Central Sterile Processing Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth introduction to the principles and practices of central sterile processing within healthcare facilities. Students will explore the critical role of sterile processing departments in infection prevention, focusing on instrument decontamination, inspection, packaging, sterilization, and storage. The curriculum covers various sterilization techniques, regulatory standards, quality control procedures, and workplace safety. Emphasis is placed on the importance of teamwork, accuracy, and adherence to industry guidelines to ensure the safe preparation and distribution of medical and surgical instruments. Hands-on learning opportunities and case studies are incorporated to help students develop essential technical skills required for entry-level positions in central sterile processing.
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Surgical Equipment and Supplies 2nd Edition by Colleen J. Rutherford
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Chapter 1: Common Equipment and Supplies
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Q1) Autotransfusion may be used if the patient has a known infection.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) When placing a safety strap on a patient,it should be placed approximately ______ inches above the knees.
A) 2
B) 6
C) 1
D) 5
Answer: A
Q3) Store medical gas cylinders securely in an upright position.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Removing the patient from stirrups requires two people to lower the legs slowly at the same time.What are the two main reasons why?
Answer: To prevent stress on the patient's lower back and if the legs are lowered too quickly,hypotension could occur.
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Chapter 2: General Surgical Supplies and Post-Operative
Splints
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Q1) Name the three parts of a needle.
Answer: bevel,shaft,and hub
Q2) A #11 scalpel blade is used to make small puncture incisions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) You are scrubbed on a vascular procedure and intraoperative angiography is anticipated.Which of the following will you most likely have on your sterile field?
A) indigo carmine
B) methylene blue
C) Omnipaque
D) gentian violet
Answer: C
Q4) Attach or remove the needle from a syringe using a clamp or other instrument,NOT your hands.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Tubes, drains, and Catheters
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Q1) What are the two major reasons to use a chest tube drainage system?
Answer: (1)treatment of a pneumothorax or hemothorax; (2)re-expansion of the lungs and re-establishment of proper pleural cavity pressure following cardiothoracic surgery
Q2) A Malecot is a type of:
A) nasogastric tube
B) wound drain
C) ventricular drain
D) urinary catheter
Answer: D
Q3) A Robinson catheter is the most common type of _____________________ catheter.
Answer: straight (or nonretaining)
Q4) Which type of gastrostomy tube is generally used if long-term or permanent use is anticipated?
Answer: feeding peg or button
Q5) A small incision in the ear drum to insert a tympanostomy tube is known as a tympanoplasty.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Sutures and Suture Needles
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Q1) What is the difference between a conventional cutting needle and a reverse cutting needle?
Q2) Plain gut comes packaged in alcohol to prevent drying out.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Pledgets are absorbable.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The GS needle has a spatula tip.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the purpose of a retention suture bolster?
Q6) During eye surgery,which of the following sutures would most likely be used?
A) 4 Ethilon
B) 2 Ethilon
C) 2-0 Ethilon
D) 9-0 Ethilon
Q7) Chromic Gut should not be used in neurosurgical or ____________________ procedures.
Q8) The T needle has a __________________________ point.
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Chapter 5: Lasers
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Q1) What does the acronym LASER stand for?
Q2) The laser head is also known as the ______________ ______________.
Q3) Why is it important for staff to wear a laser mask instead of a standard surgical mask during laser procedures?
Q4) An example of a solid laser medium is:
A) argon
B) holmium
C) carbon dioxide
D) krypton
Q5) _________________ is when the beam is transmitted through tissue without thermally affecting it.
Q6) All doorways leading into the room where a laser is in use must be marked with a warning sign.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Which agency regulates the use of medical lasers in the workplace?
A) AST
B) AORN
C) ANSI
D) AMA
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Chapter 6: Endoscopic and Robotic Equipment
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Q1) A rigid bronchoscope is used to biopsy throat lesions.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is an advantage of robotic surgery?
A) 2-D viewing of the surgical field
B) 3-D viewing of the surgical field
C) monocular optics
D) decreased dexterity
Q3) Knee arthroscopy requires that the patient be placed in ________________ position,with the affected knee in a holder that keeps it bent.
Q4) Which of the following is false concerning a ureteroscope?
A) The shaft is longer and thinner than a cystoscope.
B) It can be rigid, semirigid, or flexible.
C) The shaft is shorter and thinner than a cystoscope.
D) It is used to view inside the ureter.
Q5) When the camera is not in use and is outside of the body,place it in ________________ mode.
Q6) Glycine is a __________________ solution.
Q7) Colposcopy is defined as viewing inside the vagina and _______________.
Q8) The other name for a cystoscope is a ________________.
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Chapter 7: Specialty Equipment
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Q1) The Sonopet machine uses ______________________ waves to fragment bone and tissue.
Q2) What is the purpose of an intra-aortic balloon pump?
Q3) An ICP monitor measures pressure within the:
A) chest
B) cranium
C) carpals
D) coronaries
Q4) A ______________________ gauge is used to determine the correct length bone screw to use.
Q5) The eyepiece of a microscope is the ________________ lens.
A) objective
B) ocular
C) ophthalmic
D) oculomotor
Q6) Diathermy uses ________________ to destroy tissue.
A) heat
B) electricity
C) cold
D) ultrasound
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Chapter 8: Anesthesia
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Q1) For what reason is a nebulizer used?
Q2) Indigo carmine is classified as a _______________________.
Q3) Your patient is feeling nauseated.Which of the following medications might anesthesia give to the patient?
A) Narcan
B) Kytril
C) sodium bicarbonate
D) lidocaine
Q4) Ancef is an antibiotic.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Lasix is classified as a _____________________.
Q6) An LMA device does not go through or below the vocal cords.
A)True
B)False
Q7) Internal defibrillator paddles can only be used in a cardiac arrest under what circumstance?
Q8) Marcaine is classified as a local _______________________.
Q9) What is the purpose of a bag-valve-mask device?
Q10) The anesthesia machine uses a semiclosed system.What does that mean? Page 10
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