Which of the following is not an acceptable method of transporting contaminated instruments to the decontamination area following a surgical procedure?

Extremities are prepped ____.

The boiling point of water is 212°F.  Pressure is used to raise the temperature of steam to a level sufficient to destroy all microbial life.  How many pounds of pressure are required to achieve a temperature of 270°F?

It is critical that all personnel working in surgery, or those working with surgical supplies and equipment, understand the process of sterilization.  Any contamination of the patient’s body tissue with nonsterile instruments can lead to ___.

Which of the following statements best describes the care the surgical technologist must take during the handling of patient body secretions and excretions?

In preparation for abdominal surgery, intact skin should be washed and painted ____.

Surgical lights are very expensive and should be cleaned only after ___.

Ethylene oxide and ___ processes use bacterial spores of bacillus atrophaeus as biological indicators.

At the end of the washer-sterilizer cycle, instruments are not considered ___.

Regardless of the job description of the personnel participating in the clean-up following a surgical procedure, all personnel must ___.