PRE-OP
When applying a tourniquet preoperatively, what item is used to force blood from an extremity?
Esmarch
A sterile item used with an electrosurgical unit is the?
Active Electrode
When transferring an unconscious, post-operative adult patient from the operating room table to a bed, what is the minimum number of people required for safe transfer?
4
What lies between the lung and the chest wall?
Pleura
What is the body's local tissue reaction to injury?
Inflammation
If a routine procedure was performed without consent, the Surgeon committed?
Battery
For sterilization, biological indicators should placed?
In the most challenging area of the load.
What is the primary purpose of local anesthetic?
Block Peripheral Nerve Receptors
A laparotomy drape has been placed on a patient, an unprepepped skin on the operative sire is exposed. What is the BEST next step?
Removes drapes and re-prep
Instruments that come in conatct with the appendiceal stump during an appendectomy should be?
Place in a separate basin
To prevent contamination at the end of a surgical procedure, what should be removed LAST by the Surgical Tech in the scrub role?
Surgical gloves
When performing a paratidectomy, what nerve is identified and preserved with the use of a nerve stimulator?
Facial Nerve
What is associated with secondary intention wound healing?
Tissue Granualtion
What is an unexpected occurrence that involves physiologic or psychologic injury or death?
Sentinel Event
What must be done before sterilizing an instrument with a lumen?
Injecting a small amount of distilled water into the lumen
What is the desired effect of atropine sulfate when used as a preoperative medication?
Drying of secretions
What positioning device may be used for a total hip arthroplasty?
Bean Bag
Sterile supplies and instruments for a case have been opened in OR 1. The Surgical Tech was just informed that the case has been moved to OR 2 and the next case in OR 1 is scheduled in two hours. What BEST course of action should take place?
New sterile supplies and instruments should be obtained for OR 2 and the setup in OR 1 should be disposed of.
At the conclusion of the surgical procedure, Mayo stand should?
Remain sterile until the patient leaves room
What is a major function of the colon?
Absorb water
What pathogen would MOST likely cause a Post-Operative SSI?
Staphylococcus Aureus
If a Kelly clamp is left in a patient who underwent a cholecystectomy, what is the legal concept?
Res Ispa Loquitur
When preparing endoscopic cameras for ethylene oxide sterilization, what is the monitoring processes would be utilized to ensure all parameters of sterilization were met?
Biological indicator
What is condition is triggered by an injection of succinylcholine (Anectine) and causes an unusually high fever?
Malignant Hyperthermia
The MOST appropriate time to position the Mayo stand is after?
Draping the patient
A #12 knife blade on a #7 handle is MOST commonly used for what type of surgery?
Tonsillectomy
The MOST common method for decontaminating operating room floors at the end of each case is to?
Damp mop or Wet vacuum with a detergent-disinfectant solution
What does parathyroid gland regulate?
Calcium
Bacteria can be reduced in the operating room by?
Damp dusting of surfaces
A Surgical Tech sees a neighbor being admitted. How should the Surgical Tech respond?
Do not acknowledge the neighbor unless greeted first.
What is the spore-forming microorganisms used as biological monitors for checking steam sterilization effectiveness for a load of instruments in rigid container?
Bacillus Stearothermophilus
How much 0.25% bupivacaine (Marcaine) should be mixed with 1ml of 1.0% lidocaine (Xylocaine) to make the solution equal strengths of both medications?
4.0ml
During a laser laryngoscopy, what supplies must be available?
Wet sponges, towels, and basin of sterile water
Removing a cataract by ultrasonic vibration and aspiration is called?
Phacoemulsification
When a patient's position is changed from lithotomy to supine, the patient's legs should be lowered slowly to prevent?
Hypotension
Following an abdominal surgery, the suregon just closed the peritoneum. What layer will be suture next?
Fascia
Aerobic organisms are BEST characterized as?
Oxygen-Requiring
A Surgical Tech is assigned to a room where the patient happens to be his neighbor. To protect confidentiality, the Surgical Tech should indicate that he knows the patient and?
Request to be removed from the room
A colonoscopy has just concluded, and it is time to reprocess the instruments utilized in case. What is the MOST effective method for processing the endoscopes?
Glutaraldehyde
What anticoagulant should be given during vascular procedures to prevent normal blood clotting?
Heparin Sodium