Contact Times
2025 National Patient Safety Goals
Lead
Miscellaneous
Sterile Processing
100

You can find me printed on the side of the container that holds the disinfecting wipes.

What is the contact time?

100

Checking name and DOB prior to a procedure

What is correct patient identification?

100

Lead cleaning occurs this frequently

What is done weekly or when visibly soiled? 

100

Clean unused pillows/wedges are stored properly in this

What is a plastic bag?

100

Where dirty instruments are taken

What is the soiled utility room?

200

This disinfecting wipe has a contact time of 4 minutes

What is a bleach wipe?

200
Washing your hands prior to and after patient interactions.

What is preventing infections?

200

This disinfecting wipe has a contact time of 3 minutes and is used to clean our lead

What are red top wipes?

200
This is commonly missed when cleaning the room between patients, but must be changed after each case

what is the dark green oxygen tubing?

200

This is used to transport dirty instruments to the soiled utility room.

What is a solid bottom container?

300

This wipe has a contact time of 1 minute and is used to clean electronics.

What are white top wipes?

300

Labeling medications with the strength, dosage, date, and time

What is using medicines safely?

300

If my patient is on Cdiff precautions I will use this type of wipe to clean my lead.

What are bleach (orange) top wipes?

300

All staff members with facial hair must wear this

What is a beard cover?

300

This is sprayed on dirty instruments to begin the disinfecting process

What is Precleanse?

400

This cleaning wipe has a contact time of 2 minutes and is regularly used to clean our procedural rooms

What are purple top wipes?


400
Site marking helps prevent this from happening

What is preventing mistakes in surgery?

400

This must be worn by every staff member in the room during a procedure.

What is a dosimeter badge?

400
These three things make up the fire risk triad

What is heat, fuel, and oxygen?

400

These two things must be done before taking the dirty instruments to sterile processing

What is removal of bioburden and open hinged instruments?
500

This wipe has a contact time of 3 minutes, is alcohol free, and is sometimes used to clean our ultrasounds.

What are gray top wipes?

500

Changing the parameters on the monitor so it does not falsely alarm

What is using alarms safely?

500

This is where to store lead when not in use to help maintain its integrity

What are lead storage racks?
500
This is the correct order of actions according to the fire safety acronym RACE?

What is Rescue, Alarm, Contain, and Extinguish?

500

These are the three point people for sterile processing in IR

Who are Ashley Salgado, Jeni Dinicola, and Leslie O'Connell?