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INFECTION CONTROL
CSRST GENERAL
TOOLS OF THE TRADE
ABBREVIATIONS
STERILIZATION
100
The percentage of patients hospitalized in the United States that develop a nosocomial infection.
What is 10%, approximately 2 million?
100
A mandatory law or rule that is issued by a governing body?
What is a regulation?
100
Use to occlude or clamp larger vessels to control bleeding
What is a Rochester Pean Forcep?
100
AAMI
What is the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation?
100
The FDA classification of sterilization packaging.
What is a Class 2 Medical Device?
200
The act of washing one's hands with soap and water or using an alcohol-based hand rub.
What is hand hygiene?
200
Also known as a "wetting agent"?
What is quaternary ammonium compounds (quats)
200
Scissor ssed to cut bandages and dressings
What is a Lister Bandage Scissor?
200
JCAHO
What is the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations?
200
The pre-made opening of a pouch.
What is a Chevron?
300
Bacteria that cause diseases.
What is a pathogen?
300
Type of sterilizer frequently used in clinics and dentists offices.
What is a Table-top?
300
Retaining of shallow tissue in orthopedic and neurological cases.
What is a Weitlaner Retractor
300
SUD
What is Single Use Devices?
300
12 x 12 x 20
What is the size limitation for linen packs?
400
Classification of devices considered low-risk products, such as, ultrasonic cleaners and most hand-held surgical instruments.
What is a Class I Devices?
400
Retraction of soft tissue.
What is a Joseph Hook?
400
MSDS
What is Material Safety Data Sheets?
400
A tests which uses live bacterial spores to challenge the efficacy of the sterilization process and provide a direct measure of lethality.
What is a Biological Indicator?
500
Any activity or procedure that prevents infection or breaks the chain of infection.
What is Aseptic technique?
500
The heat transfer method in which heat is absorbed by an item's interior surface, and passed inward to the next layer?
What is conduction?
500
Ophthalmic, ENT, and plastic surgery Tissue cutting
What is a Steven Tenotomy Scissor?
500
IAHCSMM
What is International Association for Healthcare Central Service Material Management?
500
These devices should not be flash sterilized.
What is Implantable devices?