Chapter 18 Flashcards
Sterile field
Specific area free of viable micro organisms
2 things not to do with sterile field
Do not reach across and do not flip or toss objects onto sterile field
Sterile solution
Outside of bottle is non sterile only inside is sterile
2 scrubbing methods
The numbered stroke method and the timed scrub
2 gowning ways
Self gowning and gowning by another person
What part of town is sterile
Front waist up and sleeves
Chest tube
Thoracostomy tube
2 main types of catheters
Foley catheter and straight type catheter
Foley catheter
Has ballon filled with sterile water
Suprapubic catheter
Closed drainage system 1 inch above symphysis pubis
Swan ganz
An intravenous catheter
Sepsis and nosocomial
Major threats for neonatal
Myelogram
Looking at the spine
Flexi seal
Rectal catheter