Clin Skills 1 Asepsis

Question 1

Wash hands to get rid of __ organisms.

Can’t get rid of the __ organisms.

Answer 1

Transient

Resident

Question 2

Surgeons don’t like ppl to __ in the OR. Any of that allows bacteria to escape, even if wearing surgical mask.

Answer 2

speak

Question 3

7 steps of putting on sterile gown

Answer 3

Dry hands
Pick up gown
Let gown unfold
Open to locate sleeve/armholes
Slip arms into sleeves
Hold arms out and slightly up
Circulator pulls on

Question 4

5 steps of putting on sterile gloves

Answer 4

Pick up one glove with thumb and forefinger
Pull glove on hand
Slip partially gloved hand under cuff of second glove
Pull second glove over other hand and pull glove up to gowned wrist
Slip fingers of completely gloved hand under cuff of first hand, pull glove to gowned wrist.
Gloving procedure completed. Beep boop I am a robot.

Question 5

Surgical wound classification (4)

Answer 5

Class I: Clean - uninfected operative wound. no inflammation, no tracts are entered. clean wounds closed.
II: Clean-contaminated - tracts are entered under controlled conditions, without unusual contamination. No evidence of infection or major break in technique.
III: Contaminated - open, fresh, accidental wounds. Major breaks in sterile technique (eg, open cardiac massage) or gross spillage from gi tract, incisions in which acute, nonpurulent inflammation is encountered.
IV: Dirty-infected - Old traumatic wounds with retained devitalized tissue and existing clinical infection or perforated viscera. Organisms causing postop infection were present BEFORE THE OPERATION.