Urine Luck
When using a bugby, this fluid is used
What is sterile water?
Where should the insertion of an IUD be documented?
This position involves the patient sitting upright for shoulder surgery.
What is beach chair position (tmax)?
The repair of the nose for cosmetic or functional purpose
What is rhinoplasty?
What is mandatory if final counts do not match the initial inventory.
x-ray and STARS report
What is the recommended position for a left nephrectomy, allowing optimal access to the left kidney?
What is the lateral position with the left side up?
This genetic testing is performed using a specific culture medium that is stored in the refridgerator?
What is RPMI medium?
These are two common irrigations used during joint wash outs.
What is Irrisept and Surgiphor?
This structure is responsible for equalizing pressure between the middle ear and the atmosphere
What is the eustachian tube?
This is the specific action a scrub tech should take for items intentionally left in a cavity during a procedure.
What is to announce when the item is left in and again when it is removed?
Type of laser known for its ability to perform precise incisions and vaporizations in urological procedures?
What is a holmium laser - Moses
What type of scissors is commonly used to cut the cervix during an abdominal hysterectomy?
What are Jorgensen scissors?
This spinal procedure removes part of a vertebra to relieve pressure.
Laminectomy
This technology has greatly decreased severe orbital and intracranial complications during endoscopic sinus surgery
What is image-guided surgery?
A drain does not need to be counted under this specific circumstance.
What is if it's a "true drain" that will remain with the patient and is opened at the end of the case?
What is the process for sending a kidney stone to pathology?
What is calculus, stone analysis?
This surgical procedure involves the removal of the uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and potentially omentum and lymph nodes, and is a primary treatment for ovarian cancer.
What is a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy and staging?
This nerve can be injured with excessive shoulder abduction (>90 degrees).
Brachial plexus
This nerve must be carefully avoided during a thyroidectomy to prevent hoarseness or voice damage
What is the recurrent laryngeal nerve?
This is the minimum number of closing counts required for all cases, irrespective of incision size.
What is two?
What is the required documentation process for instilling chemotherapy?
What is documenting on the MAR with another RN witness?
This crucial anatomical relationship near the cervix is often remembered by the mnemonic "water under the bridge," reminding surgeons to identify and protect the ureter before ligating the uterine artery.
What is the ureter passing under the uterine artery?
Working in pairs, these are the four primary ligaments that stabilize the knee joint by controlling front-to-back and side-to-side motion.
What are the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL), Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL), Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL), and Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL)?
This type of cancer is frequently caused by smoking and alcohol, often involving the tongue or larynx
What is squamous cell carcinoma?
This is the fate of countable items that you do not want to include in the initial count.
What is they must be completely removed from the room?