All factors increase the surgical patient’s risk for infection EXCEPT ____.   

The main goal of sterilization is to kill the  persistent, dormant form of the most resistant bacteria called a/an____. 

Tables that are draped with sterile drapes to create sterile fields and are only considered sterile _______________.

________ cannot be disinfected or considered sterile. The use of certain antiseptics, along with standardized scrubbing techniques, can reduce the number of resident  microbes to an acceptable level. This reduction is achieved with mechanical friction and chemical antiseptics that may produce continuous antimicrobial kill and  persistence.  

Hospital-acquired infections are known as _____.

The surgical technologist should scrub each arm up to what area?

Pathogenic microbes would enter the body through a ________. (chain of infection)

Aseptic technique is closely associated with one’s motivation to ________.  This is also a part of having  a surgical conscience as it relates to the sterile techniques and practices in the OR.  

The student should never don their gown and gloves directly from the __________________, and should not allow anyone else entering the sterile field to do so either- unless assisting them is not possible.

Which of the following movements is moving toward themid-line?