Surgery: patient prep

Question 1

If a patient comes in with an infected wound that we are going to clean, we clip the infected area

Answer 1

Yes, we will clip it last

Question 2

Give 3 precautions you should keep in mind when clipping a patient for surgery

Answer 2

How hot the clipper is getting
Thin skin
Keep clipper flat on the surface

Question 3

When we do a surgical scrub, we use a _______ pattern

Answer 3

Target

Question 4

We repeat the surgical site, we never go back over the

Answer 4

Middle

Question 5

Blue in color, _____ is one of the most common surgical scrubs

Answer 5

Chlorhexidine

Question 6

__________ requires a 5 min. contact time for a surgical scrub

Answer 6

Iodine

Question 7

When clipping for an orthopedic procedure, we clip the _________

Answer 7

Entire circumference of the leg

Question 8

Name 2 drawbacks to using iodine instead of chlorhexidine

Answer 8

Leave your skin yellow
Could have a reaction

Question 9

Chlorhexidine is effective against bacteria, fungi, yeast, and _______

Answer 9

viruses

Question 10

When clipping the skin, we use a #__ clipper blade

Answer 10

40

Question 11

During an abdominal procedure, we clip _______ to the xyphoid process

Answer 11

Cranial

Question 12

2 reasons specifically that we do not use alcohol during surgical scrub procedures. What are those 2 reasons?

Answer 12

Have to let it sit for 45 minutes before it even starts killing bacteria
It kills bacteria

Question 13

During a neuter of a dog, we clip cranial to the ________

Answer 13

scrotum

Question 14

Alcohol is solely ________

Answer 14

bactericidal

Question 15

Patients undergoing abdominal surgeries are placed in the _______ position

Answer 15

Dorsal

Question 16

We repeat surgical scrub ______ times

Answer 16

3-5