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Sterile Processing information systems help SPDs shine Circle the one correct answer:


1. Reporting and decision-support tools: A. Make decisions for you, so you don’t have to. B. Can only handle simple things like how many trays you process.


C. Cannot help you understand the total cost of your inventory.


D. Can be helpful during an audit to demonstrate the completeness of your documentation.


2. Sterile processing information systems: A. Provide reporting and decision support tools. B. Help you and your staff develop greater audit readiness.


C. Support your current quality assurance programs. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.


3. What is a benefit of usage-based preventive maintenance? A. It makes you maintain a tray each time it is used. B. It can help to save money and make sure all trays are in working order.


C. It is very difficult to set up. D. All of the above.


4. What is a dashboard? A. A screen that allows you to see historical graphs and current stats about your department.


B. The screen in the software where trays are as- sembled.


C. A feature that is not included in sterile processing information systems.


D. None of the above.


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5. Case cart building functions help with the following: A. Link sets to a case ID. B. Provide a final checkpoint in delivering complete tray to the OR.


C. Allow staff to more easily identify items that need to be expedited.


D. All of the above. E. None of the above.


6. Guided workflows cannot: A. Include configurable steps that are decided upon by the facility.


B. Physically stop a technician from including a set in a non-compatible load.


C. Show images and resources like excerpts from your IFUs.


D. Capture critical documentation while leading users through the process.


7. On-screen assembly features do NOT do which of the following: A. Prevent users from doing work without washing their hands.


B. Provide technicians with images and video resources.


C. Show lists of possible substitutes when an instru- ment is missing.


D. All of the above. E. None of the above.


8. How can sterile processing tracking systems help your process be more efficient? A. Set expedite features and messages. B. Interface with EMR to proactively show all case needs.


C. Provide additional on-screen resources to help with assembly.


D. All of the above. E. None of the above.


9. Quality issues: A. Are much easier to track, document, and report in paper form.


B. Can be documented and reported by many sterile processing information systems.


C. Are not that important to document and track. D. All of the above. E. None of the above.


10. Staff competency features can benefit your department in the following way(s): A. They provide a check to support only competent staff performing certain workflows.


B. They give supervisors an on-screen checklist to document a passed or failed review.


C. They can be set up so that a new user cannot complete certain workflows without supervision.


D. All of the above.


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