Ch.17 Aseptic Techhniques

Question 1

What is a sterile field?

Answer 1

a specified area that is considered free of microorganisms

Question 2

What is an angiography?

Answer 2

procedure used to visualize blood vessels with contrast

Question 3

What is arthrography?

Answer 3

looking at joints via xray after injecting contrast

Question 4

What is atelectasis?

Answer 4

medical condition in which the lungs are not fully inflated

Question 5

What is a Foley catheter?

Answer 5

indwelling catheter retained in the bladder by a balloon inflated with air or fluid

Question 6

What is a lithangiogram?

Answer 6

study to look at the lymphatic system with contrast injected into a lymphatic channel

Question 7

What is myelography?

Answer 7

xray exam of the spinal canal with contrast injected through a needle into the space around the spinal cord-checking for compressino

Question 8

What is purulent?

Answer 8

consisting of or containing pus

Question 9

What is serous?

Answer 9

resembling serum-pale yellow and transparent

Question 10

What is subungual?

Answer 10

under the fingernail or toenail

Question 11

What is the urinary meatus?

Answer 11

external urethral orifice-opening of urethra where urine is discharged

Question 12

What is a voiding cystourethrogram?

Answer 12

uses fluoroscopy and contrast introduced through a catheter into the bladder-images are obtained before during and after voiding the kidneys bladder and urethra