Scrub, Gown, & Glove
This gloving technique is performed when donning a sterile gown.
What is closed gloving?
These two members of the surgical team are responsible for performing counts to prevent retained items.
What is the circulator and surgical tech?
Direction the patient should face when being transported through OR corridors
What is feet first?
This describes the configuration of a standard Mayo stand cover.
What is cylindrical?
When a sterile drape is misplaced during the draping procedure, it should be handled this way.
What is remove and discard it?
Name the ways we control patients body temperature in the OR
Keep the OR at a warmer temperature, warm blankets, warm irrigation fluids, forced air warmers (bair-huggers)
Area beneath the fingernails that is cleaned during a surgical scrub.
What is subungual?
This item is not considered countable and should not be opened until the end of the procedure.
What are dressings?
This member of the surgical team gives permission before the patient is positioned or transferred.
Who is anesthesia provider?
Primary purpose of the mayo stand during surgery.
What is to hold sterile instruments and supplies for the surgeon.
Method of gloving used when placing a urinary catheter.
What is open gloving?
After performing a surgical hand scrub, the ST's hands and arms are considered this.
What is surgically clean?
Best practice for counting sponges when counting aloud with the circulator?
What is remove the paper band and separate into individual piles?
This many individuals are required to safely transfer a recently anesthetized patient from the OR table to the stretcher.
What is 4?
The circulator verifies these two things about the container before the basket on instruments is placed on the back table.
What is the filters are intact and the container is dry?
These are used to attach suction tubing and ESU cords to sterile drapes
What is non-perforating towel clips
During the surgical scrub, the ST scrubs the arms up to this point above the elbow.
What is 2 inches above the elbow?
Best practice for incorrect sponge count when patient is in the room.
What is hand off to circulator who should bag, label, and isolate it from sterile field.
True or False: The safety strap is tightly secured across the waist when transferring an awake, mobile patient from a stretcher to the OR table
What is false?
When placing a one-piece C-arm drape over the upper image intensifier, the drape should be allowed to do this as it is placed.
What is unfold?
For this position, the head of the OR table is moved to the foot
What is Lithotomy?
What is the mayo stand?
Instrument counts should be performed while all instruments remain in this location.
What is the back table?
The legs of a patient being placed into lithotomy should be raised and lowered slowly and simultaneously by this many unsterile personnel.
What is two?
The magnets or metal discs used when draping a surgical robot serve this purpose.
What is to secure the drapes in place?
This position is routinely used for flexible colonoscopy and may be performed with the patient on the stretcher.
What is Sims position?
To deliver a sterile item from a peel package to the back table, the package is opened laterally and completely before the item is gently tossed without touching this part of the package.
What is the glued edge?
Purpose of radiofrequency tracking system in the operating room is to reduce the possibilty of this.
What is retained foreign objects?
In this position, anesthesia administration and intubation should be performed on the stretcher before final positioning.
What is prone?
When turning the sterile gown, this is handed to the circulator to complete the gowning process.
What is the gown card?
True or False: A medical hand wash would be appropriate hand hygiene when performing a skin preparation.
False