Chapter 6
This federal agency is responsible for ensuring that medical devices are safe and effective for patient care.
This treatment begins the cleaning process at the location where the instruments are used, immediately after the procedure.
What is Point-of-Use treatment
What is the removal of all visible and nonvisible soil and other foreign material from medical devices
What is Cleaning
What is a fomite?
An inanimate object that can transmit bacteria
What type of pressure should the decontamination area have compared with surrounding areas?
What is Negative pressure
Describe the OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
This type of soil includes tissue, body fat, blood, and other body substances
What is Gross Soil
What is the area within a healthcare facility designated for the collection, retention and cleaning of soiled and contaminated items?
What is the decontamination area
Which is one of the six elements in the chain of infection?
What is reservoir?
This organization develops voluntary, consensus-based standards and is important in infection prevention and healthcare
What is ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
This organizations develops voluntary consensus standards for health care, including standards for sterilization and sterile processing.
What is the AAMI (Association for the Advancement ofMedical Instrumentation)
Define what Reusable sharps are
What are the items that should be separated from the reusable instruments and placed in a hard-sided container labeled biohazard?
How many air exchanges per hour should the decontamination area have according to the text?
What is at least 10 air exchanges per hour
Which type of aseptic technique reduces the number of microorganisms to minimize their spread?
What is Medical asepsis
This federal Agency regulates disinfectants and sanitizers and requires covered products to have an __ Registration number
What is EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
These are three FDA medical device classifications, ranging from low-risk to the most stringently regulated
What is Class I, Class II, Class lll
This is the term for a collection of microorganisms that attach to surfaces and each other, forming a protective layer that is difficult for detergents and disinfectants to penetrate.
What is Biofilm
Why can complex medical devices be challenging to clean?
What is they may have hidden surfaces, small spaces, lumens, and difficult areas or impossible to access
Which PPE protects the eyes?
What is Goggles
How often should emergency eyewash/shower stations be activated for testing?
What is weekly, for a period long enough to verify that they are functioning properly
This FDA recall class means there is a reasonable chance the product could cause serious health problems or death
Why is the practice of keeping contaminated items physically separated from clean and sterile items done?
This is because when transporting contaminated instruments, this practice helps prevent cross-contamination and exposure by keeping contaminated items physically separated from clean and sterile items
What environmental factor refers to the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere?
What is humidity
Why is negative air pressure used in the decontamination area?
To prevent contaminated air from moving into clean areas
When contaminated items must be transported between buildings, facilities should follow these federal guidlines for transporting hazardous materials.