Done to reduce the risk of postoperative surgical site infections by removing soil and transient microorganisms from the skin.
What is the surgical prep.
100
The most important measure in maintaining patient and health care personnel safety.
What is hand washing?
100
done to make sure that there are no retained surgical items.
What is a surgical count?
100
Room number, employee number and OK.
What are the elements that need to be included in your documentation on the autoclave tape.
100
15:1
What is the recommended adequate amount of formalin to specimen ration?
200
Use on eyes, ears, mucous membranes, lumbar punctures, meninges, and someone with a know hypersensitivity to the drug or any ingredient.
What are the contraindications for chlorhexidine gluconate and chlorhexidine gluconate with alcohol?
200
Washing hands instead of using an alcohol-based hand rub.
What is done if hands become visibly soiled?
200
Maintaining an organized sterile field, awareness of the location of items on the sterile field during the course of the procedure, and initiating the count process when needed.
What are duties of the scrub person?
200
Reprocessing an item and follow up for reason for failure of process
What is the proper action to take if chemical integrator fails or parameters not met
200
Patien surname and first initial, medical record number, and employee number of scrub person and circulating RN.
What need to be included on the lid of the specimen container?
300
Cleaning the skin around the surgical site and making sure it is free of soil, debris, exudate, and transient microorganisms.
What is a way to reduce surgical site infections?
What is done prior to prepping the skin?
300
Upon arrival at the health care facility, before and after every patient contact, before putting gloves on and after removing gloves or other personal protective equipment.
What are the times you should wash your hands?
300
An 18 x 18 inch radiopaque sponge.
What is a lap sgonge?
300
The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instruments (AAMI) and the Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN).
Who are the governing bodies that set the standards for sterilization in health care settings?
300
Patient sticker, surgeon, procedure, diagnosis, specimen being sent, and room extension.
What is the information on a frozen specimen slip?
400
Chlorehidine gluconate and alcohol.
What is chloraprep?
400
The major cause of Health Care Associated Infection transmission
What is poor hand hygiene
400
A strategy used to assure visualization of sponges for all personnel in an operating room
What are sponge counter bags
400
A class 5 integrator together with a biological indicator.
What is included in the 3M Attest Rapid 5 Steam-Plus challenge pack?
400
Products of conception, tissue with the word "lymph" in the site or diagnosis, and calculi.
What specimens are not appropriate to add formalin to?
500
At least 3 minutes on skin and up to an hour for hair.
What is the dry time for cholaprep and duraprep?
500
Many of these products interfere with the effect of antiseptic agents and integrity of latex gloves
What are hand lotions not recommeded in the surgical area
500
Action taken when a retractor is used as a closure device
What is document on the count sheet and reconcile on final count
500
These verify that the conditions at a location within the load were adequate to kill a population of microorganisms resistant to the sterilization process / lethality of sterilization
What is a biological indicator?
500
Notify pathology or laboratory personell and place the specimen in the gross pathology dissecting room refrigerator as soon as possible.
What is the proper action if you have a fresh specimen after hours or on the weekend?