Bonewit: Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants, 7Th Edition

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Text: Bonewit: Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants, 8th Edition

Chapter 10: Minor Office Surgery

Study Guide

1. What is the purpose of practicing surgical asepsis?

2. What should the medical assistant do if in doubt about the sterility of an article?

3. What would be considered be a violation of sterile technique?

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Test Bank

4. Which instrument consists of a handle and a blade and is used to make surgical incisions and divide tissue?

5. What instrument has serrated tips and is used to pick up tissue or hold it between the adjacent surfaces?

6. What instrument has serrated tips and ratchets and is used to clamp off blood vessels?

7. What instrument is used to hold tissue aside to improve exposure of the operative area?

8. When not in use, an instrument with a ratchet should be stored:______

9. Does placing the cap of a bottle of solution on a flat surface with the open end facing down represent an error in technique when pouring a sterile solution?

10. What is the term for a break in the skin surface or mucous membrane that exposes underlying tissues?

11. What is the name given to the type of wound in which the tissues are torn apart, leaving ragged and irregular edges?

12. Which type of wound would the physician be most likely to order a tetanus booster?

13. What is the first line of defense of the body?

14. The function of the healing process of a wound?

15. What occurs during the inflammatory phase in the healing process?

16. What occurs during the maturation phase of the healing process?

17. Which type of drainage contains both serum and blood?

18. What are the signs of inflammation?

19. What are the postoperative instructions given to a patient after a sterile dressing change?

20. What is the function/s of sutures?

21. What is the name given to the type of sutures that can be digested by tissue enzymes?

22. Sutures inserted into the arms or legs are usually removed after:

23. What are the characteristics of adhesive skin closures?

24. What is the type of suture needle that has a sharp point called?

25. Which type of suture needles requires the use of a needle holder?

26. What information is found on the label of a swaged suture packet?

27. What is the purpose of a sterile fenestrated drape?

28. What is the purpose of adding epinephrine to a local anesthetic?

29. What is a characteristic/s of a sebaceous cyst?

30. What would a physician do if a sebaceous cyst is infected?

31. What is an abscess?

32. What is another name for a furuncle?

33. Why is a biopsy performed?

34. What may cause an ingrown toenail?

35. Why would a Colposcopy be performed?

36. What is the purpose of swabbing the cervix with acetic acid during colposcopy?

37. What is the purpose of performing a cervical punch biopsy is to:

38. Cryosurgery is used in the treatment of:______.

39. What are the postoperative instruction/s for cryosurgery?

40. What is the function of a bandage?

41. What bandage turn is used to anchor a bandage?

42. What bandage turn would you use to bandage a part of the body that varies in width and shape?

43. What is used to immobilize a sprained ankle?

44. Identify the different types (as I indicated in class)of instruments in Minor Office Surgery. Know also what is there main use or function.