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Preparation area - ✔✔used for patient preparation and storage of surgical supplies, clipping the patient
Scrub area - ✔✔scrub sink, autoclave, room to gown and glove
Surgery room - ✔✔a dedicated room reserved for sterile surgical procedures, only used for surgery
Aseptic techique - ✔✔describe all the precautions taken to prevent contamination, and infection, of a
surgical wound
Contamination of a wound - ✔✔presence of microorganisms within or on it, can lead to infection
Infection - ✔✔microorganisms in the body or a wound multiply and cause harmful effects
main factors determine whether infection occurs - ✔✔# of microorgainsms
virulence of the microorganisms
susceptibility of the animal
route of exposure to the microorganisms
nosocomial infcetion - ✔✔hospital-acquired infection
rules of aseptic technique - ✔✔sterile items should be kept separate from non sterile items, only sterile
items should touch patient tissues, when sterility of an item is in ? consider it contaminated
sterilization - ✔✔the destruction of all microorganisms on a surface or object
Disinfection - ✔✔destruction of most pathogenic microorganisms on inanimate objects
, antispsis - ✔✔destruction of most pathogenic microorganisms on animate objects
antiseptics - ✔✔used to kill microorganisms during patient skin preparation and surgical scrubbing
sterilization indicators - ✔✔generally paper strips or tape impregnated with a material that changes
color when a certain temperature or chemical exposure is achieved
Steam sterilization - ✔✔pressurized steam is the most efficient and common method, steam destroys
microbes via cellular protein denaturation
Laser scalpel - ✔✔Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation
scisors - ✔✔generally classified according o the type of points, blade shape, or cuttion edge
curved scissors - ✔✔greater maneuverability and visibility
straight scissors - ✔✔greatest mechanical advantage for cutting tough or thick tissue
Metzebaum scissors - ✔✔more delicate and should be reserved for fine thin tissue
mayo scissors - ✔✔cutting heavy tissue
bandage scissors - ✔✔blunt tip that when introduced under the bandage edge, reducing the risk of
cutting the underlying skin
needle holders - ✔✔used to grasp and manipulate curved needles
Mayo-Hegar and Olsen-Hegar needle holders - ✔✔have a rachet lock just distal to the thumb