Medication, solutions and specimens
Typically contain procedure name, list of all instruments needed for the procedure, patient position, positioning devices, medications and irrigation solutions, sutures, and dressings.
What are preference cards?
Can include: Scalpel, scissors, knifes, saws
What are cutting or dissecting instruments?
What is Hemostasis?
This is assimilated by tissues during the healing process. Digestion via enzyme activity.
What is the restricted area?
Right patient, Right, medication, Right dose, Right route, Right time.
What are 5 rights of medication administration?
Ex: Hemostats, maingots, kockers
What are clamping or occluding instruments?
These are used to prevent air accumulation or fluid collection in a surgical site.
What is a surgical drain?
A measurement of the strand's ability to resist breakage.
What is tensile strength?
Reduces microorganisms, removes, transient microorganisms and prevents contamination or the patient and sterile field.
What is surgical hand scrub?
What are common specimens?
These hold back tissue to expose the operative site.
What are retractor instruments?
Bonus: Name 2 we use in a cesarean section?
Minimize the need for blood replacement.
Optimize view of the surgical field.
Avoid damage to major organs.
Decrease risk of infection.
Shorten length of surgery and stay.
Decrease healthcare costs for patient and facilities.
What are the goal of Hemostasis?
Inflammation, proliferation and remodeling.
What are the 3 phases of wound healing?
Axilla, sleeve cuffs, neck and shoulder, back.
What are the unsterile parts of a gown?
A common dye and staining agent used in the OR. It is used to check for leaks that may have been caused during the proceedure.
What is Methylene Blue?
These can be used on delicate tissue or more sturdy tissue.
Ex: babcocks, allis, ring forceps, debakey.
What are grasping and holding instruments?
Mechanical, thermal and chemical
How to stop bleeding during surgery?
Bonus: give an example of each.
The inherent capability of the suture to keep or return to its original packaging shape after being stretched or tied.
What is memory?
Sterile instrument table, drapes over the patient and furniture create this area
What is the sterile field?
The process of creating the most accurate list possible of all medications a patient is taking, including drug name, dosage, frequency and route.
What is medication reconciliation?
This is the most common joint type. One arm is passed through a slot in the other arm and the ttwo halves are secured with a pin or rivet.
What is a box lock?
What is Thrombin?
The wound is closed with suture or another product appropriate for a clean approximated incision. No tissue loss, minimal wound trauma, minimal drainage, well approximated(no dead space)
A reflection of the individual nurse's honesty and moral integrity. Alone or with others and without the fear of embarrassment or criticism, the nurse will take immediate corrective action to remedy a break in sterile technique.
What is Surgical Conscience?