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Two reasons for designing an surgical suite with a specific traffic pattern for patients and equipment include ____ and ____. 

____ is/are the statistical probability of a harmful event. 

The ___  department must be designed such a way that traffic patterns promote  a separation of clean /sterile instruments from contaminated instruments that are waiting to be cleaned and reprocessed. 

Electronic cars have great _______________________ to change technology as we know it. While not all the benefits of switching from traditional cars to electronic cars are known yet, there are many possibilities.

With the frequent use of ionizing radiation during surgical procedures, the pregnant sterile team member will need to utilize all traditional staff safety measure in addition to __________ to track fetal exposure.

Back injury or sprain is usually the result of poor body mechanics. Which of the following contributing physical movements  could be considered “at risk” movement for injury? 

The most restricted area of the surgical department; including the surgical suites (OR rooms), radiology interventional procedure rooms, the sterile central corridors,  and all areas where sterile supplies are located, are considered ____. 

The results of the test were _____________________; therefore, the doctor couldn’t give the patient any answers as to why his stomach was always hurting. 

*There ____ is an area within the perioperative department where patients are prepared for the procedure , change their cloths, meet the anesthesia provider, have an interview with the circulating nurse,  and have  an IV started before they enter the OR surgical suites.  

George Washington did _________________ his goal of unifying the thirteen colonies into the United States of America; this was an __________________ achievement as the British had the greatest military in the world at the time.