Preparing the wound dressing and environment Flashcards
1
Q
Setting up the aseptic field
A
Action - Clean the trolley surface.
- Open the dressing pack without contaminating the sterile field.
Speech - “In a normal situation, I would have clean the trolley with an alcohol wipe”
2
Q
What are the important notes to maintain Aseptic Non-Touch Technique?
A
- Forceps tips pointing down
- Hands above waist
- No turning back on field
- No reaching over field
- No touching of general aseptic field or micro critical aseptic fields
- No contamination of key parts or key site
3
Q
What are the important notes to maintain Asepsis
A
- Clean trolley prior
- Opens packages away from sterile field
- Maintains asepsis when opening packages and adding to aseptic field; adds dressings away from 5cm border, ensures field does not
become contaminated
4
Q
Opening the wound dressing
A
- Arrange contents on the sterile field: separate key parts and position away from 5cm border
- Use yellow forceps to take out the equipment
- Open the saline and put on the tray but don’t wet the balls
5
Q
Explain working and field aseptic forceps
A
“There are two types of forceps, working forceps, which are used when working directly at the ‘key site’, which is the wound itself.
Then, we have field forceps, which are used to transfer ‘key parts’ from the general aseptic field.”
6
Q
Removing the old dressing
A
- 20 seconds Hand hygiene and put gloves on.
- Take off the secondary bandage then take gloves off.
- 20 seconds Hand hygiene then use yellow forceps to take off primary bandage
- Dispose of the yellow forceps when you throw out the primary bandage
7
Q
Preparing the wet dressing
A
- Antiseptic Hand hygiene (30-60seconds) before touching the working (green) forceps.
- Prepare saline balls (3 wet and 2 dry)
8
Q
Extending the sterile field
A
- Use sterile forceps to position sterile drape to extend field
- You can take out green forceps as long as cleaning has not started
