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The method used to don gloves for patient skin prep or urinary catheterization is called ____.

The boiling point of water is 212°F.  Pressure is used to raise the temperature of steam to a level sufficient to destroy all microbial life.  How many pounds of pressure are required to achieve a temperature of 270°F?

Extremities are prepped ____.

Bioburden refers to ___.

The contamination of a person or object by another person or object is called ___.

At the end of each day, operating suites should undergo ___.  This process involves a more thorough cleaning of  items within the OR suite including floors, surgical lights, and equipment.

Polyglactin 910 is also called ____.

When instruments are received in the decontamination processing area, they are sorted and the instruments with detachable parts are disassembled.  Instruments are disassembled because ___.

The basis for practice of strict adherence to sterile technique is called ___.  It involves a level of honesty and moral integrity that all surgical team members must uphold in order to deliver quality patient care.  

Needles manufactured with suture strands inserted in one end are ___.