SURG midterm review chap 1-4

Elective

Which of the following terms is used to describe a surgical intervention that does not have to be performed immediately or within a short period of time for example a tom meniscus repair ?

The joint commission

Which of the following organ organization is an independent national organization that develop standards for the accredited healthcare organizations in the United States

Diagnosed related groups

What does the acronym DRG stand for in the hospital setting?

SFA

Which of the following surgical team members is a non-physician who has acquired additional knowledge and experienced And obtain inappropriate surgical assistant credential

Maintenance and biomed

Which department would provide services for repair of broken equipment or do routine prevention checks?

Receiver

In or by which of the four components of communication were decoding, take place

Restraints are used On a patient who threatens to leave

Which of the following is an example of an unintentional tort pertaining to surgical patient care?

Res ipsa loquitur

Which of the following legal document doctrine would most likely apply in the case of a wrong site surgery or retained foreign body?

Malpractice

The phrase departure from the standard of care best describes, which of the following legal terms?

Surgeons preference card

All of the following are components of a surgical patient’s medical record except

Implementation of the neutral zone

All the following carry the force of state or national legal enforcement, except ?

Eliminate medical errors

The board objectives of the health insurance portability and accountability act HIPAA include all of the following except?

Unintentional Torts

The most common types of patient care errors committed by operating room personnel, including negligence, and malpractice are categorized as

The patient

According to the joint commission definition regarding consent to surgical intervention, which party has autonomy?

1 cm

Which of the following distances from the impact site of a laser being on tissue should the smoke evacuator be positioned to capture 98% of the plume?

Class C

Which of the following extinguishers is the most effective on electrical or laser fire?

True

Surgery departments are designed specifically to control personnel, patient and supply traffic.

Vesalius

Father of modern anatomy and changes the traditional approach anatomical studies

Roentgen

Which of the following historical figures developed the first x-ray machine ?

3

How many phases of surgical cases management are there?

Circulating RN

Which of the following surgical team members would be privately responsible for maintain the patient’s operative record and transporting the patient to the post anesthesia car unit (PACU)?

CST

Which of the following following surgical team members would be responsible for separating instruments and dissembling the sterile field in the postoperative phase

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NBSTSA

Which organization developed national certification exam exams for surgical tech technologies, and surgical first assist and confer the appropriate credential to eligible certificates ?

Black/blue triangle

Which of the following symbols on the association of surgical tech technologies AST logo represents the surgical tech technologies, performing various roles in surgery?

Receiver

In or by which of the four components of communication would “decoding” take place?

Tightly folded arms

Which example of nonverbal body language might a patient perceived as negative attitude from a team member?

Surgical conscience

Which term describes a surgical technologies, foundation, commitment to professional honesty, confidentiality, fair treatment cost containment, and attention to the highest level of surgical patient care?

Maintenance and biomed

Which department would provide service services for repair of broken equipment or to-do routine prevention check checks?

Lister

Which of the following pioneers of medicine and surgery first developed techniques for surgical antisepsis ?

World War II

After which of the following military conflicts did Great Britain and the United States begin to train and employ a lied house professionals predominantly in the scrub role in surgery ?

Professional

Which term describes the relationship between the certified surgical tech technologies, and other team other members of the surgical team in the OR?

Yielding to the others point of view

Which of the following behaviors would not be considered an example of workplace violence?

Collaborative

According to the AST position statement on teamwork which type of environment, contributes most to a safe and efficient surgical experience with positive patient outcome?

Cooley

Which of the following partners of medicine and surgery performed the first heart transplant in the United States?

Jenner

Which of the following pioneers of medicine invented the smallpox vaccine?

AST recommended clinical ladder

The terms entry-level proficient and expert practitioners are applied to?

Collaborating

ACST who attempts to work and cooperate with others to reach a solution in exhibiting, which of the following conflict, resolution behaviors?

Cost-consciousness

Which of the following principles of surgical consciousness discusses the avoidance of necessary waste?

Pathology

Which of the following departments would provide pre-intro and post operative pathological studies?

Infection control

Which of the following departments would be responsible for tracking higher than normal postoperative infection rates?

OSHA

Which of the following federal Regulatory agencies is dictated to enforce standards of workplace, safety and prevention work related injuries?

Malpractice

Which of the following legal terms is best described as “professional misconduct that results in harm to another”?

Deposition

What is the term that describes a method of pre-trial discovery in which is surgical team member might answer questions under oath?

