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What personnel should be in surgery?
only essential personnel (no visitors or spectators)
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Should you wear jewelry during surgery? Why or why not?
- no, remove bulky or dangling earrings, bracelets, rings
- hiding place for bacteria or could be dropped in surgical site
- may wear smooth wedding band
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Describe how fingernails should be during surgery?
clean, cut short, filed smooth, no nail polish
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What kind of shoes should be woren in surgery?
no open shoes
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Why do we wear sterile gowns in surgery?
to reduce contamination
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What is the order of dressing for surgery?
- remove jewelry
- put on scrub suit
- cover shoes
- put on cap and mask
- scrub hands and arms
- put on gown
- put on gloves
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When do we open the first wrap of gown packs?
before scrubbing
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What needs to be scrubbed?
- nails
- fingers
- palms
- back of hands
- wrists
- forearms
- scrub all four sides of each
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How many times do we scrub our hands and arms?
at least 3 times
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How long do we scrub our hands and arms for?
at least 5 minutes
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How should we hold our hands while scrubbing?
higher than elbows
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Why do we hold our hands higher than elbows when scrubbing?
so contaminated water does not run from the elbows to the hands
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How do we dry our hands?
- let them drip (do not shake)
- use sterile towels
- lean over so the towel does not touch anything but your hands
- dry first one hand from fingertips to elbow, then turn towel around and dry the other hand
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What are we allowed to touch with our hands after scrubbing?
- towel
- gown pack
- collar of gown
- interior of gown
- interior of gloves
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How do we gown?
- pick up gown by collar
- hold it up in the air and let it fall open
- put arms through sleeves
- do not let hand come through cuff
- tie gown (non-sterile assistant ties from gown from the back)
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What is the job of the non-steril assistant?
- opens outer wrap fo drape and presents it to the surgeon
- places instrument pack on the stand and opens its outer wrap
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What is the job of the surgeon or sterile assistant?
- opens inner wrap of drape pack
- opens drape, avoiding contamination
- places drape on patient
- opens instrument pack in order to get towel clamps out
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What is a window drape?
single drape with hold cut in the middle
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What is four-corner drapes?
- lay first drape cranial to incision site
- lay second drape caudal to incision site
- then lay side drape (clamp to skin with towel clamps)
- lay other side drape (clamp in place)
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