To make safe by removing or reducing contamination by infectious organisms or other harmful substances
What is Decontamination
100
Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
What is CABG
100
The white portion of the eye
What is the Sclera
100
Basic units of all living organisms
What is the Cell
100
classifies medical devices
What is the FDA
200
Information provided by a device manufacturer providing detailed instructions on how to properly use and process the device
What is Instructions for Use (IFU)
200
Suffix meaning "creation of a new opening"
What is ostomy
200
reconstructs the eardrum so sound waves can be sent to the middle and inner ear
What is tympanoplasty
200
Microorganisms that cause illness
What is pathogens
200
FDA program designed for voluntary reporting of device related problems
What is MedWatch
300
Document providing the physicians needs requests and preferences.
What is Doctors preference card/ Physician's preference card
300
This term denotes a malignant tumor
What is carcinoma
300
a group of organs that work together in the body to carry out a particular activity
What is a System
300
typical method of bacterial reproduction
What is binary fission
300
May intervene even if no specific regulation covers the situation.
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
400
movement of products from soiled areas to clean processing areas within Central Service
What is One Way Flow
400
Tells the primary meaning of a medical term
What is the ROOT
400
attaches muscle to bone
What is Tendon
400
Prion disease rarely seen by Central Service department in the U.S. that instrumentation has been exposed to
What is Creutzfeldt - Jakob Disease (CJD)
400
A comparison benchmark that is mandated by a governing agency and if not complied with, may cause a facility to be in violation and liable for a legal penalty
What is Regulatory Standards
500
Part of standard precautions, prevent skin and mucous membrane exposure when in contact with blood and body fluid of any patient.
What is Personal Protective equipment (PPE)
500
Abbreviation for the Latin "statim" meaning immediately.
What is STAT
500
Controls growth and maintains body functions and chemical messengers
What is the Endocrine system
500
Several species of this can cause respiratory diseases in humans who acquire infections by inhaling spores from dust, bird droppings, soil
What is Fungi
500
Agency that works to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability