Welcome to your Surgical Technology A NAME: EMAIL: Mobile: [When placing tubing in an activated glutaraldehyde solution, one should:] use a shallow container be certain that the interior of the tubing is completely filled moisten it thoroughly before submersion Both B and C None . [The chemical agent used in gas sterilization is:] ethylene glycol ethacrynate sodium ethyl chloride ethylene oxide None . [A Hurd dissector and pillar retractor is used for:] appendectomy plastic surgery nasal surgery tonsillectomy None . [Which item would not be included on a setup for a transvenous (endocardial) pacemaker?] Tunneling instrument Intra-aortic balloon pump Fluoroscopy Defibrillator None . [Which instrument is used to put traction on the gallbladder?] D B F E None . [An item used for padding that has smooth and clingy layers is called:] Webril stockinette Telfa gypsum None . [Halothane is also called:] Ethrane Penthrane Forane Fluothane None . [What suture would be used on a coronary artery bypass and an aortic valve replacement?] Polypropylene Silk Dexon Vicryl None . [Thoracic outlet syndrome can occur when there is pressure on:] the thoracic artery the brachial plexus subclavian artery Both B and C None . [Which suction tip has an angle and is used in the mouth or throat?] Ferguson Ferguson–Frazier Poole Yankauer None . [An absorbable gelatin hemostatic agent that is often soaked in thrombin or epinephrine solution is:] Avitene Oxycel Nu-knit Gelfoam None . [One gram is equal to:] 1,000 mg 100 mg 10 mg 1 mg None . [A capnometer measures:] O2 concentration CO concentration CO2 concentration PO2 concentration None . [All are environmental disinfectants used for low-level disinfection and terminal decontamination EXCEPT:] glutaraldehyde hypochlorite quaternary ammonium compound alcohol None . [An antibiotic used intraoperatively is:] diazepam ketorolac Cyclogyl gentamicin None . [A drug that could be used to reverse the effect of muscle relaxants is:] Narcan protamine sulfate Prostigmin Valium None . [A bolus is:] a small, intermittent dose intravenously a dose injected intramuscularly a rapid dose, subcutaneously a dose injected all at once, intravenously None . [When water comes in contact with a sterile drape or gown, it can cause:] strike through contamination slippery surface resident flora create a potential fire hazard None . [Bowman probes are used in:] common bile duct surgery lacrimal surgery kidney surgery bladder surgery None . [What gives red blood it’s color?] Platelets Neutrophils Hemoglobin Hematocrit None . [The action of an anticholinergic drug is to reduce:] heart rate anxiety nausea secretions None . [What is known as the center of your sterile field?] Back table Mayo Surgeon Draped patient None . [The maximum storage life for a muslin wrapped item in a closed cabinet is:] 7 days 14 days 21 days 30 days None . [Special considerations when performing the skin prep for contaminated areas include all EXCEPT:] prepping the umbilicus first cancer preps should be applied gently to avoid seeding prepping the umbilicus last no need to prep the umbilicus None . [The vial the circulating nurse is holding is labeled 75 mg per 1 cc. The surgeon wants 150 mg of the medication. You will draw up:] 0.75 cc 1.5 ccs 2 ccs None of the above None . [Rib removal for surgical exposure of the kidney requires all of the following EXCEPT a/an:] Alexander periosteotome Doyen raspatory Heaney clamp Stille shears None . [A temporary biologic dressing is:] porcine Telfa collagen mesh None . [If there is a break in sterile technique during the procedure, the STSR should tell:] the surgeon the person who broke technique the circulator everyone in the lounge None . [In a three-layer dressing, the non permeable layer creates an air tight and a water tight seal to avoid sticking to the wound. All are types of three-layer dressings EXCEPT:] Xeroform gauze Vaseline Band-Aid tape None . [Soiled sponges are:] never touched with bare hands left in the kick bucket until the count begins removed from the room once the peritoneum is closed counted and stacked on a towel or sheet on the OR floor None . Time's up
