WorksheetsCase planning for Lab 2
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
When may a specimen be collected in sugery?
At the beginning
At the end of surgery
At any time during surgery
When the ST asks for it
Who is responsible for ensuring correct count and recording information on the operative case
CST
RN
CST and RN
CST & CST
Who should call for the timeout?
CST
RN
Surgeon
Resident
A manufactured device that is placed in or on the body
repair
removal
implant
recontruction
Remodel or replace tissue for functional or esthetic reasons
reconstruction
repair
removal
implant
Restore function to a structure, organ or system
Removal
repair
reconstruction
implant
Take out a part or all of tissue, organ or a foreign body
repair
implant
removal
reconstruction
What is an allograft?
used to replace all skin
a tissue graft derived from human tissue
tissue loss caused by truama
a trauma implant
If the count in incorrect
a radiograph should be taken immediately
the surgeon should not be bothered
the surgeon is notified and count repeated
the circulator should call the house supervisor for an incident report
A retatained item can cause a patient injury from all of the following except
x-ray exposure sickness
the sterile set-up or setting up a casse
preparation of the operating room
the surgical count
Immediately after gowning and gloving, the technologist must complete:
scattering the case
the sterile set-up or setting up the case
preparation of the operating room
the surgical count
After your scrub and as you first approach the pile of sterile supplies, do not move anything until
you have a plan
you count the instruments
you load the blade on the knife handle
you move the drapes and put them in order
Tissue derived from human tissue acquired from a tissue is called
synthetic implant
allograft
autologous autograft
silicone
Tissue obtained from a patient's own body implanted into another site, is called
allograft
silicone
synthetic implant
autologous autograft
What does frozen section mean when you collect the tissue specimen?
a method used when an immediate diagnosis is required
removal of tissue for examination and interpretation
a method used when a diagnosis is not required right away
modern techniques used to freeze your specimen
What is the first place where the systematic count start?
items on the mayo stand
items in the back table
item that have been discarded or dropped
item on the immediate sterile field
What does DBM stand for?
Dissecting Bone Marrow
Decibel Milliwatts
Demineralized Bone Matrix
Dense Bone Matrix
What is the recommended distance for the back table from a non-sterile item?
10 inches
11 inches
12 inches
13 inches
Case planning combines knowledge of
anatomy and pathology
surgical procedure and surgical techniques
the patients diagnosis
the patients progress
When opening packages sealed with tape, why should you break the tape rather than peel the tape off?
to prevent strike-through
so that you have to look at the tape to see whether it is sterile
because Ms. Clara says so
to prevent the outer wrapper from ripping, causing contamination
After the case has been opened, the surgical technologist's next immediate task is to
organize the instruments
perform a surgical hand scrub
load a knife handle
dress the mayo stand
After finishing the surgical hand scrub, which task is done next?
put all sponges in one location so you are ready to count
gown and glove self
organize the knife and the instruments
arrange towels, gowns, and gloves in order of use
The selection of suture material is almost always prescriptive or
delayed until the surgeon an prescribe the type they want
determined only after the surgeon has taken a look at the surgical wound
written on the surgeon's case plan ahead of time
whatever the ST wants
