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CIS Certified Instrument Specialist VIP Practice Exam II
CIS — The CIS (Certified Instrument Specialist) credential is issued by IAHCSMM (International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management); the real exam consists of 100 questions (including unscored pilot items) with a 2-hour time limit and a passing score of approximately 74%.
30
Questions
120m
Time Limit
74.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 30👑 VIP
A surgical technologist returns a set of micro-neurosurgery instruments to the decontamination area. Several instruments have delicate tips with dried blood visible in the box-lock joints. Before placing these instruments in the automated washer-disinfector, what is the MOST important manual pre-treatment step?
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