set the wheels in motion
Injuries are reduced when health care providers use
What are proper body mechcanics?
The ____________ containing towels, drapes, and gowns is centered on the back table and opened using aseptic technique.
What is basic pack?
A ________ suture is a suture-needle combination designed to discharge the suture easily.
What is a control release?
When passing through manually operated doors while transporting a patient, ___________________.
What is open the doors first and secure them open
_______________ is/are tubing through which retention sutures are threaded to prevent them from cutting into the patient’s skin.
What are bolsters
Moving the arms away from the body
What is abduction?
Using a(n) _____________ approach to all setups improves efficiency.
What is a methodical?
The ________ needle has a round body that narrows to a sharp point. It punctures tissue, making an opening for the body of the needle to follow. Its primary use is for suturing soft tissue.
What is tapered?
The developmental age of the ________ is critical for communication to be effective.
What is a child?
A free-tie suture attached to the end of a clamp is called a
What is a tie on a passer?
These must be higher than the patient’s body at all times.
What are IV lines and fluids?
Before organizing and preparing supplies during setup, ___________ the sterile area.
What is increase the size of?
The process of suturing two tissue edges together is called
What is approximation?
The surgical team may begin positioning the patient only after the ________ gives his or her permission.
What is the anesthesia provider?
A monofilament suture is extruded from the package and
What is slightly stretched
Caregivers may accompany a(n) ________ patient to the surgical suite and stay through anesthesia induction.
What is pediatric?
Avoid shifting items around from one place to another during setup. Try to handle an item only once. Shifting items from one location to another without purpose increases the chance of ________________ and is not productive.
What is contamination?
A(n) ________ suture is a continuous suture used to approximate the open ends of a lumen. It is traditionally used during an appendectomy to close the base of the appendix after the distal portion is removed.
What is a purse string?
Lying with the abdomen downward, the patient is in the ________ position.
What is prone
Load the needle holder ________ removing the entire needle suture combination from the package
What is before
Sequential compression devices are used on patients having surgery to prevent ________.
What are blood clots/blood pooling?
You may have up to 10 trays on a complex case. This is why it is important to think about what you need, locate it among all the supplies, and then put it in a specific place. If instrument trays must be stacked, place the ___________ ones on the bottom.
What is heavier?
In areas where great strength is required, such as abdominal incisions, ________ sutures are used in conjunction with routine abdominal suture layers to add support to the closure.
What are retention
To assist the patient when falling, ______________________.
What is ease the patient to the floor, while protecting his or her head?
Most commercial needles are now manufactured with the suture preattached. This is called a ________________ suture.
What is swage?
The use of a footboard for the patient in the reverse Trendelenburg position may prevent the patient from sliding downward, which can cause ______________.
What is a shearing injury?
_________________ is/are responsible for ensuring that no item is left in a patient.
What are all team members?
When cutting sutures, use only ________ scissors.
What are sharp suture?
The ________ position is a modification of prone position in which the patient lies on his or her abdomen with the middle section of the table is flexed at a slight angle.
What is kraske/jacknife
A suture that causes little or no bioactivity is said to be
What is intert
The ________ position, or foot-down position, is used when the surgeon requires unobstructed access to the upper abdominal cavity and lower esophagus.
What is reverse trendelenburg?
The count is performed by two people. Professional standard for counts as published by AORN requires a _____________ and another health care worker such as the surgical technologist to perform the count.
What is the circulator?
The ability of suture material to absorb fluid is called
What is capillary action
A tissue implant derived from another person, animal, or the patient is called a(n) ____________.
What is a graft?
A suture-needle combination containing a needle at each end of the suture is called a __________ suture.
What is double armed
A safety strap should be placed __________________ between the patient and the strap.
What is on top of a blanket or sheet with three finger’s space?
All sharps should be passed with ____________________. If hospital policy or an individual surgeon has not implemented this technique, the scrub must pass sharps in the traditional manner.
What is a neutral zone (no-hands) technique
The ________ phase of wound healing is the proliferative stage. During this phase, fibroblasts synthesize collagen and other cell matrices.
What is second?
A method used for gathering supplies for a case is referred to as a(n) _________ system.
What is a case cart
A ____________ suture with long suture length is anchored at one end of the tissues, and the needle alternated from one side of the tissue edge to the other the entire length of the wound.
What is continuous or running
A sitting position used for breast, shoulder, posterior cranium, and posterior spine procedures is called the ________ position.
What is fowlers?
The surgical technologist must keep track of the amount of _____________ used in the wound so that estimated blood loss can be calculated.
What is irrigation fluid?
Excess inflammation and serous discharge from the wound is a sign of
What is surgical site infection
A(n) __________________________ is a database containing each surgeon’s particular routines for specific instruments for a particular surgery.
What is a surgeons preference card?
How to position the needle holder in relation to the suture needle depends on whether the ________ is right-handed or left-handed.
What is the surgeon
An important element for the safety of the patient during positioning is ________. It is necessary to provide smooth, step-by-step coordination.
What is teamwork?
The process preceded by patient verification process detailed by The Joint Commission is called ______.
What is a TIMEOUT?
Surgical gut sutures are packaged in a(n) ______________ solution.
What is alcohol
The surgeon used 350 cc’s of irrigation fluid. The suction canister contained 950 cc’s of total fluid. The estimated blood loss is
What is 600 cc’s
Surgeons are accustomed to receiving sutures from the scrub in a prescribed manner for
What is safety and efficiency of movement