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Which of the following is considered the MOST important skill for a surgical technologist?
A. Management of specimen
B. Management of sponged
C. Maintaining an orderly set up
D. Ensuring adequate lighting
A. Management of Specimen
A special-made instrument without a backup falls to the floor during a procedure. Which of the following is the following is the BEST reason to hesitate performing immediate-use sterilization?
A. The sterilizer is used for implantable devices, but not instruments
B. The manufacturer's standards for sterilization to the OR after sterilization
C. The staff feels uncomfortable transporting the unwrapped instruments to the OR after sterilization
D. There are no wrappers or pouches available for sterilizing the instrument
B. The manufacturer's standards for sterilization to the OR after sterilization
A T-tube drain may be used following
A. Splenectomy
B. Choledochotomy
C. Appendectomy
D. Herniorrhaphy
B. Choledochotomy
CSF is formed in the lateral ventricles of a patient and may not properly flow into the ventricles through the foramen of
A. Magendie into the fourth ventricle
B. Monro into the fourth ventricle
C. Sylvius into the fourth ventricle
D. Luschka into the fourth ventricle
C.
The personnel primarily responsible for transporting soiled instrumentation to decontamination is the
A. housekeeping staff
B. anesthesia technician
C. surgical technologist
D. central processing technician
C. surgical technologist
If there is any questions related to handling a specific type of specimen, which of the following departments should be consulted?
A. histology
B. laboratory
C. pathology
D. radiology
C. pathology
When assisting with the closure of a skin incision and operating the skin stapler, the surgical technologist places the staples through which two layers?
A. cuticular and subcuticular
B. subicular and subcutaneous
C. subcuticular and subcutaneous
D. subcutaneous and fascia
A. cuticular and subcuticular
A physician prescribed 50 milligrams of Demerol. The Demerol is supplied in 100 mg/mL. How many mL of Demerol should be given?
A. 0.5 mL
B. 1.0 mL
C. 1.5 mL
D. 2.0 mL
A.0.5 mL
During an excisional biopsy of sentinel nodes, the surgical technologist should prepare specimens using which of the following method?
A. Place on a raytec to be handed off to the circulator
B. Separate on telfa and pass to the circulator
C. Place in separate containers and identify
D. Place in specimen container held by circulator using a hemostat
C. Place in separate containers and identify
Which of the following is reshaped during a total hip arthroplasty?
A. fibula
B. acetabulum
C. iliac crest
D. tibia
B. acetabulum
The required number of air exchanges per hour in an OR is
A. 5 to 10
B. 15 to 25
C. 30 to 35
D. 40 to 50
B. 15 to 25
A type of regional anesthesia in which a tourniquet is applied and local anesthetic is administered intravenously is called
A. Bier block.
B. peripheral nerve block.
C. MAC.
D. caudal anesthesia.
A. Bier block.
Which of the following is MOST likely to be used during a posterior cervical decompression?
A. Kirschner wire
B. Hoffman device
C. Steinmann pins
D. Mayfield clamp
D. Mayfield clamp
A surgical technologist recieved the following medications onto the sterile field: 0.9% sodium chloride, bacitracin 1 gm, 0.25% marcaine with epinephrine. Which of the following s the most appropriate was to label these medications?
A. saline + bacitracine and .25 marcaine epinephrine
B. NACL + 1 gm baci and 0.25 marc w/epi
C. saline + baci and 0.25% marc with epi
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracine and 0.25% marcaine with epinephrine
D. 0.9% saline + 1 gm bacitracine and 0.25% marcaine with epinephrine
An organization that regulates the production of biological sterilization test packs in-house is
A. CDC.
B. ANSI.
C. AAMI.
D. SDS.
C. AAMI.
The surgical incision that allows for the BEST visualization for Billroth 1 procedure is
A. McBurneys
B. Pfannenstiel
C. Midline
D. Subcostal
C. Midline
17.During a craniotomy, which of the following types of bone is entered?
A. flat
B. round
C. long
D. short
A. flat
Which of the following is the MOST acceptable technique when placing a patient in the lithotomy position?
A. arms placed on arm boards placed at 110 degrees
B. legs placed in stirrups one at a time
C. both legs placed in stirrups simultaneously
D. the lower break of the table
C. both legs placed in stirrups simultaneously
When transferring a thoracotomy patient to recovery, the chest drainage system should be
A. disconnected
B. placed at the patient's side
C. positioned above the patient's head
D. maintained below the patient's chest
D. maintained below the patient's chest
Rod-shaped bacteria are called
A. bacilli.
B. cocci.
C. vibrio.
D. spirals.
A. bacilli
How much 0.25% bupivacaine should be mixed with 1 mL of 1.0% lidocaine to make the solution equal strengths of both medications?
A. 2.0 mL
B. 4.0 mL
C. 5.0 mL
D. 10.0 mL
B. 4.0 mL
Which of the following devices should the surgical technologist have delivered to the sterile field for a low anterior resection?
A. GIA linear stapler
B. ligating dividing stapler
C. intraluminal stapler
D. TA-60 stapler
C. intraluminal stapler
Which of the following supplies should the surgical technologist have available for placement of a long arm cast?
A. Xeroform
B. Webril
C. Telfa
D. Kerlix
B. Webril
When preparing surgical specimens, in addition to the surgical technologist, who else is responsible for accurately labeling the specimen?
A. surgeon and anesthesiologist
B. circulation nurse and the first assistant
C. anesthesiologist and first assistant
D. surgeon and circulating nurse
D. surgeon and circulating nurse
A type of passive transport when salt crystals dissolve in water is known as
A. phagocytosis.
B. endocytosis.
C. osmosis.
D. diffusion.
D. diffusion.