Sterile Processing Practice Exam:
Questions With Correct Solutions What exactly does the SPD do? Correct Ans - 1. receives
- cleans
- decontaminate
- assemble
- disinfect
- sterilize reusable and surgical devices for safe and effective patient care
What preferred name is recommended by the SPD? Correct Ans - Sterile Processing What is SPD responsible for ? Correct Ans - providing dependable, reliable services to enhance the quality of patient care Work Flow Correct Ans - 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 People Flow Correct Ans - how people move through the department or processing area Traffic Control Correct Ans - controlling access to SPD ( who comes in and out ) Who requires SPD facilities to be prepared for disasters? Correct Ans - The Joint Commision Hippocratic Oath Correct Ans - the ideal of doing no harm to another person Regulations Correct Ans - a principle, rule or law designed to control or govern behavior 1 / 2
Standard Correct Ans - is an established norm determined by opinion, authority, research, and/or theory Recommended Practices Correct Ans - statements of sound principles of practice that are based upon scientific data and the opinions of experts Validation Correct Ans - 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 User vereification Correct Ans - 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 who reprocess or use the device) Emergency Eyewash Stations Correct Ans - 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) Blue Diamond Correct Ans - Health Hazard Red Diamond Correct Ans - flammability Yellow Diamond Correct Ans - instability White Diamond Correct Ans - special hazard information Center for Disease Control and Prevention Correct Ans - 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 .Fire Extinguisher Class A Correct Ans - cloth, wood, paper, rubber, and many plastics
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