What do voluntary standards do? Provide a guideline for required levels of service? Provide guidelines for better patient care? Are written enforceable guidelines? Are guidelines followed by the Centers for Disease Control?

TRUE OR FALSE: Failure to receive accreditation from The Joint Commission can result in the loss of Medicare and Medicaid payments.

Which organization conducts onsite survey of healthcare facilities? SGNA? APIC? TJC? ANSI?

Chemical indicators are what class of devices? FDA Class I? FDA Class II? FDA Class III? Unregulated?

TRUE OR FALSE: Recommendations regarding sterilization practices are provided by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

TRUE OR FALSE: U.S. Food and Drug Administration recalls may be either mandatory or voluntary.

Healthcare regulations and standards provide consistency of departmental activities by outlining what? Minimal levels of quality and safety? Equal pay practices? Productivity time lines? All of the above?

Which agency intervenes in a matter of worker protection even if there are no specific regulations covering the situation? EPA? FDA? OSHA? AORN? None of the above?

TRUE OR FALS: Following OSHA regulations for wearing PPE's in the decontamination area is optional.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is what? A professional organization that writes guidelines for the OR? Responsible for writing Infection Prevention guidelines? A voluntary agency that oversees professional standards?

Which agency imposes very strict labeling requirements on chemicals used by CS departments? OSHA? FDA? EPA? AAMI?

TRUE OR FALSE: Recommendations regarding sterilization practices are provided by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation.

Regulations and standards provide information to help ensure what? Standard guidelines for legal protection? Quality and safety? Goals for patient safety? All of the above?