Practice Exam III

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Practice Exam III

Patient safety and hospital efficiency and effectiveness are related to ____.

Preoperative diagnostic studies are performed by the ____.

Treatment that might provide assistance for stereotactic surgery is the ____.

When wWhen was the first national certifying exam for the surgical technologist offered?

The needs or activities related to one’s identification or interaction with another individual or group forms which component of the human being?

A uterine fibroid is an example of what type of factor causing surgical intervention?

One of O One of the advantages to the life stage approach is that it ____.

Which of the following considerations may be more relevant to the elderly patient than to an adolescent?

When positioning the elderly patient, the team must be especially aware of ____.

Which of the following cannot be performed by the child of less than 6 months of age?

Wha The What is the number of air exchanges required to keep the amount of airborne contamination in the OR to a minimum?

The area where patients wait within the department before entering the OR is called____.

The abse The Absence of microbes or infection is called ____. The a

The abs TThe contamination of a person or object by another person or object is called ____.

Methods used to prevent contamination of the sterile field are referred to as ____.

Escherichia coli normally resides in the lumen of the ____.

The primary source of airborne bacteria transmission in the operating room is the ____.

Nonsterile items and individuals may ____.

The basis for the practice of strict adherence to sterile technique is called ____.

The process that assures that all microorganisms including spores are killed is called ____.

Filtered air from the decontamination room is exhausted to the ____.

A catalyst used to aid in the breakdown of organic material such as blood and tissue is a/an ____.

The ultrasonic washer is an example of a/an

The ____ is used to remove small organic particles and soil from areas of instruments that are difficult to clean manually.

An intermediate level of disinfection may be appropriate for ____.

Low-level disinfection may be appropriate for ____.

To prevent the formation of condensate in nested basins (double basin) what must be done?

The informed consent cannot be signed by the patient after ____.

The presence of food or fluid in the stomach during surgery increases the danger of ____.

The Kraske position is sometimes referred to as the ____ position.

When utilizing the lateral kidney position, where should the kidney rest be positioned?

Approximately 60% of all surgical patients are affected by ____.

A heart rate of less than 60 beats per minute may indicate NOT pathology but ____.

The ____ provides a ray and concentrated beam of light that is able to cut and coagulate tissues at the same time.

When using a tourniquet, the surgeon should be notified when the tourniquet has been inflated for ____.

A vasoconstrictor that is often mixed with local anesthetics is ____.

Drugs with a high potential to cause psychological and/or physical dependence and abuse are called ____.

The transport of the drug substance that occurs once it enters the circulatory system is ____.

What organ is primarily responsible for the excretion of a drug?

Which agents selectively interrupt the associative pathways of the brain?

Demerol, Sublimaze, Sufenta, and Alfenta are examples of ____.

Patient position, and agent baricity can influence the effect of ____.

Lane, Kern, Lowman, and Lewin are examples of ____.

Instruments used to hold a curved suture needle for suturing are called ____.

General abdominal procedures typically require a(an) ____ instrument set.

What surgical specialty requires an instrument set specifically for dilatation and curettage?

Sets that include instruments for exposure of the heart and great vessels are used for ____ procedures.

Scopes typically used for cystoscopy, laparoscopy, and thoracoscopy are called ____.

The scope used for exploration of the biliary system is called a(an) ____.

An intentional cut through intact tissue for the purpose of exposing or excising underlying structures is called a/an ____.