1. What exactly does the SPD do?: 1. receives 2. cleans 3. decontaminate 4. assemble 5. disinfect 6 sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care 2. What preferred name is recommended by the SPD?: Sterile Processing 3. What is SPD responsible for ?: providing dependable, reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care 4. Work Flow: how the work progresses through the department or processing area. (everything begins in the decontamination area, where medical devices are cleaned) DIRTY TO CLEAN FLOW should never be circumvented 5. People Flow: how people move through the department or processing area 6. Traffic Control: controlling access to SPD ( who comes in and out ) 7. Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters?: The Joint Commission 8. Hippocratic Oath: the ideal of doing no harm to another person 9. Regulations: a principle, rule or law designed to control or govern behavior 10. Standard: is an established norm determined by opinion, authority, research, and/or theory 11. Recommended Practices: statements of sound principles of practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts 12. Validation: documented procedure for obtaining, recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that a process will consistently yield product complying with predetermined specification.Validation is performed by MANUFACTURERS, not the end user 13. User verification: Documented procedures, performed in the user environment for obtaining recording, and interpreting the results required to establish that predetermined specification have been met (Users are facility personnel whoreprocess or use the device) 14. Emergency Eyewash Stations: Required by OSHA should provide at least 0.4 gallons of water per minute continuously for 15 min Hands Free located within 10 seconds of walking distance (56 ft walking distance) Sterile Processing Practice Exam 2022 Questions and Answers 2 / 6 15. Blue Diamond: Health Hazard 16. Red Diamond: flammability 17. Yellow Diamond: instability 18. White Diamond: special hazard information 19. Center for Disease Control and Prevention: publish widely respected recommendations and guidelines on such topics as hand hygiene, isolation precautions, environmental infection control, and disinfection and sterilization, when new or emerging diseases are identified, the CDC also publishes guidelines . 20. Fire Extinguisher Class A: cloth, wood, paper, rubber, and many plastics 21. Fire Extinguisher Class B: gasoline, alcohol, diesel oil, oil-based paints, lacquers, etc.. flammable gases 22. Fire Extinguisher Class C: Energized Electrical Equipment 23. Fire Extinguisher Class D: magnesium, titanium, and sodium 24. Fire Extinguisher Class K: Vegetable oils, animal oils, or fats in cooking appliances. This is for commercial kitchens, including those found in restaurants, cafeteria, and caterers. 25. Fire Triangle: Fuel Source, Oxygen Source, Ignition Source 26. What does PPE protect you from?: Bloodborne Pathogen 27. Incident Reports: report no matter what no later than 24 hours 28. Why is it necessary to wear warm up jackets in the preparation and packaging area?: to prevent bacterial shedding from bare arms 29. Anatomy: branch of science that deals with the structure of body parts: their form and their organization 30. Physiology: functions of the body parts: what they do and how they do it 31. Levels of Organization of the Human Body: 1. Cellular Level 2.Tissue Level 3.Organ Level 4.System Level