Exam 5: Physical Environment and Safety Standards

Frozen section biopsies are sent to which hospital department for analysis?

What are the preferred characteristics common to the walls, floors, cabinets, and doors in an operating room?

Which of the following would be least damaging to and most effective on a fire involving a laser generator or electrosurgical unit?

A strategy to avoid intraoperative sharps injuries is to establish and use which type of a zone?

Which type of ventilation system provides a supply of clean air and reduces contaminants and fumes from the OR?

Which of the following components of personal protective equipment (PPE) are worn for procedures using fluoroscopy?

Which of the following organizations sets standards for electrical safety, sterilization, and use of medical devices?

Soiled sponges from the operative field are discarded into low-to-the-floor, rolling, lined kick buckets.

Which of the following national agencies is an arm of the CDC and functions under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to research and establish permissible exposure limits for chemical vapors and gases?

The Wilson frame is used for positioning a patient in which of the following surgical positions?

What is the electrical engineering safety device required for all operating room electrical outlets?

Effective surgical smoke evacuator units suction and filter particles as small as:

Why would surface-mounted sliding doors be preferred over swinging doors in an operating room?

Locker rooms, administrative offices, and the departmental main desk are examples of semirestricted areas in the OR suite.

All of the following are ways to reduce personnel radiological exposure EXCEPT:

What is the acronym for the treatment administered to a surgical technologist within 2 hours following a needle stick during a procedure on a patient with HIV?

The post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) was previously often referred to as:

The physical design of an OR suite is designed to control personnel, patient, and supply traffic and may be of a race track, hotel, or specialty grouping type.

Which of the following is a substance that is derived from tropical trees and that patients and health care workers may be highly allergic to?

Which of the following is commonly used as a tissue fixative and preservative for surgical specimens sent to pathology?