Surgical Technology - Chapter 5 - Fill in the Blank

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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


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