Patient Care -

Question 1

How often should systems be inspected?

Answer 1

Routinely

Question 2

Sonographers should do peer to peer reviews how often for quality/technical review?

Answer 2

2 times a month

Question 3

Who’s responsible is it to obtain the informed consent before a TEE?

Answer 3

The doctor

Question 4

In what year did congress enact HIPPA?

Answer 4

1996

Question 5

Sterilization differs from disinfection how?

Answer 5

Sterilization removal all transmissible agents while disinfection only removes the organisms that can cause disease

Question 6

What is opportunistic infection?

Answer 6

Infections that occur when the “good bacteria in the body is damaged. Allowing bad bacteria to multiply and harm the host

Question 7

The preferred method for sterilization is with?

Answer 7

Heat and pressure

Question 8

A widely used method for heat sterilization is?

Answer 8

The Autoclave

Question 9

An Autoclave used what kind of sterilization technique?

Answer 9

Heat and pressure

Question 10

Autoclaves use steam heated to what degree?

Answer 10

250F or 121C

Question 11

Autoclaves use pressure heated to what degree?

Answer 11

15 PSI or 103 kPA

Question 12

How long should the autoclave be used for to sterilize?

Answer 12

15minutes

Question 13

Is an autoclave a method of sterilization or disinfection?

Answer 13

Sterilization

Question 14

What is the most effective way for sterilization?

Answer 14

Heat

Question 15

Why is Chemical sterilization not always appropriate?

Answer 15

Because the chemicals can destroy objects like plastic, electronic, fiber optics.

Question 16

Can chemicals be used for sterilization?

Answer 16

Yes

Question 17

Ethylene Oxide is a gas used for?

Answer 17

Sterilization

Question 18

Ethylene Oxide is a gas used for objects that can not?

Answer 18

Survivor past 60C like plastics, electronic and fiber optics

Question 19

Sepsis means?

Answer 19

To soul or dirty

Question 20

A technique that refers to practices that reduce post procedure infections in patients by decreasing the chance that microorganisms will enter the body during surgery is called?

Answer 20

Aseptic

Question 21

Aseptic means?

Answer 21

Without microorganisms

Question 22

True or false - The spike of an IV set is sterile and must not come into contacts with nonsterile objects

Answer 22

True

Question 23

What does PIM mean?

Answer 23

Potentially infectious material

Question 24

Disinfectant should be ___% ___ and ____ parts water

Answer 24

10% beach and 9 parts water

Question 25

How long should you soak an area with disinfectant before it’s completely decontaminated?

Answer 25

20minutes