BREAKS IN STERILITY (REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS)
The sterile field is considered sterile only within this boundary.
What is the tabletop level / sterile drape level?
Hands must remain ____ level at all times.
What is above waist and below shoulders?
Sterile items expire based on time alone.
What is false?
What is sterility?
What is the complete absence of all microorganisms, including spores?
How far must a sterile person stay from non-sterile areas?
What is at least 12 inches?
A sterile instrument brushes the anesthesia screen.
What is the instrument is contaminated?
How to pass another scrubbed person.
What is back-to-back?
Flash sterilization is now called ____.
What is Immediate-Use Steam Sterilization (IUSS)?
Who is responsible for maintaining the sterile field?
Who are all members of the surgical team?
What part of a sterile gown is considered sterile?
What is the front from chest to waist and sleeves cuff to 2 inches above the elbow?
A scrub tech turns their back to the sterile field.
What is the field is considered contaminated?
Turning to retrieve dropped equipment.
What is stepping away from the sterile field?
The correct order when opening a sterile package is: ____ first, then ____, then ____.
What is far flap, side flaps, near flap?
What happens if a sterile item drops below waist level?
What is it considered contaminated?
What happens if moisture strikes through a sterile drape?
What is contamination due to strike-through?
A sterile sleeve drops below the table edge.
What is the gown sleeve is contaminated?
When a scrubbed person may leave the room.
What is after breaking scrub?
The OR bed is sterile once draped.
What is false?
What must be done if sterility is broken?
What is the sterile field must be corrected immediately or re-established?
What is the rule for passing between sterile fields?
What is sterile passes sterile, non-sterile passes non-sterile?
You are unsure if contamination occurred.
What is you treat it as contaminated and speak up?
Scrubbed person leans on the OR table.
What is contamination?
Silence equals safety in sterility breaches.
What is false—speaking up is required?
Before opening any sterile package, you check this first.
What is the integrity (tears/wetness) and expiration date?
When is the sterile field considered established?
What is when all sterile items are opened and set up correctly?