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How do you wash your hands differently during surgical asepsis?
- 2 minute hand wash with antimicrobial soap
- Rinse with fingertips up
- Dry hands with sterile towel
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When is surgical asepsis necessary?
- During procedures that require intentional perforation of the client’s skin
- When the skin’s integrity is broken as a result of trauma, surgical incision or burns
- During procedures that involve insertion of catheters or surgical instruments into sterile body cavities
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What are 7 principles of surgical asepsis?
- A sterile object remains sterile only when touched by something sterile
- Only sterile objects may be placed on a sterile field
- A sterile object or field out of the range of vision or an object held below the waist is contaminated
- A sterile object or field becomes contaminated with prolonged exposure to air
- When a sterile surface comes in contact with a wet non-sterile surface, the sterile object or field becomes contaminated by capillary action
- Fluid flows from the direction of gravity
- The edges of a sterile field or container are considered contaminated
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What is the sterile field?
Sterile work area that provides for room for handling or placing sterile items
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What items may be placed in the sterile field?
Sterile items must be carefully placed on the sterile field
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What is the procedure for creating a sterile field?
- Hand Hygiene
- Open sterile packages: No reaching over allowed!
- Away
- Side…side
- Toward
- Adding to sterile field
- Pouring solution
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