NAME:______

DEPARTMENT: ______

DATE: ______

1. The Bowie-Dick test should be run:

a.Weekly

b.Monthly

c.Daily before the first processed load

d.During routine maintenance

2. The Bowie-Dick test is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the air removal system of which kind of steam sterilizer?

  1. Gravity-displacement
  2. Prevacuum
  3. Both a and b

3. The Bowie-Dick test is designed to detect residual air in the sterilizer chamber due to:

  1. Inadequate air removal
  2. Air leaks
  3. Non-condensable gases in the steam
  4. All of the above

4. The appropriate placement of the Bowie-Dick Test Pack in the sterilizer is:

  1. On the floor over the drain
  2. On a basket over the drain
  3. Horizontally, label side up, on the bottom shelf of the sterilizer rack, over the drain in the first full load of the day
  4. Horizontally, label side up, on the bottom shelf of the sterilizer rack, over the drain in an otherwise empty chamber

5. It is recommended to run a warm-up cycle before running the Bowie-Dick test to ensure accurate results and avoid false failures.

True

False

6. To save time, it is acceptable to run the Bowie-Dick test pack in the same cycle as the biological indicator test pack.

True

False

7. When running the Bowie-Dick test, the sterilizer should be programmed to run which of the following cycles?

  1. 270-273ºF prevacuum for 4 minutes or longer with 20 minute dry time
  2. 270-273ºF prevacuum for 3 ½ - 4 minutes with 1 minute dry time
  3. 270-273ºF gravity-displacement for 3 ½ - 4 minutes with 1 minute dry time

8. The 3M Comply 00135LF Bowie-Dick Plus Test Pack contains:

  1. A biological indicator
  2. A Bowie-Dick Test Sheetonly
  3. A Bowie-Dick Test Sheet and an Early Warning Test Sheet

9. A uniform color-change of the primary test sheetfrom yellow to dark brown/black is considered a pass.

True

False

10. If the indicator dot on theEarly Warning Test Sheet shows a non-uniform color change but the primary test sheet shows a pass, what should you do?

  1. Use the sterilizer and schedule routine maintenance
  2. Take the sterilizer out of use and call a repair person
  3. Ignore the result

11. If a major repair of the sterilizer is required, qualification testing should be conducted before the sterilizer is put back into routine use.

True

False

12. During sterilizer qualification testing, the Bowie-Dick test is:

  1. Run in three consecutive cycles after running three consecutive biological indicator test pack cycles
  2. Run in three consecutive cycles before running three consecutive biological indicator test pack cycles
  3. Not needed
  4. Run once

13. For flash sterilizers, the Bowie-Dick test:

  1. Is not needed
  2. Should be done daily if the sterilizer is used for prevacuum cycles
  3. None of the above

14. After the Bowie-Dick test results are interpreted and recorded, the test sheets:

  1. Can be thrown away
  2. Should be maintained in a paper record keeping system or scanned into an electronic record keeping systemso they are available for future comparison
  3. None of the above

NAME:______

DEPARTMENT: ______

DATE: ______

Answers:

  1. c
  2. b
  3. d
  4. d
  5. True
  6. False
  7. b
  8. c
  9. True
  10. a
  11. True
  12. a
  13. b
  14. b