Surgical Technology - Chapter 5 - Fill in the Blank
The minimum that operating rooms should be ventilated with is at least ____ air changes per hour.
15
The range of humidity in an operating room should not go below _____%.
20
A halon fire extinguisher is a Class _____ extinguisher.
C
_____ should be placed well above the floor.
Electrical outlets
_____ is commonly used as a preservative for tissue specimens.
Formalin
Used sponges can be placed in a(n) _____.
Kick bucket
Postoperatively, the patient is usually transported to the _____.
PACU
_____ are vapors that escape from the anesthesia machine and tubing.
Waste anesthetic gases
Operating room _____ should be closed at all times.
doors
When an electrical charge is in motion, it is called a(n) _____.
electrical current
ESU stands for _____.
electrosurgical unit
Electrical outlets should be hooked up to a(n) _____.
ground-fault interrupter
Ionizing radiation can have therapeutic as well as _____ effects.
harmful
Laser is an acronym that stands for _____.
light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation
A(n) _____ stand is for sterile instruments.
mayo
PMMA stands for _____.
polymethyl methacrylate
A(n) _____ stand is for basins.
ring
The three basic designs of surgical departments are the race track plan, the hotel plan, and the _____ plan.
specialty grouping
The operating table has _____ breakpoints.
three
Operating room floors should not be made of _____.
tile