Pre-cleaning Process
At the bedside after use or in the dirty utility area, are the appropriate designated spaces for pre-cleaning instruments?
What is true?
Transport containers labeled clean should be stored in dirty utility rooms.
What is False?
Where should the RX Destroyer be stored?
What is a secure area, like the medication room, where only authorized personnel can access
Use of a hand-washing sink for cleaning instruments is an appropriate area to wet gauze and clean off body fluids, tissues and blood from the used instruments?
Acceptable transport containers are bins with lids and red bags that are impermeable and secured so that they do not leak.
What is TRUE?
What is one year from the date put into service?
The pre-cleaning solution is only good for ____ hours. Before this time frame ends, the instruments need to be in SPD.
What is 72 hours?
What is with a label that designates the container as biohazardous.
How long should you shake the RX Destroyer Container for to ensure added medications are thoroughly mixed into the charcoal slurry inside the bottle?
What is 10 seconds?
What PPE should be worn when pre-cleaning reusable instruments?
What are gloves? In addition, eye protection and a procedure mask may be appropriate if splashing is anticipated.
What should you be wearing when transporting instruments carefully through the clinic to the dirty utility?
What is NEW GLOVES.
It is ok to place controlled substances still in the syringe into the sharps container instead of Rx Destroyer.
What is False? All controlled substances (including fentanyl patches, oral medications, and leftover liquid injectable controlled substances) must be wasted into the Rx Destroyer and not into the sharps container.
What does the pre-cleaning process include?
What is removing visible soil from reusable instruments and applying a pre-cleaning solution after use?
Contaminated instruments must be contained during transport in a _______, _______, _______?
What is a leak-proof, closable, puncture-resistant container?
The container is considered full when content rises _____ ______ from the top of the container.
What is two inches or Fill Line?