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Tourniquets
Sharps Safety
Radiation Safety
Preventing retained foreign objects
100
The two times that should be placed on a pathology sheet.
What is collect time and formalin time
100
The most common pt. complaint related to tourniquet use.
What is pain.
100
The sharp used in the OR that causes the most injuries.
What is disposable syringe. 30% by syringes, 20% by suture needles, 8% by scalpel blades, 5% by IV catheter stylets.
100
The item that is mandatory for all staff to wear during a surgical case that involves radiation exposure.
What is lead apron.
100
The most common retained foreign object.
What is sponges.
200
The form and name of the special box that must be checked for all cultures sent to microbiology.
What is transmittal form and specimen collect box.
200
Using tourniquets for total knee surgery may increase this complication.
What is thromboembolism.
200
Two processes that have been implimented in the OR to help decrease sharps injuries.
What is double-gloving and neutral zone.
200
When not activiey involved in the procedure, you should stand this far away form the x-ray field.
What is 6 feet.
200
Besides counting before the case starts, two other times that counts must occur.
What is when new items are added, before closure of a cavity within a cavity, before wound closure begins, at the end when the skin is closed and at the time of permanent relief.
300
The type of container and the process that must be adhered to when passing a culture specimen off the sterile field.
What is sterile container and sterile process.
300
Two of the assessments that the OR RN should perform before applying a tourniquet.
What is planned location of the tourniquet site, condition of skin under and distal to the planned cuff site, size and shape of the extremity and the peripheral pulses distal to the cuff.
300
The type of suture needle that can substantially reduce or eliminate needle-stick injuries.
What is blunt tip.
300
Fluoroscopy alarms on C-arm units will typically sound after ______ minutes of uninterrupted use.
What is 5 minutes.
300
At the conclusion of the case, before the drapes are removed and before the patient leaves the room, the place where the scrub and circulator must verify that all sponges are accounted for.
What is the sponges accounting bags, each sponge must be in a pocket, one lap per pocket, two raytex per pocket.
400
The fluid/medication that should be added to a bloody specimen that is being sent to microbiology.
What is heparin.
400
The amount of time a tourniquet should be deflated if it has been inflated for two hours and the plan is to reinflate it again.
What is 10 minutes.
400
The two most frequent bloodborne pathogens that are transmitted via sharps injuries.
What is HIV and hepatitis B and C.
400
How often the x-ray gowns are tested by the radiology department to make sure they are meeting the standards for protection and do not contain any breaks in the protective components.
What is once a year.
400
The person that makes the final decision regarding if there is a foreign item noted on an x-ray.
What is the radiologist.
500
The number of MIDAS reports we have per month for specimens.
What is 10.
500
Calculating and using the minimum cuff pressure necessary to achieve complete blood constriction in the operative limb.
What is limb occlusion pressure.
500
The practice that accounts for the majority of sharps injuries in the operating room setting.
What is hand-to-hand passing.
500
The part of the C-arm that personnel should keep the patient as close as possible to so the amount of radiation that is required and the scatter is decreased.
What is the image intensifier.
500
The order in which counts should occur.
What is on the patient/surgical field, the mayo stand, the back table(s) area and then off the sterile field (count bags and any item that may have fallen from the field).