According to the classification of infection-risk devices described by Spaulding, ventilator tubing is considered:
a. critical. c. semicritical.
b. noncritical. d. highly critical.
ANS: C
Ventilator tubing comes in contact with intact mucous membranes and is considered semicritical. Critical items are those that are introduced into sterile tissue or the vascular system. Noncritical items come in contact with intact skin. Noncritical items include face masks, ventilators, stetho-scopes, and blood pressure cuffs. Highly critical is not a descriptor that Spaulding used.
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