This is the most effective and easiest way to break the chain of infection
What is hand hygiene/hand washing?
100
Pre op antibiotics are given within this time frame
What is 60 minutes?
100
A sterilization-monitoring device used to monitor the attainment of one or more critical parameters required for sterilization
What is a chemical indicator?
100
These must be viewed and counted simultaneously and audibly by both the circulator and scrub person
What are sponges, soft goods, sharps, and instruments
200
This is an OSHA requirement to prevent injuries from falling or rolling objects
What is protective footwear (closed toes shoes with non-skid sole)
200
These are 2 common alcohol based prep agents used for skin preparation?
What are Avagard and Chloroprep?
200
Antibiotics should be discontinued within this timeframe after surgery
What is 24 hours?
200
This method is used to remove absorbed ethylene oxide from EO sterilized items by circulating warm air.
What is aeration?
200
All soft goods put into the surgical wound should be ______
What is radiopaque or x-ray detectable?
300
These are to be close fitting and worn snapped up with cuffs down to the wrists
What is a warm up jacket?
300
Staph aureus is the leading cause of this type of infection
What is surgical site infection?
300
Appropriate method for hair removal for surgery
What is clipping?
300
Flexible endoscopes should be reprocessed before use if unused for more than __________days
What is 5 days?
300
Used sharps on the sterile field should be kept in a ______
What is a puncture resistant container?
400
These are the only AORN recommended head coverings
What is What are disposable bouffant caps and hoods- reusable fabric hats may be worn if there is a mechanism to substantiate daily laundering
400
This is where approximately 30% of the population carries S. aureus
What is the nose?
400
Three potential complications caused by hypothermia
What are surgical site infection, changes in coagulapathy, decreased use of medications, increase in PACU discharge time, myocardial changes
400
A pre-determined item/package designed to simulate the product to be sterilized and that is used to assess the efficacy of the sterilization process
What is a process challenge device?
400
When a count discrepancy is detected the first action is to________
What is notify the surgeon?
500
If this cannot be completely contained, it should not be worn at the surgical field
What is jewelry?
500
These are the most resistant type of living organisms
What are spores?
500
Research has shown that patients on this type of medication category (think alliterative) have reduced cardiac complications and should continue the medication perioperatively.
What are beta blockers?
500
This rod shaped gram-negative bacteria is commonly used as a challenge organism for sterilization and to validate the sterilization process
What is geobacillis sterathermophilus?
500
Counts for soft goods for a cesarean section should be performed in this order
What is before the procedure, before closure of the uterus, closure of the peritoneum, and wound closure. Of course counts would be done for any soft goods added to the field or when time permanent relief occurs.