Sterile Tech Flashcards
Father of medical Asepsis
Ignaz Semmeiweiss
Methods of Cleaning Instruments
Manual
Mechnical
Methods of Sterilization
Gas Sterilization
Stream Sterilization
Indicator Strip
Gas Sterilization
Packs good for 90 days
- Anprolene
- -Ethylene Oxide
- Tape
- -Green with tan stripes before sterilized
- -green with red stripes when sterilized
Steam Sterilization
Packs good for 30 days
Tape
-tan with white stripes before sterilized
–tan with red when sterilized
Indicator strip
Will change color when sterilized
-black OK –>accept
Back up Table Pack
1 surgeons Gown 2 hand Towels 1 6' pt drape 1 back up table drape 1 indicator strip
Scrub Gown Pack
1 scrub nurse’s gown
2 hand towels
1 indicator strip
Scrub nurse
Drapes the pt
loads and passes scalpel handle/blade
begins draping mayo stand
counts sponges prior to use
Circulator
mediator between sterile and non-sterile fields
tie in surgeon
clip and scrub pt
count sponges prior to use
Draping the pt
Quarter drapes -6 in pack -4 for pt -2 for mayo stand Towel clamps Pt drapes Standard sx scissors
Suture Material
Measured in Ott
-the lower to Ott, the larger in diameter
Suture material: Vicryl
Absorbable
Polyglactin 910
Monofilament
Suture material: PDS
Absorbable
Polydioxanone
Multifilament
Suture material: Dexon
Absorbable
Polyglycolic Acid
Multifilament