Medication
Most common antibiotic used in the OR
What is cefazolin?
Principle enzyme of hemostasis.
What is thrombin?
Common components of an instrument.
What is a joint, shank, ring, and ratchet with varying tips?
What is the skin?
The other name for supine position.
What is dorsal recumbent?
Staining agent used in the OR to check for leaks.
What is methylene blue or indigo carmine?
Complication of surgical bleeding?
What is thrombocytopenia.
Category of instruments designed to hold back tissue in order to expose the operative area.
What is a retractor?
Includes corridors leading from unrestricted areas to the restricted areas & sterile processing.
What is the semi-restricted area?
What is lithotomy position?
Most frequent phase for medication errors.
What is the transcribing phase?
Traditional methods of hemostasis.
What are mechanical, thermal and chemical?
What is titanium?
The four risk of exposure barrier levels of gowns.
What are minimal, low, moderate, and high?
3 perioperative assessment risk factors to consider in positioning patients.
What is age, BMI, ROM, external devices, nutrition status, jewelry/piercings, skin assessment, pre-existing conditions, all its at risk?
Shelf life in sterile field of compounded medications.
What 60 mins?
What is an Actives?
Has teeth but they are small and short, designed to minimize crushing of tissue.
What is an Allis clamp?
How often gloves should be changed.
Position patient should be in for the shortest time possible.
What is Trendelenburg?
What is schedule 3?
Most commonly reported retained surgical item.
What is a surgical sponge?
Most common type of joint, one arm is passed through a slot in the other arm and the two halves are secured with a pin or rivet.
What is a box lock joint?
What is clean scrub attire, a head covering, and clean shoes?
What are thoracotomy, kidney and hip surgery's?