Sterile OR

Question 1

Blood and body fluid precautions should be consistently used for all pts regardless of their bloodborne infection status began from

Answer 1

1987 CDC recommendations, universal precuations

Question 2

What should be worn when taking care of patients with pulmonary or severly infectious lung diseases

Answer 2

Mask

Question 3

T or F: Needles can be recapped

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

How to wash your hands

Answer 4

Wet, Lather, Scrub (20sec), Rinse, Dry

Question 5

Where would you put a heavily soiled or bloody linen

Answer 5

Red hazard bins

Question 6

Standard Precautoins is a combo of

Answer 6

Universal Precautions (UP) and Body Substance Isolation (BSI) based on principle that ALL flouids may be infectious

Question 7

Tables are considered sterile at

Answer 7

table level ONLY

Question 8

Gowns are considered sterile

Answer 8

in front from shoulder to waist level

and sleeves from cuff to 2 inches above elbow

Question 9

What color is considered sterile in OR

Answer 9

Blue

Question 10

Solutions in OR for Hand Scrubbing contains

Answer 10

chlorhexidine gluconate or povidone-iodine (betadine)

Question 11

What should be used to remove hair from procedure site

Answer 11

Disposable (electric) razor

Question 12

T or F: when draping you must walk to opposite, no reaching

Answer 12

TRUE

Question 13

People required in the room

Answer 13

surgeion, assistant, anesthesia, surg tech/RN, circulating RN

Question 14

T or F: Circulating RN is sterile

Answer 14

False, unsterile

Question 15

What is Bovee

Answer 15

electrical cautery, often used to separate tissue below intial incision