Intro to SP
This is required to facilitate materials moving from soiled to clean to sterile.
What is one-way flow?
The origin language of many medical terms.
What is Greek and Latin?
A system created to describe different body part positions and locations.
What is anatomical position?
The state of being soiled by contact with infectious organisms or other material.
What is contamination?
Process or ability to kill or control the growth of living organisms
What is biocidal?
A program designed for the voluntary reporting of device related problems.
What is MedWatch?
Tissue, body fat, blood and other body substances.
What is gross soil?
Temperature and humidity monitors are based on....
What is ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE 170?
This disinfectant is incompatible with soap.
What are quats?
Retractors, cannulas and suction devices are made from this material
What is austenitic stainless steel (300 series)?
Rigid, semi-rigid and flexible are classifications of these complex instruments
What are endoscopes?
These disposable items are used to help users verify that contents were exposed to a sterilant.
What are chemical indicators?
Surgical technique that minimizes trauma or injury to the body and allows for quicker recovery
What is minimally invasive surgery?
These elements make up the anatomy of medical terms.
What are prefix, root, suffix and combining vowel?
Nearer to the point of origin or to a reference point.
What is proximal?
These are the three common shapes of bacteria.
What is spherical (coccus), rod (bacillus), and spiral (spirilla)?
An infection that occurs after surgery in the part of the body where surgery took place.
What is Surgical site infection (SSI)?
Sterilizer equipment, BI's and CI's are associated with this FDA device class.
What is Class II?
Decontamination begins here.
Point of use
Should be used to view the internal surfaces of lumened and channeled instruments.
What is a borescope?
The destruction of all vegetative microorganisms except bacterial spores:
What is high-level disinfection?
Surgical instruments used to control the flow of blood
What are hemostatic clamps?
These are the three main sources of powered equipment
What is battery, pneumatic and electric?
These indicators react with all critical parameters for steam sterilizers
What are type 5?
The first step in the sterilization process.
What is cleaning?
Suffix surgical removal.
What is ectomy?
The process by which cartilage is replaced by bone.
What is ossification?
This microorganism depends on air, water, inspects, humans or other animals to carry it from one host to another.
What is a virus?
The most important factor in reducing infections
What is hand hygiene?
Agency responsible for minimizing greenhouse gases, toxic emissions, regulating the reuse of solid waste, controlling indoor air pollution, and developing and enforcing chemical regulations
Who is the EPA?
A collection of microorganisms that attach to surfaces and each other forming a colony that is difficult to penetrate with detergents and disinfectants.
What is biofilm?
These are the three major types of critical water.
What is Reverse osmosis (ro), deionized water (di), and distilled water?
Two most common high level disinfectants.
What is Glutaraldehyde and OPA?
Microgrind instruments are identified by this
The first step in the reprocessing of endoscopes
What is leak test?
Proper placement of peel pouches on the steam sterilization rack.
What is paper to plastic?
Implies that all patients are presumed infectious to reduce the transmission of bloodborne and other pathogens.
What is Standard Precautions?
Prefix meaning beside, near.
What is para?
Cystoscopy is a procedure involving this body system.
What is the urinary system?
This infectious particle is frequently found in the brain, dura mater and eyes.
What is prion?
Routinely traveled traffic control/ dress code categories.
What is Restricted, Semi-restricted, Unrestricted?
This organization publishes standards and TIRs, which address functions including cleaning, sterilization, packaging, and equipment testing.
What is AAMI?
Injuries or disorders of the muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, and spinal discs.
What are musculoskeletal disorders?
Air that must be free of oil, water, hydrocarbons and other contaminates that can cause infection.
What is instrument air?
What is the Spaulding Classification System?
Rongeurs are tested using this material
What is an index card?
Electronic testing devices are used on these instruments
What is laparoscopic?
Functional, Accurate and Neat describes....
What is the FAN principle?
Maintaining professional conduct and standards and adapting to changing situations.
What are employability skills?
TAH is an abbreviation of this term.
What is total abdominal hysterectomy?
The middle ear contains these three bones.
What are the malleus, incus and stapes?
These organisms have three major roles:
Turn dead organic matter into useable substances through decay and mildew; have mutually symbiotic relationships with other organisms; be parasitic or pathogenic to plants or animals.
What are fungi?
The transmission of infectious agents requires these six elements....
What is causative agent, reservoir, portal of exit, mode of transmission, portal of entry and susceptible host?
This organization is responsible for the accreditation of healthcare facilities.
Who is The Joint Commission?
The top three reasons for point of use treatment and transport
What is removal of gross soils, prevention of damage and prevention of cross contamination?
Use of heat to reduce the amount of microorganisms (excluding spores) on a medical device.
What is thermal disinfection?
The right parameters t highly disinfect instrumentation
What is right chemical, right dilution and right contact time and coverage?
A chemical process that provides a corrosive resistant finish on instruments
What is passivation?
Plates, screws, spacers and k-wires describe this type of instruments
What are implants?
The recommended weight of instrument trays
What is 25lbs?