Introduction to Central Service
Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are
What are infections which occur in the course of being treated in a healthcare facility.
Bacteria that causes diseases are called
What are pathogens
Agency which may intervene in a matter of worker protection even if there are no specific regulations covering the situation.
What is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Any activity or procedure that prevents infection or breaks the chain of infection.
What is asepsis technique.
The proper handling of instrumentations is the responsibility of _______________.
What is everyone who comes in contact with the instrumentation.
Maintain confidentiality, comply with established risk management factors and procedures, and follow mandated standards for workplace safety.
What is legal responsibilities.
This typical method of bacterial reproduction in which a cell divides into two equal parts.
What is binary fission.
Which U.S. Food and Drug Administrations (FDA) device recall will cause a temporary or medically reversible adverse health problem, or a chance the device will cause serious health problems.
What is a Class III.
The temperature of this area is 75*F or lower.
Point-of-Use preparation _____________.
What is begins the cleaning process.
Interact appropriately and respectfully with diverse groups in numerous employment situations, access and use electronically produced information, and apply active listening skills using reflecting, restatement and clarification techniques.
What are communication skills.
1/25,000 of an inch or 1/1,000 of a millimeter.
What is a micron.
This agency is a nonprofit organization, collects information and establishes standards and guidelines relating to the processing of flexible endoscopes.
What is the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates (SGNA).
The path by which an infectious agent leaves the reservoir.
What is the port of exit.
If soiled instruments are to be transported to an off site facility for processing they should _________________.
What is be transported following the U.S Department of Transportation (DOT) guidelines.
Healthcare department responsible for researching, ordering, receiving, and managing inventory (consumable supplies).
What is the Materials Management.
The state of being soiled or infected by contact with infectious organisms or other materials.
What is contamination.
A private, independent, nonprofit organization that develops standards for healthcare facilities.
They come unannounced and stay from three to five days.
Failure to comply may result in Medicare and Medicaid payments.
What is The Joint Commission (TJC).
The only way to interrupt the transmission of a causative agent is to ____________.
What is to eliminate it.
Tissue, body fat, and other body substances that can be found on surgical instrumentations after surgical procedures.
What is gross soil.
Instrument sets and other required instruments needed for all scheduled procedures for an entire day are usually pulled (collected).
What is the day or evening before they will be used.
This disease is very hard to kill, all instruments must be destroyed after use, and are most frequently found in the brain.
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
This agency researches and develops new standards and technical information reports that address the use, care and processing of devices and systems, or revise existing standards and Technical Information Reports TIRs).
What is the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).
Inanimate objects that can transmit bacteria are called.
What are formites.
Recommended practices for contamination item transport are provided by _____________.
What is the Association of the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI).