Healthcare Equipment Safety and Maintenance Quiz

During a school science fair, Teagan and Ahmed were assigned to the ________________ department to perform safety inspections and functional tests on equipment.

• Material management

• Infection control

• Biomedical / clinical engineering

• Facilities and maintenance

What department receives patient equipment at the healthcare facility, and safely checked before it is cleared for patient use.

• Biomedical technician

• Infection control committee member

• Central service technician

• Central service director

During a hospital safety committee meeting, Danica and Teagan are discussing the importance of maintaining medical equipment. Which of the following requires that preventive maintenance standards be established for medical equipment?

• Occupational Safety and Health Administration

• The Joint Commission

• Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

When Angie and Teagan were working in the hospital, they learned that all patient care equipment that was dispensed for use must be considered _______________ and handled as such, regardless of its appearance.

• Sterile

• Clean

• Contaminated

• Visible soiled

Angie and Isobel are SP technicians responsible for ordering and maintaining patient care equipment. Which of the following is not a consideration for them in their duties?

• Equipment Location

• PM history

• Patient diagnosis

• Repair history

During a medical training session, Ahmed and Isobel are learning about the proper handling of disposable components such as pads and tubing on patient care equipment. They are instructed that these components should be:

• Discarded at the point-of-use

• Be reprocessed for reuse

• Discarded during preventive maintenance

• Removed in the biomedical engineering department

Danica and Ahmed are responsible for checking equipment in the hospital. They should inspect for obvious hazards such as cracked or frayed electrical cords:

• Only by trained biomedical engineering technicians

• Only during preventive maintenance activities

• Only when there are complaints from user department personnel

• Whenever the equipment is inspected in Central Service

During Skills USA competition, Ahmed and Danica were demonstrating a medical device when it malfunctioned and caused harm to a participant. The device should be:

• Discarded immediately

• Sent to the manufacturer for repairs

• Sequestered for impaction by Occupational Safety and Health Administration personnel

• Returned immediately to the biomedical department

During a hospital visit, Gabby noticed that patient care equipment should be stored in a ____________________ condition.

• Ready to dispense

• Ready to clean

• Ready to inspect

• Ready to sterilize

During a hospital tour, Teagan and Isobel were curious about where patient care equipment is typically stored. They learned that it is usually stored:

• In the biomedical engineering department

• In patient units

• In the Sterile Processing Department

• In sterile storage areas of the Material Management department