Asepsis
No living organisms present
What is Sterile
The distance a nonsterile person should approach a sterile area
What is 12 inches
Scissors that are referred to as "suture scissors"
What are mayo scissors
The surgical team member that gives permission for the patient to be positioned or transfer
What is the anesthesia provider
PPE that decreases disease transmission from needle punctures.
What is double gloving
The most important factor in a surgical technologist's role in preventing surgical site infections
What is strict surgical conscience
The first, and most important thing to verify before opening any package containing a sterile item
What is integrity of package
The joint of a hemostat where one half of the instrument passes through the other
What is a box lock
The first towel is placed here when squaring off the operative site
What is the same side as person applying it.
To remove all resident and transient flora from the planned incision site
What is the purpose of the surgical skin prep
Inanimate objects that harbor microorganisms that contribute to environmental contamination
What is fomites
The acceptable position for placement of a scrubbed, gowned, and gloved surgical technologists hands.
What is clasped together at waist level
A fine pointed-tip scalpel blade used to incise blood vessels
What is a #11 blade
During a surgical skin prep, the areas that are considered contaminated
What is scrubbed separately or last
Open package laterally and completely: gently toss item without touching glued edge or going over back table
What is the correct method for delivering a sterile item to the back table from a peel package.
A term that means the number of microbes or amount of organic debris on an object at any given time.
What is bioburden
How Sterile surgical team members pass one another
What is back to back or front to front
A suffix used in medical terminology to indicate a cutting device
What is -tome
A table attachment used to safely maintain a patient in reverse Trendelenburg.
What is padded footboard
The term used for the area beneath the fingernails
What is subungual
The spore forming bacteria used in a biological indicator for steam sterilization
What is Geobacillus stearothermophilus
This term refers to a barrier that does not allow for passage of liquid through it.
What is impervious
An endoscope used to exam the renal pelvis
What is a flexible ureteroscope
A position that facilitates exposure of the operative area during a laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
What is reverse Trendelenburg with a slight tilt to the left
The device used to manually assess blood pressure
What is sphygmomanometer