Deck 1: Importance of the Surgical Technologist on the Surgical Team

Question 1

Which of the following personal character traits pertains to one's pledge to recognize and admit mistakes so that corrective action can be taken immediately?

A)Surgical conscience
B)Respect for the team
C)Good manual dexterity
D)Organizational skills

Answer 1

A
Beside education in critical technical skills, the surgical technologists needs to have good communication with and respect for the entire surgical team. This produces the necessary environment to safely admit one's own mistakes and provides the ability for corrective action.

Question 2

Which of the following involves establishment of high standards, professional conduct, legal rights, and protection of the profession's integrity?

A)Recommended Standards of Practice
B)Position Statements
C)Code of Ethics
D)Guidelines

Answer 2

C
The code of ethics focuses on protecting the patient but expands to protect professional standards and the profession's integrity.

Question 3

A set of guidelines for professional advancement and recognition within an institution or department through the use of an AST-established set of performance-based evaluation and advancement criteria is also known as:

A)clinical ladder
B)continuum of care
C)core curriculum
D)crew management model

Answer 3

A
A clinical ladder is a tool for encouraging surgical technologists to pursue continuing education and competency in their field.

Question 4

How many phases of patient care constitute surgical case management?

A)2
B)3
C)4
D)5

Question 5

Which of the following describes "An unexpected occurrence involving death or serious physical or psychological injury, or the risk thereof"?

A)Guideline initiative
B)Sentinel event
C)Time out
D)Paradigm shift

Question 6

The Association of Surgical Technologists (AST) was formed in ________________________.

A)1965
B)1970
C)1969
D)1980

Question 7

The scrub surgical technologist is defined as the:

A)The non sterile member of the surgical team.
B)The assisting member of the team.
C)The sterile member of the team
D)None of the above

Question 8

Professional settings for the surgical technologist can include:

A)Hospital suites and ambulatory surgery centers.
B)Ambulatory surgery centers and PACU
C)Labor and delivery units and for a physician as a private scrub
D)All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following groups created a patient safety campaign titled "Safe Surgery Saves Lives" which utilized a surgical safety checklist to aid in the time-out process?

A)American College of Surgeons (ACS)
B)Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety (CSPS)
C)Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ)
D)World Health Organization (WHO)

Question 10

What is the minimum number of Continuing Education (CE) credits required for a 4-year CST recertification cycle?

A)30
B)40
C)50
D)60

Question 11

Which role of the surgical technologist would likely include making hospital rounds, first-assisting, and expanded patient interaction?

A)scrub surgical technologist
B)circulating surgical technologist
C)labor and delivery technologist
D)private scrub technologist

Question 12

Entry level surgical technologists can fill which of the following roles:

A)Scrub surgical technologist
B)Circulating surgical technologist
C)Second assisting surgical technologist
D)All of the above

Question 13

Prevention of which of the following is the MAIN reason for performing surgical sponge, sharps, and instrument counts?

A)stock/supply depletion
B)accidental disposal in trash or linen
C)retained foreign objects in patient
D)revenue loss from non-charged items