Chapter 5

The emergency shut-off valve for the supply of oxygen into an operating room is designated by which color? 

Which characteristic of surgical overhead lights allows the surgeon to differentiate between the colors of arterial and venous blood or subtle color changes in tissues? 

Where are surgical instrument “booms” mounted in an operating room? 

Which piece of OR furniture is usually the MOST proximal to the operative site? 

All doors into a restricted area must remain closed during an operation to: 

What is the electrical engineering safety device required for all operating room electrical outlets? 

An operating room where a surgical procedure is in progress would be considered what type of area? 

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

Which type of procedure would require an operating table with a fluid drain pan attachment? 

An erasable board is usually hung in the OR that is within easy viewing range of the surgical team to record: 

Which type of ventilation system provides a supply of clean air and reduces contaminants and fumes from the OR? 

What are the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for OR air exchanges per hour? 

Unless the patient is at risk of hypothermia, the temperature range in the OR should be between: 

Which of the following components of personal protective equipment (PPE) are worn for procedures using fluoroscopy? 

Frozen section biopsies are sent to which hospital department for analysis? 

What is the term used for the process of cleaning an OR after one procedure and preparing for a subsequent one? 

Which of the following is NOT a category of hazard for OR personnel or surgical patients? 

Which of the following national agencies is an arm of the CDC and functions under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to research and establish permissible exposure limits for chemical vapors and gases? 

Which of the following terms relates to the potential impact on personnel from the duties of the job description or the handling and use of equipment and supplies encountered within the perioperative environment? 

The visual representation of the components necessary to support a fire is which of the following geometric shapes? 

Which type of electricity is generated primarily by friction between two surfaces? 

Which of the following diagnostic studies emits ionizing radiation? 

All of the following are ways to reduce personnel radiological exposure EXCEPT: 

A strategy to avoid intraoperative sharps injuries is to establish and use which type of a zone? 

Effective surgical smoke evacuator units suction and filter particles as small as: 

What term is used for the smoke that is generated by use of a laser or electrosurgical unit pencil on tissue? 

What is the chemical name of the powder and liquid mixture used as bone cement for placement of prostheses? 

What is the name of the system attached to all anesthesia machines to remove waste anesthesia gases? 

Which of the following is a substance that is derived from tropical trees and that patients and health care workers may be highly allergic to? 

Which type of natural immunoglobulins are responsible for the type I serious allergic reactions to rubber-containing items? 

What distance from the impact site of a laser beam on tissue should the smoke evacuator be positioned to capture 98% of the plume? 

What is the acronym for the treatment administered to a surgical technologist within 2 hours following a needle stick during a procedure on a patient with HIV? 

What distance from the portable x-ray unit should sterile members of the surgical team stand to reduce their exposure while the image is being taken? 

Which governmental agency mandates that operating rooms have a biohazard exposure control plan and make personal protective equipment available for personnel at risk? 

The part of the complete ESU circuit that delivers alternating current back from exposed tissue to the ESU generator is the: 

Harvey Cushing, M.D., and William Bovie, Ph.D., collaborated in the 1926 to create the first: 

Equipment with the highest potential for serving as ignition sources in surgical fires include all of the following EXCEPT: 

Which of the following would be least damaging to and most effective on a fire involving a laser generator or electrosurgical unit? 

Which of the following is the large piece of OR furniture onto which most sterile supplies are opened and organized for use during a case? 

The post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) was previously often referred to as: 

Which of the following is commonly used as a tissue fixative and preservative for surgical specimens sent to pathology? 

What is the abbreviation for the sets of references that provide information about all potentially hazardous chemicals used in the perioperative setting and must be accessible to health care workers? 

Which of the following is NOT part of a three-prong plug? 

Which of the following should be used by surgical team members to prevent potential injury from tasks involving heavy lifting, moving of equipment or patients, and long periods of standing or sitting? 

Which of the following is the type of head fixation device that attaches to the operating table used frequently for craniotomy procedures? 

According to the American Latex Allergy Association, what percentage of health care workers are allergic to latex? 

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

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

All of the following are articulating breakpoints or removable sections of an operating table EXCEPT: 

Which of the following organizations sets standards for electrical safety, sterilization, and use of medical devices? 

Locker rooms, administrative offices, and the departmental main desk are examples of semirestricted areas in the OR suite. 

Infectious, blood-saturated and dripping, regulated medical waste should be contained and discarded in red bags with a biohazard symbol. 

Soiled sponges from the operative field are discarded into low-to-the-floor, rolling, lined kick buckets. 

Polymethyl methacrylate is a gas used to sterilize heat-sensitive surgical instruments, but must be aerated from items before use on the patient. 

The physical design of an OR suite is designed to control personnel, patient, and supply traffic and may be of a race track, hotel, or specialty grouping type. 

Connection points for negative pressure lines that allow for removal of irrigation and body fluids from the surgical site or by the anesthesia provider for management of patient secretions 

Area of an operating room suite adjacent to an OR, which may contain a scrub sink or immediate-use steam sterilizer 

Positive pressure gradient that prevents airborne contaminants in the corridors from entering the OR when doors are opened

Equipment used by CRNA or MD for induction, maintenance, monitoring, and reversal of a patient undergoing surgery

 Surgical energy that uses intense focused light beams and is an ignition source for surgical fires if proper precautions not taken

Real-time intraoperative radiography that emits large amounts of ionizing radiation and requires use of a C-arm image intensifier

Ignition source caused by friction between two surfaces and electron transfer; resulting in sparks or palpable shocks 

Separate department with direct or indirect connections to OR suite where instrument decontamination, assembly, and sterilization takes place and may include hospital materials storage

Category of “sharp” that has a beveled point and hollow cannula and either should not be recapped or should involve using the one-handed scoop method if recapping is necessary

Area of an operating room suite where patients have IV lines started, sign consents, interview with surgeons, anesthesia providers, and nurses prior to transfer to the OR for procedures