Equipment cleaning, sterilization methods, and infection control practices specific to anesthesia equipment tested on the Cer.A.T. certification exam.
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- What Spaulding classification applies to items that contact mucous membranes or nonintact skin but do not penetrate sterile tissue?
- Semicritical
- What Spaulding classification applies to items that enter sterile tissue, the vascular system, or a body cavity?
- Critical
- What Spaulding classification applies to items that contact only intact skin?
- Noncritical
- What level of disinfection is required for semicritical anesthesia items?
- High-level disinfection
- Under the Spaulding system, how is a reusable laryngoscope blade classified?
- Semicritical, because it contacts mucous membranes
- Under the Spaulding system, how is a laryngoscope handle classified?
- Noncritical, because it contacts only intact skin
- What sterilization method uses pressurized, moist heat and is the standard for heat-stable anesthesia instruments?
- Steam autoclaving
- What are typical temperature and pressure settings for a standard steam autoclave cycle?
- 121 to 134 degrees C at 15 to 30 psi
- What low-temperature gas sterilization method is used for heat- and moisture-sensitive anesthesia equipment?
- Ethylene oxide (EtO) gas sterilization
- Why must ethylene oxide sterilized items go through an aeration period before use?
- To remove toxic residual EtO gas that can burn or irritate patient tissue
- What low-temperature sterilization method uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide gas plasma?
- Hydrogen peroxide gas plasma sterilization
- What spore-forming organism is used as a biological indicator to verify steam sterilization was effective?
- Geobacillus stearothermophilus
- What does a chemical indicator strip on a sterilized pack actually confirm?
- That the pack was exposed to the sterilization process conditions, not that its contents are sterile
- What is the only test that reliably confirms an item is truly sterile?
- A biological indicator (spore) test showing no microbial growth
- What high-level disinfectant, used at about 2 percent concentration, is being phased out due to respiratory and skin toxicity?
- Glutaraldehyde