Carlton & Adler Chapter 18 Review

The first glove is picked up by the inside cuff with one hand, being careful not to touch the outside of the glove

When putting on a pair of sterile gloves using the self-gloving, open technique:

Must never touch the inside of the tray

When opening a sterile tray, your fingers:

Hold the bottle with the label facing up to prevent fluids from staining the label

When opening and pouring sterile solutions:

All of the above are important

When performing dressing changes, it is important to remember that

Both B and C are appropriate

When opening and pouring sterile solutions:

Aseptic techniques are especially important because of the infant's weak immune system

When performing portable radiography on neonatal infants:

All of the above are correct

When performing radiologic examinations on patients with chest tubes:

Sterility will be maintained using a "shower curtain" approach

When using a portable C-arm for a surgical hip pinning:

The image receptor and C-arm are draped with a snap cover for sterility

When using a portable fluoroscopy C-arm in surgery:

When using a sterile setup, avoid bending and reaching over it

Which of the following represents good sterile technique?

Expiration date

Which of the following should be examined first when a sterile package is used?

Create sterile fields early in the morning while staff members are fresh and equipment is clean

Which of the following statements is false?

Scrub the fingers completely, as well as the front and back of your hands, for three minutes

You are about to assist with a sterile procedure. In scrubbing for the procedure, it is important to:

The patient has a central venous line and the physician wants to check the repositioning

You are working as a radiographer in a busy imaging department late into the evening. You receive a request for a portable chest radiograph on a cardiac patient in the ICU. Your coworker comments that he just did a portable chest procedure on the same patient approximately 15 minutes earlier and questions why they are ordering another one so soon. The rationale for this next chest image would most likely be:

1, 2, 4 and 5 only

A common neonatal chest disorder requiring portable radiography in the neonatal unit is transient tachypnea of newborn (TTN). Radiographs are taken to visualize the chest for respiratory distress and, in doing so, the imaging professional must: 1. use the highest degree of aseptic techniques 2. use lead protection when possible and sterilize after each use 3. wash hands only after the procedure is complete 4. wrap all items that may have the potential of coming in contact with the newborn 5. use contact or shadow shielding for patient protection 6. treat the procedure as a sterile procedure similar to surgery

Barium enema examination

All of the following situations would require aseptic technique except:

After gowning, the front of the gown down to the waist and the sleeves are considered sterile

When gowning and gloving for a sterile procedure, it is important to remember that:

A nonsterile circulating person pulls up the gown and fastens the back and waistband

When gowning another person:

Avoid kinks in the tubing and keep the drainage bag lower than the bladder

When handling a patient with a Foley catheter in place:

All of the above are important

During surgical procedures using a portable C-arm, it is important to remember that:

Consider the object unsterile and do not use it

If the sterility of an object is unknown, which of the following should be done?

Make the radiologist aware of the possible contamination immediately

If you suspect the radiologist has contaminated his or her glove, which of the following should you do?

Protect the patients from pathogenic microbes

The goal of aseptic technique is to:

Sterile water

The inflatable balloon portion of the Foley catheter is typically filled with:

Hold the catheter within the bladder

The purpose of the inflatable balloon portion at the tip of the Foley catheter is to:

Operate fluoroscopy for the physician as he or she guides the pacemaker into position

The role of the imaging technologist during cardiac pacemaker studies is to:

Back to back

Two people in sterile attire should pass each other in which of the following ways?

A polyvinyl chloride catheter is used

When a Foley catheter system is inserted into a patient for an expected period of 4 to 6 weeks:

Keep sterile gloves in sight and above waist level

When creating a sterile field, it is important for the imaging professional to:

All drape items must be clean and dry

When establishing a sterile field using a sterile drape: