This changes color when it is exposed to steam, but does not guarantee sterility
What is Autoclave Tape
100
These people wear surgical caps and masks
Who are all hospital staff in the surgical suite
100
The calculation for maintenance fluid rate.
What is 55mls/pound/day
100
This instrument is small, has ring handles and a ratchets closed. It is used to clamp small vessels and tissues, and is the smallest of this type of instrument.
What is a Mosquito Hemostat
100
A condition of sterility whereby no living organisms are present.
What is Asepsis
200
These are chemical agents that are applied to inanimate objects (exam tables, cages) to destroy the vegetative form of bacteria, but not necessarily the spore form
What is a Disinfectant
200
At the end of the day, to prevent excessive airborne dust.
What is the best time to do a thorough cleaning of the surgical suite.
200
You have to be careful of hitting the Sciatic nerve when giving an IM injection into these muscles
What are the Semi-membrinosus & Semi-tendonosus muscles
200
This instrument is large, and is used to hold intestines without causing trauma to the tissues.
What is the Doyen Intestinal Forcep
200
This infection refers to an infection caused by us.
What is Iatrogenic Infection
300
At a 1:40 dilution with sterile water or saline, this is superior to povidone iodine, is not cytotoxic, and has significant antibacterial properties.
What is Chlorhexidine
300
Scrub in concentric circles, alternating between Chlorhexidine or Povidone Iodine, and Alcohol or Sterile Saline
What is the surgical preparation of a patient
300
The "5 Rights" of medication administration
What are: Right Patient, Right Medication, Right Dose, Right Time, Right Route
300
This surgical scissor has a long shank, is delicate, and is used for cutting / dissecting delicate tissues.
What is Metzenbaum Scissors
300
This infection refers to an infection acquired while in the hospital.
What is a Nosocomial Infection
400
An agent capable of preventing infection by inhibiting the growth of infectious agents.
What is an Antiseptic
400
This person can keep the instrument tray tidy, hold retractors, or body walls during a surgical procedure.
Who is the scrubbed in nurse.
400
The amount of fluid loss in a patient that is vomiting 2 cups a day
What is 480mls
400
This instrument has 2 functions, and has a built in pair of scissors.
What is Olson-Hager Needle Holders
400
means the complete absence of all forms of microbes.
What is Sterile
500
These are the correct conditions for sterilization
What is
121C = 250F @ 15 P.S.I. above atmospheric pressure
(= 30 p.s.i.)for 15-60 minutes.
500
3 things to keep in mind when scrubbing in for surgery
What is
1. Jewelry needs to be removed
2. Nails must be kept short
3. Keep hands pointed up, held above your waist, so water and soap drip proximally to your elbows.
500
A 10kg dog that is 7% dehydrated has this total volume of water lost.
What is 700mls
500
This instrument is a large forcep that is used frequently in spay procedures, to clamp of the uterine pedicle, and one of the blades has a channel or groove, which folds the tissue, as well as crushing it.
What is the Ferguson Angiotribe Forcep
500
All steps taken to prevent contamination of the surgical site by infectious agents