔rigid biohazard container
Sharps ✔✔instruments/devices with points/blades
skull ✔✔cranium and facial bones
hyoid bone ✔✔located in neck; supports tongue and swallowing; only bone NOT articulated
w/another
vertebral column ✔✔vertebrae separated by discs; lumbar, thoracic and cervical spine
PLIF ✔✔Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Thoracic cage ✔✔sternum and 12 pairs of ribs; protect organs of chest and upper abdomen
Making an opening into thoracic cavity to give surgeons access to lung and heart ✔✔Thoracotomy
Appendicular skeleton ✔✔Appendages
Pectoral girdle ✔✔scapula and clavicle connect bones of arms and aids movemnet
Upper limb bones ✔✔humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals and phalanges
Carpal Tunnel Repair ✔✔removing tissue displaced bone in wrist area to release pressure on
median nerve
Lower limb bones ✔✔femur, tibia, fibula, patella, tarsals
humerus, radius, ulna ✔✔connect at elbow joint
carpals, metacarpals, phalanges ✔✔form wrist and hand
femur, tibia, fibula ✔✔connect at knee joint
patella ✔✔knee bone
tarsals ✔✔ankle; metatarsals and phalanges form ankle and foot
Joints ✔✔junctions between bones; articulation
total hip and knee sets; osteotomes; screw sets ✔✔instruments used for skeletal system
skeletal muscle ✔✔responds to stimulation by contracting and relaxing; voluntary; striated;
*attached to bone by a tendon
smooth muscle ✔✔involuntary movement; slower to contract and relax; common throughout body
systems (e.g. digestive tract)
Types of muscle tissue ✔✔Cardiac; Smooth; Skeletal
cardiac muscle ✔✔makes up heart; contracts automatically; involuntary and rhythmical
ACL ✔✔Anterior Cruciate Ligament
a repair to the muscles and ligaments of the shoulder joint ✔✔Rotator Cuff Repair
Integumentary system ✔✔skin, hair, glands and nails
largest organ OF the body ✔✔skin
epidermis; dermis; hypodermis ✔✔layers of integument
epidermis ✔✔superficial protective layer
dermis ✔✔deeper than epidermis; *contains nerves and blood supply
hypodermis (subcutaneous) ✔✔deepest layer of skin
circulatory system ✔✔pumps blood (tissue) throughout the entire body and removes waste
products
transportation, regulation, protection ✔✔3 main functions of the circulatory system
heart ✔✔pumps more than 10 gallons of blood a minute through arteries and veins; has 4 chambers
atria ✔✔upper chambers; receive blood back from veins
ventricles ✔✔lower chambers; force blood out of heart into arteries
separated by septum ✔✔right and left chambers
separated by mitral (bicuspid) and tricuspid valves ✔✔atria and ventricles
when veins vs. arteries are reversed in the concept of blood flow ✔✔pulmonary; bluish color of
vein indicate blood needs oxygen
sternal saws, open heart instruments, coronary dilators ✔✔instruments used for circulatory system
main function is to supply oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide from the body; *the area
where homeostasis (regulation) of pH occurs in the body ✔✔Respiratory system
upper respiratory system ✔✔nose, nasal cavity, pharynx, sinuses and larynx
lower respiratory system ✔✔trachea, bronchial tree, lungs
breathing ✔✔inhalation and expiration; exchange of air between atmosphere and alveoli of lungs
instruments used for respiratory system ✔✔bronchoscopes; tracheostomy sets
digestion and absorption ✔✔main functions of digestive system (GI tract)
tonsillectomy ✔✔removing lymph tissue in the pharynx (throat)
oral cavity ✔✔ingest food, mix w/ saliva and swallow
pharynx ✔✔receives food and transports to esophagus
esophagus ✔✔transports food to stomach by peristalsis
stomach ✔✔receives food from esophagus; mixes with gastric juices; moves chyme to duodenum
small intestine ✔✔*longest part of GI tract; receives chyme; liver and pancreatic secretions breaks
down chyme; absorbs nutrients and transports waste to large intestine
large intestine ✔✔ascending colon; transverse colon; descending colon; sigmoid colon; rectum;
forms, stores and expels feces through anus
Accessory digestive organs ✔✔teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, pancreas
teeth ✔✔accessories of mechanical chewing
tongue ✔✔moves food around; assist w/swallowing
salivary glands ✔✔produce saliva to cleanse teeth and dissolve food chemicals; mucous used to
lubricate pharynx
parotidectomy ✔✔removing a salivary gland because of a tumor formation
liver ✔✔*largest INTERNAL organ; produces and secretes digestive enzyme bile
pancreas ✔✔secretes pancreatic juice for digestion; regulates blood sugar
instruments used for digestive system ✔✔laparoscopes, sigmoidoscope, colonoscope, laparotomy
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