Scrubbing, Gowning and Gloving

Question 1

Skin is a major potential source of _________ in the surgical environment.

Answer 1

microbial contamination

Question 2

General hand hygiene refers

Surgical hand antisepsis refers

Answer 2

to decontamination of the hands by one of two methods

to the antiseptic surgical scrub or antiseptic hand rub performed before donning sterile attire preoperatively

Question 3

What is the purpose of the surgical hand scrub?

Answer 3

• remove debris and transient microorganisms from the nails, hands, and forearms;
• reduce the resident microbial count to a minimum; and
• inhibit rapid rebound growth of microorganisms.

Question 4

A fomite is

Answer 4

an inanimate object or substance, such as clothing, furniture, or soap that is capable of transmitting infectious organisms from one individual to another

Question 5

Because most typical skull caps do not contain sideburns and neckline hair, they should not be worn. If worn, however, they should be covered with a ________

Answer 5

bouffant cap

Question 6

• Masks _______ be worn hanging down from the neck. The filter portion of a surgical mask harbors bacteria collected from the nasopharyngeal airway. The contaminated mask may cross-contaminate the surgical attire top.
• Masks should be removed carefully by handling only ________.

Answer 6

SHOULD NOT

mask ties

Question 7

Strike through - The hands and arms must be thoroughly dried, before donning the gown, to prevent strike through, _____________.

Answer 7

which is organisms on the wet skin from soaking through and contaminating the sterile gown

Question 8

The following procedure should be followed to don the gown.

• Lift the folded gown directly upward from the sterile package taking care not to contaminate the gown with the edge of the wrapper.
• Step back from the table into __________ unfold.
• Carefully locate the neckband and hold the inside front of the gown just below the neckband with both hands.
• Let the gown unfold while keeping the inside of the gown toward the body without touching the sterile exterior of the gown with bare hands.
• Hold the hands at shoulder level and slip both arms into the armholes simultaneously.

Answer 8

an unobstructed area to let the gown

Question 9

The surgical gown should be ___________, before donning gloves to prevent contamination from the gown flaps.
If you are doing an initial donning of sterile gown and gloves, you will use the _________ Technique.

Answer 9

completely fastened, including tied in the back

Closed Gloving

Question 10

The end of procedure removal of gown and gloves?

Answer 10

1. Circulator unfastens the neck and back closure ties of the gown – the scrub person grasps the shoulders of the own and pulls it downward from the shoulder and off the arms, turning the sleeves inside out.
2. Remove the gown by folding the contaminated surface of the gown to the inside
3. Use a glove-to-glove and skin-to-skin technique to remove the gloves.