SITE MARKING
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FOUR LETTER WORDS/ACRONYMS
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Left Knee Arthroscopy Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

What is LEFT KNEE?

100

Once the back table is draped, what parts of the table are sterile?

What is the JUST THE TOP OF THE TABLE?

100

This wound class applies to a Laparoscopic Appendectomy without appendix rupture

What is CLASS II (CLEAN-CONTAMINATED)?

100

You should have this available if the patient has a pacemaker and the surgery involves the use of cautery.

What is a MAGNET?

100

This type of table is used for total joint replacements

What is HANA TABLE?

200

Cystoscopy Ureteroscopy Moses Laser Lithotripsy with Insertion Ureteral Stent Bilateral

What is a SILVER WRISTBAND?

200

How do two scrubbed team members pass each other?

What is FRONT-TO-FRONT OR BACK-TO-BACK?

200

This is the solution that should be used when performing vaginal prep

What is CHLORHEXIDINE?

200

This type of cautery utilizes high frequency electrical current to cut and coagulate tissue.

What is MONOPOLAR CAUTERY?

200

This organization issues standards for operating room nursing.

What is AORN?

300

L4-5 Hemilaminectomy Left

What is LEFT LUMBAR REGION?

300

This is the area considered sterile on a scrubbed person

What is FROM THE CHEST TO THE LEVEL OF THE STERILE FIELD/FROM THE FINGERTIPS TO TWO INCHES ABOVE THE ELBOW?

300

This is the Medical Terminology suffix for removal or excision

What is -ECTOMY?

300

Laparoscopic procedures are considered this type of surgery.

What is MINIMALLY INVASIVE?

300

The computerized charting system that we will be migrating to in November.

What is EPIC?

400

Open Umbilical Hernia Repair

What is NO SITE MARKING?

400

The humidity level of the Operating Room should remain between...

What is 30-60%?

400

This is the most common type of nerve injury, and can include the loss of sensation of the lateral portion on the hand, and the ability to abduct/oppose the fifth finger

What is ULNAR NERVE INJURY?

400

This solution can be used to achieve hemostasis in GYN procedures.

What is MONSELS SOLUTION?

400

Antibiotic resistant bacteria common in hospitals 

What is MRSA?

500

Robotic Supracervical Hysterectomy Right Salpingectomy Possible Left Salpingectomy

What is RIGHT PELVIS/ABDOMEN?

500

This term refers to advocating and defending perioperative safety protocols regardless of consequences and cost.

What is SURGICAL CONSCIENCE?

500

This disease is an infectious, neurodegenerative, and fatal disease of the central nervous system.

What is CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE (CJD)?

500

This metabolic disorder can be triggered by certain inhaled anesthestics and succinylcholine.

What is MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA?

500

This acronym should be used when operating a fire extinguisher

What is PASS? (Pull, Aim, Squeeze, Sweep)

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