Infection Prevention - Test Your Instrument Reprocessing Acumen

1. Which of the following is true about your SUDs?; 2. After sterilization, wrapped instrument packs are placed into storage. For how long are the instruments inside these packs considered sterile?; 3. External indicator tape on wrapped packs changes color to indicate appropriate temperatures have been achieved inside the sterilizer chamber. Attaching this type of chemical indicator to each pack ensures sterilization.; 4. For reprocessing purposes, items such as colonoscopes and laryngoscopes are considered which of the following?; 5. Retesting of a sterilizer should be performed in all of the following cases except; 6. Recent reports of instrument-related SSIs after orthopedic procedures have put the spotlight on reprocessing arthroscopes and shaver blades. Your sterile processing department suggests changing from high-level disinfection to sterilization for these instruments. Will this ensure a lower risk of infection rates?; Attaching; CDC; Class; DATE; Disinfection; Endoscopes; Events; External; FDA; FDA-approved; Facilities; Guideline; Healthcare Facilities; However, FDA; INSURANCE; MEC; Recent; Reprocessing; Retesting; Routine; SSIs; SUD; SUDs? They; Sterilization; Studies; Test; Texas; USE-BY; WEB Download; ability; abreast; achieved; adjustments; air; alcohol; anesthesia; areas; arthroscope; arthroscopic; article; aseptic; automatic; back; benefits; bioburden; biological; broken; brush; cabinets; called; camera; case; ceiling; central; changing; channels; chemical; choose; clean; cleaning; co-author; colonoscopes; color; commonly; compared; complied; complies; compromise; concentration; conditions.The; consecutive; considered; contents; control; controversy; cornerstone; correct; correctly; covered; critical; cycle; cycles; damage; day; debate; degree; demonstrated; department; depends; designated; detailed; determine; developments; deviation; devices; disinfectant/sterilant; disinfection; disposed; distal; document; dry; due; effective; efficacy; employing; empty; emulating; end; end-point; endoscope; endoscopic; enforce; ensure; entities; enzymatic; equipment; evaluation; event; event-related; evidence; examine; exists; expert; extent; factors; failed; falls; falseIndicator; filtered; firms; flash; flexible; foot; forced; good; greater; gross; guidance; guidelines; handling; handpiece; headlines; high; high-level; holds; hospital; hour-plus; impervious; improper; inches; include; increases; increasingly; indicator; infection; inflow/outflow; initial; insertion; inside; inspect; instructions; instrument; instrument-related; instruments; integrity; intended; interest; intricate; issued; items; itemsSemi-critical; killed; knowledge; labels; laryngoscopes; leads; limits; list; loads; long; looked; lower; lumen; lumen-containing; lumened; manually; manufacturer; manufacturing; margin; material; maximum; meet; microbial; mind; minimal; minimum; minutes; multi-parameter; natural; negative; noAlthough; non-bristled; notes; occurred; occurrence; one-time; open/closed; organisms; original; orthopedic; outbreak; outsourced; pack; package; packs; parameters; part; perform; performed; perfuse; place; placing; plastic; policies; potential; power; preferably; preferred; prevent; principle; procedures; process; processing; properly; protocol; put; putting; quiz; raised; react; reason; recent; recommends; recommission; references; regularly; regulations; regulatory; reinforce; release; relocation; remain; reminder; removing; repairs; reports; reprocess; reprocessed; reprocessing; reprocessor; required; requirements; requirements.There; residual; review; rigid; risk; routine; rule; running; scope; seal; sealed; service; shaver; show; signal; simple; single-use; sinks; solution; spore; spotlight; sprinkler; staff; steam; sterilants; sterile; sterility; sterilization; sterilizer; sterilizer's; storage; store; storing; strict; strip; studies; sub-standard; submissions; suction; suggests; supplemental; surgical; surprise; takes; tap; tape; tear; temperature; temperatures; test; testing; testingAny; third-party; thumb; time; training; true; tubes; type; typical; validation; verify; water; wet; wrap; wrapped