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area where the incision is made |
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surgery site & sterile drapes surrounding it on the table |
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surface covered w drapes & intended to be used as a work area to hold instruments & supplies |
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sterile field, sterile surgery field, area of scrubbed personnel & the air space above all of these |
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| after prep for surgery, pt is |
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| from where to where is sterile on a sterile assistant? |
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| type of clamps used on surgical drapes |
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maintain sterility in surgery
properly opening sterile packs |
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| all articles used in any procedure have been |
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| people who are sterile only touch |
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| people who are not sterile only touch |
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| if in doubt of the sterility of something |
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| non-sterile people do or do not reach over a sterile field |
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| sterile people do or do not avoid reaching over a non-sterile field |
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| tables are sterile only at |
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| table level and only if draped |
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| sterile area of a gown is |
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| from waist to shoulders in front and also sleeves |
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| hands should remain where if assisting in surgery |
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| clasped within sterile area |
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| what part of a gown is considered not sterile |
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| below waist, back & above shoulders |
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| sterile people should stay |
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| how do non-sterile people pass a sterile area |
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| how should sterile people pass a sterile area |
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| how do sterile people pass a non-sterile area |
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| how do sterile people pass each other |
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if a sterilized pack becomes damp or wet it is considered
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| turn their backs to a sterile surface |
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| in an unsterile area, sterile personnel should never |
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| touch or lean over unsterile area |
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| movement or converstation as this can stir up contaminants |
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| when opening or using sterile items avoid |
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| shaking of gowns, towels, drapes, etc. let them fall open by gravity |
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| People that have direct contact w sterile field |
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remove all jewelery
apply head gear and mask
perform surgical scrub on hands & arms
dry hands & arms
gown
glove |
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performing surgical scrub on hands & arms
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- wash hands w scrub
- get brush from non-sterile asst
- sterile asst wets brush & pours scrub on brush
- start at fingertips & nails, 20 strokes total
- scrub between/around fingers, palms then back of hands
- scrub up arm to elbow, never go back down to hand
- rinse repeat steps 3-5
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| total number of strokes on fingernails per hand |
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40
10 on each side
work down towards arm |
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20 on top side
20 on palm side |
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use 1 end of sterile towel to dry 1 arm and the other end/side to dry the second
never go back to hands after drying arms |
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| when putting on sterile gown |
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put hands & arms in sleeves
non-sterile asst ties gown |
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| two methods for putting on gloves |
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open & closed gloving
closed preferred for surgery |
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| when opening sterile packs, which part is the non-sterile area |
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| how should a sterile pack be opened |
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at arm's length,
touch only non-sterile area of pack,
peel sides of pack for blades & sutures, drop onto sterile field OR peel enough open for sterile person to grasp |
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| if suture material is on reels ... |
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| sterile asst grabs below non-sterile asst & cuts suture material between the 2 areas |
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| To transfer an item from a cold pack to an open tray... |
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sterile asst hands non-sterile asst a sterile instrument, ring end first
use sterile end to retrieve instrument from cold sterilization
surgery asst grabs instrument or it is dropped in sterile field |
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