DECONTAMINATION
The decontamination process begins at...?
What is Point-of-use?
Waste containing infectious agents that present a risk or potential risk to human health...
What is biohazardous waste?
Government agency necessary in transporting contaminated items to and from facilities...
What is U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)?
Implants a FLASH (IUSS) Sterilized when...
What is NEVER?
This material is NOT an acceptable sterilization packing material...
What is Canvas?
Used to lubricate instruments after cleaning...
What is instrument milk?
Gloves, face sheild, plastic gown the staff must wear..
What is PPE?
Can be used to close sterile packages...
What is Sterilization indicator tape?
This type of shipping container can not go into the Operating rooms and is remove from storage areas as soon as possible...
What is corrugated cardboard?
Instruments trays that should be decontaminated before use...
What are loaner trays?
The best packaging material to use when packing a single instrument or an odd-shaped instrument...
What is a peel-pack pouch?
NOT an endoscope classification...
What is a Colon Scope?
The deconstruction of microorganisms by heat or chemical means, spores usually are not destroyed...
What is Disinfection?
First phase of reprocessing...
What is sorting?
Preferred type of shelving, protects from dust, traffic air flow and other environmental and physical challenges. Very expensive.
What is closed shelving?
Items that MUST be sterile, the items enter sterile tissue or the vascular system...
What is Critical?
When writing on a wrapped item it is best to write...
What is on the sealing tape?
The process used by an ultrasonic cleaner in which low-pressure bubbles-collapse (implode) and dislodge soil from instruments...
What is Cavitation?
Air pressure inside the room that is lower than outside the room, causing the air to flow into the room with the lower air pressure...
What is Negative Pressure?
The term used to describe the number of live bacterial colonies on a surface before it is sterilized...
What is Bioburden?
Sterile instruments are loaded on to the _______ before surgery and transported to the surgical suit...
What is case cart?
Instruments that "pop open" when locked and tapped on a firm surface
What is sprung?
Two types of reusable packaging material...
What is woven fabric and rigid containers?
Three types of Enzymes used in SPD...
What are Protease (breaks down proteins)
Lipase (breaks down fats)
Amylase ( changes starches into sugars)
What is used to sterilize objects that can not tolerate the heat, moisture, and pressure of steam sterilization...
What is Ethylene oxide?
Two types of sterilizers used in the clinical setting...
What is gravity displacement and Dynamic
There should be no _________ when placing instruments on a storage shelf...
What is overhang?
It is best to use a properly sized brush when cleaning...
What is a lumen?
Devices used to monitor the presence or attainment of one or more of the parameters required for a satisfactory sterilization process...
What is Chemical indicators (CIs)?
Patient charts and paper products are difficult or impossible to decontaminate, they should be...
What is kept free from contamination?
This type of bacteria is used during biological monitoring of the sterilization process known as hydrogen peroxide gas plasma...
What is Bacillius subtilis?
System of sterilization that uses 3 risk levels based on the specific region of the body , where the device will be used...
What is The Spaulding classification?
Shelf life that is related to events that may compromise the packs sterility...
What is event-related sterility?
When sterilizing battery operated instruments, this is used to protect the electrical circuits in the original instrument...
What is a decontamination battery?
When dry steam becomes too hot compared to saturated steam; dry steam rises to a temperature higher than the boiling point of saturated steam...
What is Super-heated steam?
Three types of detergents used in SPD...
What are Emulsifiers
Surfactant
Chelating agents