Exam #6: Entering, Gowning, & Gloving

Question 0

BEFORE beginning a surgical scrub, if a break in the skin is observed you can?

Answer 0

Seal it with a single layer adhesive dressing if allowed by the facility

Question 1

What is the order of preparation for the surgical scrub?

Answer 1

1. Attend to personal needs
2. Don all personal protective equipment
3. Tear open the packet containing the scrub brush
4. Adjust water temperature if necessary

Question 2

What is always necessary to perform prior to performing any task related to PT care?

Answer 2

30-60 hand wash

Question 3

What do you begin with in scrubbing?

Answer 3

Nails

Question 4

How many strokes is needed for the nails?

Answer 4

30 strokes

Question 5

Where do you clean thoroughly under running water?

Answer 5

Each nail

Question 6

After a surgical scrub, why is it important to rinse from finger tips to elbows with the hand in an upright position?

Answer 6

So the water will carry the microbes from clean to dirty, running off the bend in the elbow.

Question 7

Once scrubbed in what should you do first?

Answer 7

Don gown first

Question 8

Approach the MAYO stand with?

Answer 8

Gown and gloves opened upon it.

Question 9

When donning your gown pay particular attention to:

Answer 9

1. The fold of the gown & how it is oriented
2. Nearby O.R furniture
3. The sterile area of the gown

Question 10

What are proven reasons to double glove?

Answer 10

1. Decrease contracted from puncture
2. It significantly reduces the amount of blood contamination of the hands
3. Fat is known to degrade fat

Question 11

What steps should be taken to close the sterile gown?

Answer 11

1. Remain facing the sterile field
2. Secure the tag in the right hand & the gown tie in the left hand
3. Separate the two before turning

Question 12

When gowning someone else, the outside of the gown is?

Answer 12

Opened towards you

Question 13

When removing your gown and gloves at the end of a case you?

Answer 13

1. First remover your gown

2. then your gloves by turning them inside out as you remove them

Question 14

The PT is usually required to do what after removing all personal clothing before entering the O.R?

Answer 14

to don a clean hospital gown

Question 15

After setting up the sterile field, it is ____ _____ to leave it unattended.

Answer 15

NOT okay

Question 16

Is sterility proven 100% of the time?

Answer 16

NO it is not absolute and cannot be effectively proven

Question 17

What does NOT prove sterility?

Answer 17

Chemical indicators

Question 18

What is best practice to open the back table?

Answer 18

Open the back table or the center-most portion of the sterile field in every procedure

Question 19

* SHORT ANSWER*

What is transient flora?

Answer 19

Organisms acquired by touching contaminated fomites, easily removed.

Question 20

* SHORT ANSWER*

What is resident flora?

Answer 20

Thrive deeper below surface of the skin, more difficult to remove

Question 21

SHORT ANSWER

What is surgical scrub?

Answer 21

Intended to remove as many microorganisms as possible and to render hands surgically clean.

Question 22

After setting up the sterile field,is it okay to leave it unattended?

Answer 22

It is NOT okay to leave it unattended

Question 23

Will a normal sterilization process kill all prions?

Answer 23

a normal sterilization process will NOT effectively kill all prions

Question 24

Is it okay to use a peel pack that is we, as long as the outer wrap is the only surface wet?

Answer 24

FALSE

Question 25

What are worn for extremely high-risk procedures or when performing surgery on infected patients?

Answer 25

Space suits