Reprocessing
These types of materials are required to reprocess medical devices such as Camera equipment, Flex/Rigid scopes, Power equipment, etc to prevent unwanted particles from the material itself into the sterile field?
What is lint free cloth or sponge.
This cycle allows the shortest possible time from the item being removed from the sterilizer to aseptic transfer onto the sterile field is?
What is IUSS (Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization)
This particular limit is the weight guidelines for containerized sets?
What is 25lbs per set, includes the container
This type of instrument has gold coating on the rings of the instrument?
What is Tungsten carbide scissors. These scissors do not wear as fast as stainless steel but, they are more susceptible to chipping and cracking
SSI is a medical acronym that stands for
What is Surgical Site Infection
What is the process called where instruments should be wiped off and cannulated instruments should be irrigated with sterile water to prevent biofilm formation?
What is POU (Point-of-Use Cleaning)
What sterilization type replaced ETO sterilization?
What is Hydrogen peroxide and plasma mix (percentages vary between VPRO and STERRAD)
These two types of folds are the most common folding techniques used in wrapping items/trays for sterilization?
What is the envelope fold and the square fold.
What material do you use to test Super Cut scissors?
What is the yellow/peach elastic material
What is this process/standard referred to if you drop an SPD sterile item or the room temperature in the sterile storage room is too high/low and the item needs to be reprocessed and sterilized?
What is Event-related sterility
This process is the manual cleaning of instruments/devices that are washed in a sink full of warm water and detergent solution, rinsed in a sink of water, and final-rinsed in a sink of distilled or de-ionized water
What is the 3-Sink Method
The basic principle of steam sterilization, as accomplished in an autoclave, is to expose each item to direct steam contact using what 4 parameters?
What is Steam, Pressure, Temperature and Time
According to ANSI/AAMI ST79 the Sterile Storage area is required to be in this temperature and humidity range/limit.
What is a temperature of 75 degrees, 70% humidity and below
What is the VDC (Volts Direct Current) limit for testing Bipolar instruments used in electrosurgery?
What is 2400 VDC
What is a Duty Cycle
This severe noninfectious reaction occurs when contaminated eye instruments are used for cataract surgery?
What is TASS (Toxic Anterior Segment Syndrome) can be caused from contaminated instruments from improper/insufficient cleaning, sterilization, detergent residues, and a few other issues.
What bacteria is used to test sterilization effectiveness in steam sterilizers?
What is Bacillus Stereathermophillus
These packaging items called peel packs and peel pouches are made of these types of materials for specific sterilization methods.
What is Paper/Plastic and Spunbond Polyolefin-plastic pouches (Tyvek pouches)
This type of color stain is caused when an instrument is exposed to excessive heat. This can occur when there is a hot spot in the autoclave.
What is multi-colored stain
This British physician is known as the "pioneer of antiseptic surgery and preventative maintenance; he also has a household antiseptic solution named after him.
Who is Joseph Lister, 1867 he published "Antiseptic Principle of the Practice of Surgery", the household antiseptic is Listerine mouthwash
This syntrophic (mutualistic symbiosis) community of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface. These adherent cells become embedded within a slimy extracellular matrix.
What is Biofilm
Who was the pioneer that developed the filter used in sterilization containers, even the ones we use today? For extra points name what it was made out of?
Who is Charles Chamberland.
The material it was made out of was unglazed porcelain.
Which Physician created the first sterilization container and used the autoclave in the surgical setting for the first time?
Dr. Curt Schimmelbusch, 1889
This 23 year old medical student designed specialized vascular surgical instruments in the 1930's at Tulane University?
Who is Michael E DeBakey, He also created the Left Ventricular Assist Device or LVAD for failing hearts
This Nurse was the first to implement hand washing during the Crimean War and is also known as the founder of modern nursing
Who is Florence Nightingale, after implementation of hand washing, death from cholera and dysentery dropped from 42% to 2%