Part of Josie's Responsibility as a Medical Assistant Is to Run

question 27

Multiple Choice

Part of Josie's responsibility as a medical assistant is to run the autoclave as needed to sterilize instruments. Once a week, she includes a biological sterilization indicator with a load as a general quality control measure. Today, she notices that the biological indicator from yesterday's load is positive. What does this result mean?

• A) The proper temperature was not reached
• B) The pressure in the autoclave was not high enough
• C) There was not enough steam in the autoclave
• D) The water reservoir on the autoclave is running low
• E) The items in that load are not sterile

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