Foreign bodies left in patient

Which of the following tort would be classified as unintentional?

Implied

Which type of consent applies when emergency circumstance exists when reasonable providers believe that a patient would agree to treatment even if no form was signed or verbal permission given?

Surgical procedure

A special consent form that would be required for which of the following situations during a hospital admission?

Surgeon

Which member of the surgical team is ultimately responsible for obtaining a written informed surgical consent from a patient?

The joint commission JC

In 2004, which of the following agencies created the do not use abbreviation list?

Sentinel event

What is the name of type of report sent to risk management in an effort to decrease the chance of harm to patient or staff or damage to hospital property?

Advanced directive

Which of the following pertains to a patients Wishes about medical treatment and self-determination in the van of incapacitation or inability to communicate?

Documentation

Which of the following terms best describes a process of keeping thorough, accurate, and legal records of a patient’s medical care ?

Patient care partnership

The American hospital Association replaced its “patient bill of rights “ with which of the following?

Latrogenic injury

And in resulting from the activity of healthcare professionals is termed as?

Tort

Which of the following terms describes a civil wrong that may be intentional or unintentional?

Morals

Which of the following terms best describes a principle such as benevolence, trustworthiness and honesty for the care and well-being of others in society?

Scope of practice, (professional standards of conduct)

The legal term that identifies a knowledge and skills required for a professional and describes a healthcare providers accountability based on education, experience and credentials is?

Negligence

Specimen, loss, mislabeling, and improper preparation are examples of which of the following?

Consent

Which of the following terms meets the following definition, a voluntary and informed act in which one party gives permission to another party to “touch”?

Medical error

Which of the following was identified in the late 1990s as causing more debt in the United States then car accident accidents AIDS and breast cancer combined?

Prevent sharp injuries during surgical procedure

What is Establishing a neutral zone designed to do?

Re Ipsa Loquitur

Which legal doctrine/traditional principle would be most applicable in the case involving harm that comes from a given act or thing of which the defendant had soul control ?

Aeger Primo

Which of the following is a guiding principle of AST?

Risk management

For which of the following processes are identification and reporting of unsafe conditions and hazards most critical?

Green

The emergency shut off valves for the supply of oxygen into the operating room is Designated by which of the following colors?

Ceiling

What is the articulating arm of the surgical boom mounted?

Mayo stand

Which of the following pieces of OR furniture is usually the closest to the operative site?

Preserved positive air pressure

Operating room doors should be kept close to?

Substerile room

which of the following areas would be considered restricted?

Prone

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

Surgical counts

A fixed whiteboard in the OR is used to record, which of the following types of information?

20–25 with 20% fresh outside air

What are the recommended air exchange guidelines?

68°F, and 73°F

The temperature in the OR should be kept between?

Lead apron and thyroid shield

Which of the following types of personal protective equipment PPE protects the CST from ionizing radiation?

Pathology

Frozen section biopsies are sent to which of the following hospital departments for analysis?

Turn over

The term that is used for the process of cleaning the OR and preparing the room for the next procedure is?

Triangle

Which of the following geometric shapes visually represents the components necessary to support a fire?

Fluoroscopy

which of the following diagnostic studies emits ionizing radiation?

Neutral

A strategy to avoid intraoperative sharps injuries is to established, which of the following types of zones?

0.1-0.3 mm

It is recommended that surgical plume evaluators filter particulate as small as ?

Polymethyl Methacrylate

Which of the following choices is the chemical name of the powder and liquid mixture used to create cement for placement of a prosthesis ?

Stand behind the x-ray machine

ACC ST who is not wearing an apron and who cannot leave the OR during an intraoperative x-ray should?

Red – colored biohazard bag

Blood and bodily fluid contaminated items must be Disposed of by using a ?

Patient return electrode grounding pad

The portion of the ESU circuit that delivers current back from the exposed tissue to the ESU unit is the?

Daily

Operating room temperature and humidity are recorded?

Back table

On which of the following pieces of OR furniture are most of the sterile supplies opened?

Formalin

Which of the following substances is commonly used as a tissue fixative for permanent specimens?

25 pounds

The recommended weight limit on instrument trays is?

Gloves

Which of the following items would be considered a standard precaution?

PASS

Which of the following acronyms is the mnemonic used to remember the steps for operating a fire extinguisher?

RACE

Which of the following acronyms is the mnemonic used to remember the steps to take in the event of a surgical fire?