Surgical Zones
This zone allows street clothes and is the least restrictive.
What is the unrestricted zone?
The very first item put on before beginning the donning sequence.
What are foot covers?
The main purpose of a surgical mask in the restricted area.
What is to prevent droplets from contaminating the sterile field?
In restricted zones, conversation should always be limited to this.
What is a whisper or essential communication?
This organization develops best practices and standards for medical instrumentation.
What is AAMI (Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation)?
This zone requires scrubs and hair covers, but masks only when sterile supplies are open.
What is the semi-restricted zone?
This must always follow hair cover and mask but come before gowning.
What is hand scrub?
Surgical hand scrub reduces the amount of these small things?
What are microorganisms?
Jewelry under gloves is not allowed due to this risk.
What are contamination and glove puncture?
This association provides guidelines for perioperative nurses.
What is AORN (Association of periOperative Registered Nurses)?
This zone requires scrubs, hair cover, and a mask at all times.
What is the restricted zone?
Once gowned and gloved, hands must remain in this position.
What is above the waist and in front of the body?
Breaking sterile technique but not admitting it is a violation of this principle.
What is surgical conscience?
If attire becomes contaminated, the professional response is this.
What is report it immediately and change?
This organization offers CRCST certification for sterile processing technicians.
What is HSPA (Healthcare Sterile Processing Association)?
Hair covers and masks are never required in this zone.
What is the unrestricted zone?
The circulator or scrub tech assists with these parts of gowning.
What are the back closure and waist ties?
Adjusting eyewear after gowning breaks this principle of asepsis.
What is maintaining the sterile field?
Continuous learning and adaptability help technicians succeed on this industry exam.
What is the CRCST exam?
Membership in a student or professional organization provides these two key benefits.
What are networking and skill development?
Failing to change gloves after touching something nonsterile is a demonstration of poor this.
What is surgical conscience?
This gloving technique keeps the cuff sterile.
What is the closed-glove technique?
Surgical conscience requires these three behaviors when contamination occurs.
What are honesty, accountability, and immediate corrective action?
This describes the personal commitment to doing the right thing, even when not observed.
What is integrity or accountability?
These three professional qualities are most emphasized by involvement in student/professional organizations.
What are leadership, responsibility, and collaboration?