Exam 15: Principles of Aseptic and Sterile Techniques

Once the patient's skin has been prepped with iodine solution,it is sterile and considered free of all flora.

When loading and unloading a scalpel blade from a knife handle,use your fingers to carefully remove or place the blade.

It is not acceptable to shift drapes once they are placed on a table or sterile field in order to assure correct placement.

A sterile person and an unsterile person face each other when passing each other so as to recognize whether the sterile person gets contaminated.

Every patient in the OR is considered infected.

The use of a disinfectant alone will reduce microbial flora on objects used in the OR.

It is important to wash hands before entering the OR and after every patient contact.

Eyeglasses are acceptable protection against bodily fluids while at the sterile field.

Which is one example of a semicritical item used in the OR?

What is the most important reason for keeping the doors to the OR closed except when opening is necessary?

What is the proper way to pass medications to a sterile person at the sterile field?

Double-gloving during a procedure will keep the wearer from incurring a puncture wound caused by a suture or knife blade.