A broken glass suction bottle is returned to Decontamination. Which of the following should the technician do? Place it in an appropriate rigid container Safety Data Sheets (SDS) provide health and safety hazard and risk information on which of the following? Chemical Which of the following generally describes the correct sequence for traffic workflow in areas in which medical devices are processed? Decontamination, Assembly, Packaging, Sterilization, Sterile Storage The MAJOR reason why acrylic nails are not permitted to be worn in the sterile processing department is because they can Allow fungus to grow beneath them Which of the following agencies would approve the disinfectants used on floors and walls in the Sterile Processing Department? Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Every healthcare facility has an organizational structure, or chart, that outlines Departmental authority relationships "Clean to dirty" is a sterile processing department term used to describe Work flow What are the major physical areas of a typical Sterile Processing Department? Decontamination, Assembly, Preparation and Packaging, Sterilization, and Sterile Storage Loose fitting clothing and jewelry should NOT be worn in sterile processing because it Can get caught in moving equipment Hair coverings are REQUIRED In all areas of the department Decontamination procedures Reduce contamination to permit reprocessed medical devices to be sterilized A patient contracts an infection from an improperly sterilized surgical instrument. This is an example of A healthcare acquired infection Coronary artery bypass surgery may be performed on patients with Arteriosclerosis All of the following are classified as critical medical devices EXCEPT Thermometers The function of the gastrointestinal system is to Provide the body with nutrients A liver biopsy would be performed to check for which disease? Hepatitis C Virus The growth of pathogenic bacteria in living tissue is called Sepsis Nosocomial infections can be prevented by all the following EXCEPT Increasing the patient length of stay Healthcare workers are most likely to be infected by which of the following agents? Hepatitis B A staff member brings several contaminated trays to the Sterile Processing Department in a cart and requests that replacement trays be put on the same cart. The technician should Clean and dry the transport cart and send it to DIstribution for the trays When manual cleaning devices, all of the following personal protective equipment should be worn EXCEPT A plastic apron over the scrub suit Which of the following BEST describes the manual cleaning process of surgical instruments? Cleaning/brushing the instrument beneath the water level A technician working in Decontamination notices that the maintenance person working on the washer/sterilizer did not remove the barrier attire when the person left the area to get additional tools. The technician should Report the problem to your supervisor while delivering sterile supplies to multiple nursing units, the tech is asked to take an opened/used tray to decon, best procedure? Return for the used tray after completing all deliveries, using the appropriate collection cart When preparing a set of instruments for processing in a washer/decontaminator, the instruments should be positioned with the Retractors on the bottom of the basket and the hand-held instruments on the top The pH of detergent solution that has been demonstrated to be the safest for cleaning surgical instruments is Neutral Which of the following solutions is generally considered MOST appropriate for high level disinfection of semicritical devices 2?tivated glutaraldehyde The effectiveness of any chemical disinfection process depends on all the following EXCEPT Cost of the chemical After manually cleaning contaminated surgical instruments, the NEXT step in the decontamination process is Rinsing Generally, the first step in loosening blood soils from the channels of an instrument is to soak it in An enzymatic detergent When cleaning an intravenous (IV) pump, it is important to use a germicide on the pump surface in order to Reduce the bioburden present on the equipment The chemical disinfectant that leaves a residual film is Phenolic A tray of instruments has been brought to the decontamination area in a saline solution. Which of the following actions should the technician take? Rinse them with water and then clean them according the manufacturer's instructions The MOST commonly recognized halogen is Sodium hypochlorite