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PERIOP WEEK 3 EXAM:UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
Terms in this set (140)
>> All of the following statements apply when drying the
hands and arms except:
a. bend over slightly from the waist.
b. begin drying with the hand and move up the arm.
c. dry thoroughly to avoid skin irritation.
d. roll the towel before discarding into the appropriate
container.
- correct answer- Answer: D
>> The closed-glove technique is used:
a. only when the hands have never passed through the
gown cuffs.
b. when regloving without assistance during the
procedure.
c. to assist a surgeon in donning sterile attire.
d. as a method for correcting glove contamination.
- correct answer- Answer: A
>> When a scrub person assists another team member with gowning and gloving, he or she
does all of the following except:
a. protect gloved hands by forming a cuff of the neck
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and shoulder area.
b. release the gown when the team member's hands
are in the sleeves.
c. handle the glove on the inside only.
d. always offer the right glove first.
- correct answer- Answer: C
>> The sterile areas of the gown include the:
1. front from two inches below the neck to waist or
table level.
2. gloves and gown sleeve to two inches above the
elbow.
3. sides from axillae to waist or table level.
4. back of a wraparound gown.
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 1, 2, and 3
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
- correct answer- Answer: A
>> The use of a brush for surgical hand scrubs is not
necessary.
a. True
b. False
- correct answer- A
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>> During gowning, the circulating nurse can assists the
scrub person by:
a. pulling the bottom edge of the front of the gown to
eliminate blousing.
b. helping to get the creases out of the gown's sleeves
by pulling the shoulders up.
c. reaching inside the gown and pulling the inside
seam.
d. all of the above.
- correct answer- D
>> When taking off the gown at the end of the case, the
gloves' cuffs usually turn down as the sleeves pass off
the arms. The wearer removes the gloves using which
one of the techniques listed below?
a. pull off by fingers of each glove
b. glove-to-glove and then skin-to-skin.
c. open-glove technique.
d. Scrubbed person's choice if gloves are not too dirty
- correct answer- B
>> When one or both gloves must be changed without
assistance, which one of the following methods listed
below should be used?
a. double gloving
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b. open-glove technique
c. barehanded gloving
d closed-glove technique
- correct answer- B
>> When a team member other than the scrub nurse
contaminates a glove during the surgical procedure, the
scrub nurse regloves the team member using which one
of the following methods?
a. assisted gloving
b. reverse gloving
c. protected gloving
d. open gloving
- correct answer- A
>> When performing a surgical scrub with an antimicrobial
agent, how far up the arm must an individual scrub?
a. up to the armpit
b. two inches above the elbow
c. to the elbow
d. four inches above the wrist
- correct answer- B
>> The purpose of the surgical hand scrub is to:
1. remove normal skin flora.
PERIOP WEEK 3 EXAM:UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS (VERIFIED)
Terms in this set (140)
>> All of the following statements apply when drying the
hands and arms except:
a. bend over slightly from the waist.
b. begin drying with the hand and move up the arm.
c. dry thoroughly to avoid skin irritation.
d. roll the towel before discarding into the appropriate
container.
- correct answer- Answer: D
>> The closed-glove technique is used:
a. only when the hands have never passed through the
gown cuffs.
b. when regloving without assistance during the
procedure.
c. to assist a surgeon in donning sterile attire.
d. as a method for correcting glove contamination.
- correct answer- Answer: A
>> When a scrub person assists another team member with gowning and gloving, he or she
does all of the following except:
a. protect gloved hands by forming a cuff of the neck
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and shoulder area.
b. release the gown when the team member's hands
are in the sleeves.
c. handle the glove on the inside only.
d. always offer the right glove first.
- correct answer- Answer: C
>> The sterile areas of the gown include the:
1. front from two inches below the neck to waist or
table level.
2. gloves and gown sleeve to two inches above the
elbow.
3. sides from axillae to waist or table level.
4. back of a wraparound gown.
a. 1 and 2
b. 1 and 3
c. 1, 2, and 3
d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
- correct answer- Answer: A
>> The use of a brush for surgical hand scrubs is not
necessary.
a. True
b. False
- correct answer- A
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>> During gowning, the circulating nurse can assists the
scrub person by:
a. pulling the bottom edge of the front of the gown to
eliminate blousing.
b. helping to get the creases out of the gown's sleeves
by pulling the shoulders up.
c. reaching inside the gown and pulling the inside
seam.
d. all of the above.
- correct answer- D
>> When taking off the gown at the end of the case, the
gloves' cuffs usually turn down as the sleeves pass off
the arms. The wearer removes the gloves using which
one of the techniques listed below?
a. pull off by fingers of each glove
b. glove-to-glove and then skin-to-skin.
c. open-glove technique.
d. Scrubbed person's choice if gloves are not too dirty
- correct answer- B
>> When one or both gloves must be changed without
assistance, which one of the following methods listed
below should be used?
a. double gloving
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b. open-glove technique
c. barehanded gloving
d closed-glove technique
- correct answer- B
>> When a team member other than the scrub nurse
contaminates a glove during the surgical procedure, the
scrub nurse regloves the team member using which one
of the following methods?
a. assisted gloving
b. reverse gloving
c. protected gloving
d. open gloving
- correct answer- A
>> When performing a surgical scrub with an antimicrobial
agent, how far up the arm must an individual scrub?
a. up to the armpit
b. two inches above the elbow
c. to the elbow
d. four inches above the wrist
- correct answer- B
>> The purpose of the surgical hand scrub is to:
1. remove normal skin flora.
