Potential Hazards
Protect against eye splash with blood and body fluids.
What is goggles/eyewear.
The responsible personnel for confirming and maintaining the surgical counts.
Who is the CST and the Circulator.
The properties of a skin prep agent should be:
What is fast-acting, persistent, cumulative actions, and non-irritating.
Disease producing microorganisms.
What is pathogens.
The exchange of oxygen for carbon dioxide that is essential to life.
What is respiration.
Prevent foreign body retention.
What is counting.
Sponges used intraoperatively must be _____________, in order to aid in the prevention of retained foreign objects.
What is radiopaque (X-ray detectable).
CHG is inactivated by this product.
What is soaps and shampoos.
Leukocytes that are formed in bone marrow as stem cells.
What is Lymphocytes.
Type of pneumonia that results from contagious infection outside of a hospital or clinic.
What is community-acquired pneumonia.
Prevent accidental patient burn due to activation.
What is ESU active electrode in holder.
The only time the initial count may be omitted.
What is in the event of a stat emergency procedure (life or limb) the initial sponge count may not be able to be performed.
What is the paint solution only.
Resistance to a disease present without the administration of an antigen or exposure to a disease.
What is natural immunity (passive immunity).
The surgical removal of all or part of a lung.
What is pneumonectomy.
Prevention technique for bowel or cancer tissue.
What is separation of clean and dirty (contaminated).
The process when a manufacturer's package has an incorrect number of sponges.
What is incorrect package removed from the sterile field, bagged, labeled as incorrect with the number of sponges in the bag, and placed away from the rest of the counted sponges. Do NOT remove the bag from the OR until the procedure has been completed.
Patients allergic to these items are considered to be allergic to latex.
What is strawberries, bananas, kiwis, and/or poinsettias.
The process by which cancer spreads from one place to another.
What is metastasize.
The condition of having low oxygen levels in the blood, usually due to respiratory disorders or heart conditions.
What is hypoxemia.
Prevent retinal or corneal damage.
What is laser goggles.
The times that instrument counts MUST be completed.
What is before skin incision, prior to closure of an open organ (if applicable, i.e. uterus), prior to closure of the body cavity, addition of any instrument(s), and/or any changes in CST/circulator.
The process for hair removal for Craniotomy procedures.
What is hair is removed, bagged/secured in container, labeled with patient's name, and healthcare facility ID number. The bag/container is removed from the OR during the procedure, but transported with the patient at the conclusion of the procedure (it is the patient's property).
Malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue (protective covering for all of the internal and external surfaces of the body).
What is carcinoma.
A recording device that measures the amount of air inhaled or exhaled (volume) and the length of time required for each breath.
What is spirometer.