1. Areas of different restriction level (examples, requirements)

Question 1

1. Areas of different restriction level

Answer 1

1. Restricted area (OSS)
   - Operating rooms
   - Sterile supply rooms
   - Scrub sink area
   Requirements:
   * Scrub suit
   * Hair covering
   * Mask
   * Clean shoes/shoe coverings
2. Semirestricted area
   - Hallways between operating
   rooms
   - Instrument and supply
   processing area
   - Storage areas
   - Utility rooms
   - Nurse’s workstation

• Requirements: same as 1. Restricted area

1. Restricted and 2. Semirestricted areas:
   * Restricted areas ideally seperated from unrestricted areas by a locker
   room
   * Leaving a restricted area and planning to return– clothing covered
   with a closed knee-length lab coat that is discarded on return
   * Food and drink not permitted in either area
2. Unrestricted area
   - Central control point monitoring
   the entrance into the restricted
   area
   - Anesthesia and
   preparation rooms
   - Dressing rooms
   - Lounges
   - Offices

• Requirements:
• Scrub suit
• Patients clipped and vacuumed
• Initial surgical preparation
• Soiled linen and trash kept in an unrestricted area
• Doors between areas should be kept closed at all times!

-Biosecurity - a set of measures to prevent introduction and spread of infectious diseases