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2-69.
While adding items to a sterile field, you
think you may have dragged the corner of a
wrapper across part of the field. What
should your course of action be?
1.
Do nothing. Wrappers are considered
clean
2.
Tell the scrub technician so he or she
can avoid that part of the field
3.
Say nothing and continue with what
you are doing
4.
Dismantle the field and set up a new
field
2-70.
When setting up a minor surgery case, you
notice that the instrument pack is outdated,
What should you do?
1.
Unwrap and inspect the pack and if
usable, resterilize
2.
Resterilize the pack without
unwrapping
3.
Return it to the shelf and let someone
else take care of it
4.
Use the pack; only the outside is not
sterile
2-71.
The surgical hand scrub is performed to
1.
chemically sterilize the hands and
forearms
2.
remove all bacteria from the hands and
forearms
3.
reduce bacterial to a minimum on the
hands and forearms
4.
remove obvious dirt and grime from
the hands and forearms
2-72.
Transient and resident bacteria are easily
removed from the skin by the friction
created during the surgical hand scrub.
1.
True
2.
False
2-73.
What is the preferred method of cleaning an
operating room floor between operations?
1.
Sponge and disinfectant
2.
Broom
3.
Mop
4.
Wet vacuum
2-74.
For effective sterilization of
microbiological infectious waste, the
temperature of the sterilizing steam must be
maintained at _____ for at least _____, at
_____ per square inch of gauge pressure.
1.
121° F, 45 minutes, 15 pounds
2.
121° C, 90 minutes, 10 pounds
3.
250° F, 90 minutes, 15 pounds
4.
250° C, 45 minutes, 10 pounds