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A collection of questions and answers related to sterilization processes, sterility maintenance, and inventory management in a healthcare setting. Topics such as steam sterilizer qualification, work practices, air trapping, steam straps, sterilization cycle types, sterility record retention, sterile storage, product integrity checks, inventory management, and various it-related concepts like networks, servers, and applications. The detailed information provided could be useful for healthcare professionals, particularly those working in central sterile processing departments, to enhance their knowledge and prepare for relevant certifications or exams.
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testing that assesses the performance of a steam sterilizer in the environment in which it will be used before the equipment is approved for routine use in the healthcare facility - Correct Answers ✅qualification while some sterilization failures result from mechanical failures over which the technician has no control, many process failures can be avoided by - Correct Answers ✅developing good work practices during placement and packaging of items for sterilization, care is required to insure that items that could ____ are placed correctly on the sterilizer carriage - Correct Answers ✅trap air a steam sterilizer can successfully sterilize anything placed in it - Correct Answers ✅false these are installed on the steam distribution lines to help remove condensate - Correct Answers ✅steam straps paper/plastic peel pouches must be placed ___ for sterilization - Correct Answers ✅on edge
manufacturers have begun to test instruments to determine if current sterilization processes are effective using a process called - Correct Answers ✅validation testing sterilization cycles that fall outside of the traditional cycles used in the central service department because exposure times exceed standard steam sterilization times - Correct Answers ✅extended cycles sterilization records should be retained according to the policies and procedures established by the - Correct Answers ✅individual health care facility the steam sterilizer's chamber drain screen should be inspected and cleaned - Correct Answers ✅at least daily the process of protecting a sterile item from any event that will contaminate it - Correct Answers ✅sterility maintenance if a facility utilizes an event- related shelf life policy for items processed and sterilized on-site, it must still adhere to expiration dates printed on commercially sterilized products - Correct Answers ✅true
who is responsible to perform product integrity checks - Correct Answers ✅anyone handling the sterile item the steps through which a product flows from when it is removed from inventory unit it is replaced in inventory and when applicable storage records are up-dated - Correct Answers ✅product usage cycle a system in which a running balance of the quantity of products in storage is maintained - Correct Answers ✅perpetual inventory this quick reference can help when ordering replacement instruments from specified vendors - Correct Answers ✅catalog numbers a tool used to manage information used to charge for procedures, services and supplies provided to patients - Correct Answers ✅charge master the process of analyzing physician-preferred items to consider alternative cost, reimbursement, and strategic initiative concerns - Correct Answers ✅value analysis
the funds an organization has available to conduct its daily activities; the amount by which current assets exceed current liabilities - Correct Answers ✅working cappital a service in which a vendor stocks and maintains a facility's inventory to agreed- upon levels and then issues a monthly (or other time period invoice for all items used - Correct Answers ✅vendor managed inventory the process used to determine the value of a fixed asset during a specific accounting period that is assumed to have been "used up during the period: - Correct Answers ✅depreciation general provisions that apply to a supplier's price quotations and a buyers purchase orders that apply regardless of the specific products or services being purchased - Correct Answers ✅terms and conditions an organization that obtains contract pricing for high volume purchases of items with a common specification on behalf of its facility members - Correct Answers ✅group purchasing organization a network that connects several near-by computers so they can share files and devices such as printers - Correct Answers ✅local area network (LAN)
a computer program that copies itself an infects and disrupts the operation of other computers without the users knowledge - Correct Answers ✅virus electronic equipment such as a printer or scanner that is connected to a computer - Correct Answers ✅peripheral device the components including hardware, software, databases, telecommunications networks, and procedures that comprise an information system - Correct Answers ✅mainframe