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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 ___.

To prevent the formation of condensate (water) in nested metal basins, what must be done?

Certain strains of pathogens have evolved that are either partially or completely resistant to the most powerful antimicrobial agents available.  The most threatening resistant microorganisms in the United States today are all of the following EXCEPT ___.

___ is referred to as flesh eating bacteria.  It is spread through the lymphatic system causing anaerobic infection and tissue death (necrosis).  

Approximately 2 million patients per year in the United States acquire infections because of hospitalization.  An infection acquired while the patient is in the hospital is called a(n) ____.

Ethylene oxide and ___ processes use bacterial spores of bacillus atrophaeus as biological indicators.

When possible, the sterile field should be created ___.

Mop heads used to mop the surgical suite floor between cases must be ___.