1, 2, 3
The precise way before, during, and after the surgery to prevent any object from being left behind in the patient
What is the surgical count?
Done before the start of the case and scalpel is passed
What is the timeout?
Re-count
What is the first thing you do when count is off?
First thing you do when you get into the OR room in the morning after damp dusting
What is look at Dr's preference card?
The first count before surgery begins
What establishes the baseline count?
Sutures, surgical sponges, sharps, instruments, instrument parts, retraction devices (umbilical tape, vessel loops), instrument tip covers (shods), suture reels, and any other small items used on the sterile field
What are the countable items?
The marking that is placed on the patient
What is the site marking?
X-ray
What is a last thing you do to find an item?
Second thing you do
What is lay the case out?
12 inches
What is the distance recommended between a non sterile and sterile area?
The circulator and the surgical technician
Who are the two people who perform the count?
This person does the site marking before surgery
Who is the surgeon?
Most commonly retained item
What is a surgical sponge?
Third thing you do
What is open sterile supplies, instruments and back table?
Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative
What are the 3 phases tasks are divided into?
The center of the sterile field, the mayo stand, the back table, off the field
What is the systematic way of doing a count?
The process used to prevent serious errors in patient identification, wrong site, and wrong surgery
What is universal protocol?
5-0 and 6-0 needles
What are not x-ray detectable?
Fourth thing you do
What is open gown and gloves and go scrub?
Responsible for all drugs on the back table
Who is the surgical technician?
RSI stands for
What is retained surgical items?
Procedure check-in, Sign-in, Time-out, Sign-out
What is the comprehensive surgical checklist?
The folds of drapes, under basins, among the skin prep sponges, or on the floor under the operating room table
Where sponges are often found?
Fifth thing you do
What is set up back table, mayo stand and prepare for the case?
Used as a biological dressing for burns, skin ulcers, and infected wounds
What is amniotic membrane from human placentas?