Tech In Surgery NCCT Practice Exam 175 Questions And Answers
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The surgeon begins to close the uterus during a myomectomy. Which of the following actions should the surgical technologist take before continuing with the closure of the wound?
Initiate the cavity count
The surgical technologist has just completed scrubbing for a right knee arthroscopy. As the surgeon takes down the tourniquet, and the surgical technologist begins to breakdown the back table, a plume of smoke is seen coming from the sterile field. Which of the following is the most likely source of this smoke?.
The light source was left on and the drape is igniting.
When donning a sterile gown, the surgical technologist should
keep the inside of the gown toward the body.
What does a Bowie-Dick test check for?
Air entrapment
While preparing to open an instrument tray the surgical technologist notices that one of the indicators is not the proper color. Which of the following should the surgical technologist do?
Discard the tray and retrieve a new sterilized instrument tray.
After surgical drapes are removed, the circulating nurse recognizes what looks like a chemical burn on the patient's lower back. Which of the following prep solutions was most likely used to clean the patient?
Iodophor
When opening sterile supplies aseptically for surgery the surgical technologist should
open gown and gloves onto a small table away from where sterile items have been distributed.
An OB-GYN surgeon has posted a laparoscopic partial hysterectomy and has informed the surgical team that the ovaries are remaining. However, the fallopian tubes will require ligation involving the tubes being clipped and cauterized. Which of the following instruments should the surgical technologist open?
Filshie and Kleppinger
After a resident connects the Yankauer suction tip, it falls slightly below the edge of the sterile field. Which of the following should be considered contaminated?
Yankauer suction tip
A surgical case ends, and the surgeon removes the drapes to finish dressings. What is the first action that the surgical technologist must take as the surgery ends and drapes are removed?
Maintain back table and Mayo sterility.