To be seen as a good medical practitioner he has to have proper knowledge of how to use and sterilize medical equipment in order to have access to them. Take the quiz below and see just how ready you are to be actively engaged in the medical field. Best of luck out there!
Patient
Surgeon
Generator
Cautery
Kelly
Hemostat
Mosquito clamp
Vanderbilt
Flushed until clear prior to sterilization
Sent immediately for flash sterilization
Placed in gluteraldehyde for an hour
Wrapped and labeled
Wirelessly-accessible databases
IPads
Robots
X-rays
Agents that kill bacteria and vectors
Agents that kill spores and viruses
Agents that sterilize instruments
Agents that kill viruses
Newton
Washington
Bovie
Da vinci
To render an item safe to handle by sterilization
To disinfect an item with a bactericidal product
To make an instrument surgically clean
To make an a fomite
Harmonized
Thermal
Displaced
Electrical
Electrical
Mechanical
Homocidal
Surgical
True
False
Direct pressure
Absorbable gelatin/gelfoam
Penicillin
Bone wax
Raytecs
Patties
Lap sponges
Pledgets
Trauma
Trajectory
Speed
Load bearing
A sterilant liquid
Air
The steam itself
Pressure
True
False
Channels and holes must be thoroughly cleaned, washed under pressure, then cleared with air
Channels must be rinsed with a bleach solution for 10 minutes, then rinsed and dried
Channels must be soaked overnight in an alcohol-based disinfectant
Just make sure you can't see chunks before you send it to the cleaning people
Amperes
Pledgets
Lap sponges
Thrombin
walls, floors, cabinets, furniture and nonsterile supplies aren't included in this category
A piece of jewelry or a hair feather that falls into the sterile field
Obama if he were sterile
My lucky rabbit's foot after it's been flashed sterilized
Electrosurgical pencil
Knife
Tissue blaster
Hemostasis cautery bivucator
Most common cause of surgical site infections
Common cause of diarrhea in pediatric patients
Common biological sterility monitor
Common chemical sterility monitor
True
False
Vasodilation
Excess adrenaline
Bradycardia and dyspnea
Vasoconstriction
ADP is released, causing more platelets to adhere
A scab forms
ATP is released, causing more platelets to adhere
The vessel swells
Dusting high places
Terminal cleaning, especially if it was a relatively clean case
Gross decontamination of instruments, cleaning gross debris from OR furniture, and changing sheets
All of the above
10-15 minutes
10 hours
3 minutes
4 minutes
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