MICROBIOLOGY
The study of organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye, which includes algae, bacteria, viruses, fungi, prions, and protozoa.
What is Microbiology?
Microbial contamination of a sterile field or packaged item that occurs from the passage of fluid through a permeable sterile barrier.
What is strike-through?
This is a device used to verify that items have been exposed to one or more of the necessary conditions for sterilization.
What is an indicator?
This attire is how personnel protects themselves for contact with blood and bodily fluids of any patient.
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)?
This agency regulates the control of emissions into the air and water.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
These are the three (3) shapes of bacteria.
What are bacili, cocci, & spirochetes?
This type of instrument tray must be tilted forward on the sterilizer rack.
What is a non-perforated tray?
utility and critical
What are the types of water used?
After the case, the CST will use a closed cart, tote bin, solid bottom sterilization container or impervious bag for this next step.
What are the ways to transport dirty instruments?
This agency establishes and develops the standards for sterile processing practice.
What Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation? (AAMI)
Three (3) main things bacteria need to survive.
What is warmth(temperature), food/water, and, oxygen?
Using excessive amounts of chemical indicator tape to seal a package to be sterilized can interfere with _______________.
What is air removal and steam penetration?
removal of contamination from an item for further reprocessing
What is cleaning?
Microorganisms that are left on contaminated instruments.
What is bio-burden?
This type of "guideline" defines what a department must do at all times.
hint: not a suggestion
What is a policy?
This type of pathogen causes Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
What is a Prion?
The receiving area where medical/surgical supplies are stored must have ___________ and _____________ properly regulated to avoid damage to supplies.
What are temperature and humidity?
____________ is the most important step in decon and ________________ is the most important step in cleaning.
What is cleaning and rinsing.
Critical, semi-critical, and non-critical.
What are the CDC classification for medical devices?
This ethical issue is covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
What is Confidentiality?
These organisms are capable of re-hydrating and become cells again and are highly resistant to sterilization.
What is are (endo)spores?
Failure to remove all air from a package to be steam sterilized may result in _______________.
What is poor steam penetration?
use of physical or chemical means to remove inactivate or destroy blood borne pathogens on something to the point they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles.
What is Decontamination?
These three (3) chemical can cause damage to instruments and therefore should not be used on instruments.
What is are Saline, bleach, or iodine?
The SPD personnel should know these 2 important fire safety facts.
What are the 3 classification of fire extinguishers and know where 2 fire alarm pull boxes are?