Universal precaution is also known as standard precaution?
Sterilization rendering items safe to handle for instrument sets used in the OR is called?
bactericidal
terminal sterilizaton
sporicidal
Wiping down the OR before the start of the day with a clean lint free cloth with disinfectant on it is called?
manual cleaning
sanitation
disinfection
damp dusting
The immediate disinfection process following the contamination of articles by an infectious agent is called?
housekeeping
intra-operative cleaning or concurrent cleaning
When items are opened, dissembled and placed in perforating baskets for cleaning this is called?
post operative decontamination
pre operative decontamination
To clean an O.R. at the end of the day or to clean equipment that is going back into storage what type of cleaning is needed?
terminal cleaning
Which is not known as a sub-sterile area?
scrub sinks
hallway floors
clean core/storage rooms
autoclaves
bathrooms
Wet time or kill time is known as?
how long instruments are kept in solution; this needs to be monitored closely
when items are first disinfected to the evaporation
when disinfectants need to come in contact with an item for 10-15 minutes
Three classifications of disinfectant are;High level, intermediate level, low level?
Sodium hypochloride also known as bleach is a high level disinfectant?
Phenal carbolic acid is a intermediate level disinfectant?
Ammonium is a low level disinfectant?
Cidex is the brand name for glutaraldehyde.
Chlorine bleach is effect on the HIV virus and is used for blood spills at 10:1 solution?
Glutaraldahyde takes 10 hours to sterilize and 20 minutes to disinfect.
phenolics and carbolic acid is the solution that is used to wipe down OR equipment between every case.
Low level disinfectants do not kill TB( tuberculosis), spores or viruses.
