NBSTSA Trivia 5

Question 1

What does the term 'aseptic technique' mean in the surgical setting?

Accepted Answer

Practices designed to prevent contamination of the sterile field

Answer

Killing all microorganisms on living tissue

Answer

Using antibiotics to prevent infection

Answer

Sterilizing instruments with steam under pressure

Question 2

Which type of anesthesia produces loss of sensation in a specific body region while the patient remains conscious?

Accepted Answer

Regional anesthesia

Answer

General anesthesia

Answer

Monitored anesthesia care

Answer

Dissociative anesthesia

Question 3

Which surgical count item is MOST frequently involved in retained foreign body incidents?

Accepted Answer

Sponges

Answer

Needles

Answer

Instruments

Answer

Blades

Question 4

What is the role of the circulating nurse in relation to the sterile field?

Accepted Answer

Providing assistance from outside the sterile field

Answer

Scrubbing instruments and passing them to the surgeon

Answer

Performing counts while gowned and gloved

Answer

Draping the patient and opening sterile supplies directly

Question 5

Which imaging technology uses magnetic fields and radio waves to generate detailed images of soft tissue structures?

Accepted Answer

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Answer

Computed tomography (CT)

Answer

Fluoroscopy

Answer

Ultrasound

Question 6

Which landmark surgical procedure performed in 1967 by Dr. Christiaan Barnard was the first of its kind?

Accepted Answer

First human heart transplant

Answer

First coronary artery bypass graft

Answer

First kidney transplant

Answer

First liver transplant

Question 7

Which principle states that a sterile item touching a non-sterile surface or person is considered contaminated?

Accepted Answer

Principle of contamination by contact

Answer

Principle of sterility gradient

Answer

Principle of sterile-to-sterile contact

Answer

Principle of zone isolation