Steamy Hot
This is designed to maintain a tight seal that prevents steam from escaping the chamber of the sterilizer.
What is a gasket?
This action must be performed on all flexible endoscopes prior to submerging in liquids.
What is a leak test?
This is the type of peel pouch that can be used in H2O2 sterilization.
What is tyvek?
The sonic washer is for precleaned instruments and uses this process for removing bioburder and soil from hard to reach places.
What is cavitation?
This is used used to test the sharpness of scissors in the assembly process.
What is Theraband or excercise bands?
These three things shown on a physical printout must meet certain criteria to ensure correct steam sterilization that the CSP tech is responsible for interpreting to determine if the load may be released.
What are time, temperature, and pressure?
This process leads to the destruction of all vegetative microorganisms, mycobacterium, small non-lipid viruses, fungal spores, and some bacterial spores.
What is HLD - High Level Disinfection?
These are two (2) things that will cause an H2O2 sterilizer to cancel a cycle.
What are moisture and paper?
This department is the major source of soiled items received in Sterile Processing.
What is the Operating Room or Surgery?
This is the area of an instrument that should be checked for cracks.
What is the box lock?
Placing warm sterilized packaged on cool surfaces will cause this to form.
What is condensation?
This is the most complex flexible endoscope to manually clean with well over 100 steps.
What is a duodenoscope - ERCP scope?
This should be worn if an H2O2 cycle fails.
What is PPE?
This decontamination process should be started by the patient care department.
What is Point of Use?
Inserts for needle holders are frequently made of this metal.
What is Tungsten Carbide?
Geobacillus stereothermophillis is found in one of these.
What is a Biological Indicator?
This is the high level disinfectant used in the Evotech.
What is Cidex OPA?
These should be worn when handling H2O2 sterilant packaging.
What are gloves?
This activity is the first line of defense in infection prevention.
What is Hand Hygiene?
A Hi Pot (high potential) tester is used on these types of instruments to prevent burning patients in surgery.
What are insulated laparoscopic instruments?
This is located on the floor of the steam sterilizer and must be cleaned at least daily.
What is the chamber drain?
The time in which the decontamination process all scopes should started AND the time in which the scopes should be placed in the hanging cabinet after HLD.
What is 1 hour?
These types of rigid container cannot be used in H2O2 sterilizers.
What are solid bottom?
If the hallways are Unrestricted, and Prep/Pack is Semi-Restricted, then Decontamination is this --
What are Unrestricted, Semi-restricted, and Restricted?
This specific cutting tool uses actions such as reciprocating or oscillating.