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Procedures requring sterile technique
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angiography/ arthrography/ hysterosalpingography/ biopsy
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Opening Sterile Packs
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place pack on clean surface
break the seal and open the pack UNFOLD FIRST CORNER OF THE PACK AWAY FROM YOU unfold both sides pull front portion of the wrap toward you and drop it never touch inner surface |
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How to add separately wrapped items to the sterile tray
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Open the pack and drop the items onto the sterile field/ never allow the container to touch the sterile field
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Pouring Liquids into sterile field
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Pour small amount into the trash to clean lip of bottle/ hold bottle so label is in palm of hand/ hold bottle 6 in above trash to prevent splashing
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Splashing...
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will contaminate the sterile field!
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Sterile objects or field touched by unsterile object or person are...
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immediately contaminated.
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Avoid reaching...
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across sterile field
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Damp items...
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should be assumed contaminated
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Never abandon sterile field...
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must be observed at all times/ never turn your back on sterile field
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Gloving
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wash hands thoroughly/ open outer package containing gloves/ open inner package/ approach gloves from the open end, and touch only inner surface with opposite hand/ put on glove, touching only the folded cuff/ pick up other glove with gloved hand and unfold cuff/ carefully unfold the cuff on both gloves/ always keep hands in front of the body without touching body covering or placing hands on arms
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Only sterile items...
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are used in sterile field
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An unsterile object...
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should be removed, covered, or replaced
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Create sterile fields...
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as close to the time of use as possible
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Anthing below the level of the waist or table...
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is considered unsterile
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Where are gowns considered sterile?
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on the sleeves and the front from the waist up
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How do people in sterile gowns and gloves pass eachother?
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back to back
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Unsterile people cannot reach..
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above or over a sterile field
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If a solution soaks through a sterile field to a nonsterile field...
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the wet area may be redraped
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